The Tech Hiring Shift: Where 2026’s growth will really happen
Global AI investment is rewriting the rules of tech hiring and demand. Get ahead with data-backed insights on where capital, capability, and competition are heading next.
Capital is moving. Skills are shifting. The workforce must too.
In 2025, global tech giants poured more than US $360 billion into AI-driven infrastructure, the largest single-year tech investment on record.
This wave is flowing through Australia and New Zealand, fuelling demand for new skills in AI, data, cloud, and security.
Organisations across every industry are asking:
- Which capabilities will define growth over the next 12 months?
- Where are the biggest talent gaps?
- And how do we build a workforce ready for the AI era?
The Tech Hiring Shift report unpacks these questions translating global trends into actionable insight for local leaders.
Inside you’ll find
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Sector Deep dives
Saas . Cloud . AI . Cyber . Fintech . Climate tech
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Hiring forecast
The roles and skills in highest demand
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Leadership insight
Hire smarter and build resilient capability
Find out where tech demand is heading
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