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Construction jobs in Canberra, ACT

There are 62 Construction jobs advertised in Canberra on ViewJobs, from 29 employers and recruiters. 6 were posted in the last week.

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62 Construction roles in Canberra

6 new roles this week· 37 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time59 (95%)
  • Apprenticeship3 (5%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Canberra.

Explore specialisms

Construction by specialism.

Each specialism has its own page: where the roles are, who is hiring and the latest ads.

13 live rolesForeperson/supervisors13 live rolesConstruction project management10 live rolesPlant & machinery operators10 live rolesContracts management4 live rolesConstruction surveying2 live rolesEstimating

Latest roles

The local market

Canberra's construction job market

Figures for Canberra cover ABS region Australian Capital Territory (GCCSA 8ACTE). Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads.

Figure 1: Online construction job ads a month, Australian Capital TerritoryConstruction occupations: construction trades, and construction and mining labourers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Construction trades
  • Construction and mining labourers
0255075100Construction trades, Sep: 54Construction and mining labourers, Sep: 1468SepConstruction trades, Oct: 55Construction and mining labourers, Oct: 17Construction trades, Nov: 52Construction and mining labourers, Nov: 17NovConstruction trades, Dec: 43Construction and mining labourers, Dec: 16Construction trades, Jan: 48Construction and mining labourers, Jan: 17JanConstruction trades, Feb: 42Construction and mining labourers, Feb: 22Construction trades, Mar: 55Construction and mining labourers, Mar: 25MarConstruction trades, Apr: 53Construction and mining labourers, Apr: 22Construction trades, May: 62Construction and mining labourers, May: 20MayConstruction trades, Jun: 57Construction and mining labourers, Jun: 18Construction trades, Jul: 59Construction and mining labourers, Jul: 20JulConstruction trades, Aug: 66Construction and mining labourers, Aug: 20Construction trades, Sep: 74Construction and mining labourers, Sep: 1993Sep

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

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Online construction job ads a month, Australian Capital Territory
MonthConstruction tradesConstruction and mining labourersTotal
September 2025541468
October 2025551772
November 2025521769
December 2025431659
January 2026481765
February 2026422264
March 2026552580
April 2026532275
May 2026622082
June 2026571875
July 2026592079
August 2026662086
September 2026741993
Unemployment rate
4.7%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.4 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
273,746
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
4,643
JSA, September 2026 · down 6.9% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
7,975
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 8.5% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in construction occupations in CanberraAn estimated 8,291 people employed in September 2026: up 0.2% on September 2025, and up 12.8% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 7,353Sep 20217,353Sep 2022: 7,135Sep 20227,135Sep 2023: 8,084Sep 20238,084Sep 2024: 8,735Sep 20248,735Sep 2025: 8,272Sep 20258,272Sep 2026: 8,291Sep 20268,291

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[7]; ViewJobs[8].

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People employed in construction occupations in Canberra
MonthPeople employed
September 20217,353
September 20227,135
September 20238,084
September 20248,735
September 20258,272
September 20268,291

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Construction jobs, Australian Capital Territory, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 16,184201916,1842020: 16,613202016,6132021: 18,027202118,0272022: 18,955202218,9552023: 19,410202319,410

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[9].

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Construction jobs, Australian Capital Territory, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201916,184
202016,613
202118,027
202218,955
202319,410

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Popular Construction roles in Canberra

Quick answers

Construction work in Canberra, answered

How many Construction jobs are there in Canberra?

62 Construction jobs are live on ViewJobs in Canberra, from 29 employers and recruiters. 6 were posted in the last 7 days. 59 are full-time and 3 apprenticeship.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

Is demand for Construction workers in Canberra growing?

Demand is rising. Employers in Canberra, across the Australian Capital Territory, placed about 93 online ads a month for construction jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 36.8% on a year earlier (68). Ads for construction trades rose from 54 to 74 a month. Ads for construction and mining labourers rose from 14 to 19 a month.

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Who is hiring Construction workers in Canberra?

Ivory Group has the most live ads of any direct employer (9). Next is Your trusted partner in energy (4). 29 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

What do Construction jobs pay in Canberra?

7 ads state a yearly salary: $50,000 to $150,000 a year, with a typical midpoint of $99,733. 3 more state pay in other units, 4 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 48 of the 62 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

Which Construction roles are most advertised in Canberra?

Foreperson/Supervisors and Project Management each have 13 of the 62 live ads. Next are Plant & Machinery Operators (10) and Contracts Management (10).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

What is the job market like in Canberra overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Canberra, across the Australian Capital Territory, averaged 4,643 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 6.9% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Canberra?

The unemployment rate in Canberra, across the Australian Capital Territory, was 4.7% in September 2026, up 0.4 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3]; ViewJobs analysis[4].

Are Canberra Construction jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 59 of 62 (95%). 3 are apprenticeship (5%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

  1. Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/internet_vacancies_anzsco2_occupations_gccsa_and_sa4_regions_-_september_2026.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  2. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The two construction occupation groups combined.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/sep-2026/MLF1.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  4. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/latest-release. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of the ABS's modelled labour market regions, with rates worked out from the sums.
  5. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/resources/workforce-australia-caseload-selected-cohorts-30-june-2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 26 October 2026. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (or DEWR).
  6. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/workforce-australia-caseload-data. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions.
  7. Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/2026-09_nero.zip. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026. Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), September 2026, CC BY 4.0. Experimental estimates.
  8. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
  9. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  10. ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 30 Oct 2026. viewjobs.com.au.

Method

  • Online job ads: Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force: monthly unemployment, participation and employment are the ABS's Regional Labour Force modelled estimates: the ABS combines its Labour Force Survey with administrative data to estimate each labour market region. They are in original terms, not seasonally adjusted, so every change here compares a month with the same month a year earlier. The ABS's labour market regions follow the 2011 boundaries of its SA4 regions, which differ slightly from today's in a few areas. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation: estimated employment by occupation, published under CC BY 4.0. Jobs and Skills Australia's nowcast is experimental: its figures are model estimates of the people employed in each occupation, not a count of them, and each monthly release revises the months before it.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region: employee jobs by industry, published under CC BY 4.0. The latest ABS jobs figures here are for the year to 30 June 2023. Every figure shows its year.
  • ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the Construction classification, placed in Canberra, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
  • ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas, and the rates worked out from such a sum. The sources publish the parts; the sum is ViewJobs' own, and its reference says what was combined.

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ViewJobs (2026). Construction jobs in Canberra, ACT, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/act/regional-rural/canberra/construction

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