Regions
Re:Sourced is headquartered in Sydney and runs senior engineering search across three regions. Sydney is our home market; ANZ is our deepest hiring footprint; the United States and EMEA are partner markets where we focus on hard-to-fill specialist briefs and cross-border searches.
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Sydney is the largest tech hiring market in Australia and Re:Sourced's home base. Read the dedicated Sydney market page for talent pool depth, salary bands and recent placements.
Pay by city
Senior base salary bands across Australia's three largest tech markets, drawn from our Salary Guide 2026.
| Discipline | Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI / ML engineer | AUD 180-220k | AUD 175-210k | AUD 160-200k |
| Software engineer | AUD 160-190k | AUD 155-180k | AUD 145-170k |
| Data engineer | AUD 160-190k | AUD 155-180k | AUD 145-170k |
| Cyber engineer | AUD 170-200k | AUD 165-190k | AUD 155-180k |
| Cloud / SRE / platform | AUD 170-210k | AUD 165-200k | AUD 155-190k |
| Forward deployed | AUD 180-240k | AUD 175-230k | AUD 160-215k |
Melbourne runs roughly 3-5% below Sydney for like-for-like senior roles, with parity at principal and tech lead. Brisbane runs roughly 10% below Sydney. Remote-first roles now track Sydney bands within 3% at senior IC level.
Senior base only. 25th-75th percentile of accepted offers. Full Salary Guide 2026 ->
Common questions
Melbourne runs roughly 3-5% below Sydney for like-for-like senior roles, with parity at principal and tech lead. Brisbane runs roughly 10% below Sydney. Remote-first roles now track Sydney bands within 3% at senior IC level.
Yes. ANZ is our deepest market, and we run specialist and cross-border searches for US-headquartered teams and across EMEA.
Re:Sourced is headquartered in Sydney, Australia's largest tech hiring market.
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