The digital roles attracting the biggest pay rises

Tess BennettTechnology reporter

Nov 11, 2021 – 5.00am

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Companies are offering big pay rises to retain professionals such as website and app designers, data scientists and digital marketers to make sure they can keep up with the rising demand from consumers for digital products and services.

Senior user experience designers’ salaries jumped 10.5 per cent in 2021 and pay packets for experienced professionals in data science and data engineering grew 8 per cent, Mercer’s 2021 Australia Total Remuneration Survey found.

Tess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter.