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Engineering jobs in Sydney, NSW

There are 795 Engineering jobs advertised in Sydney on ViewJobs, from 307 employers and recruiters. 91 were posted in the last week.

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Roles in region
795
New this week
91

By the numbers

795 Engineering roles in Sydney

91 new roles this week· 380 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time749 (94%)
  • Casual21 (3%)
  • Part-time14 (2%)
  • Apprenticeship7 (1%)
  • Contract3 (0%)
  • Temporary1 (0%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Sydney.

Explore specialisms

Engineering by specialism.

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

178 live rolesElectrical/electronic158 live rolesCivil/structural81 live rolesBuilding services44 live rolesEngineering management35 live rolesMaintenance33 live rolesField engineering25 live rolesAerospace14 live rolesIndustrial13 live rolesEnvironmental

Latest roles

The local market

Sydney's engineering job market

Figures for Sydney cover ABS region Greater Sydney (GCCSA 1GSYD). 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 engineering job ads a month, Greater SydneyEngineers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
02505007501kEngineers, Sep: 862862SepEngineers, Oct: 844Engineers, Nov: 817NovEngineers, Dec: 739Engineers, Jan: 756JanEngineers, Feb: 795Engineers, Mar: 912MarEngineers, Apr: 868Engineers, May: 876MayEngineers, Jun: 835Engineers, Jul: 896JulEngineers, Aug: 890Engineers, Sep: 928928Sep

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

Show the numbers
Online engineering job ads a month, Greater Sydney
MonthEngineers
September 2025862
October 2025844
November 2025817
December 2025739
January 2026756
February 2026795
March 2026912
April 2026868
May 2026876
June 2026835
July 2026896
August 2026890
September 2026928
Unemployment rate
4.8%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.6 points on September 2025[2][3]
Employed people
3,050,262
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 1.1% since September 2025[2][3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
44,625
JSA, September 2026 · down 2.6% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
115,345
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 2.9% since June 2025[4][5]
Figure 2: People employed in engineering occupations in SydneyAn estimated 40,175 people employed in September 2026: down 0.9% on September 2025, and up 14.9% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 34,968Sep 202134,968Sep 2022: 36,580Sep 202236,580Sep 2023: 38,254Sep 202338,254Sep 2024: 38,167Sep 202438,167Sep 2025: 40,546Sep 202540,546Sep 2026: 40,175Sep 202640,175

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[6]; ViewJobs[7].

Show the numbers
People employed in engineering occupations in Sydney
MonthPeople employed
September 202134,968
September 202236,580
September 202338,254
September 202438,167
September 202540,546
September 202640,175

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Popular Engineering roles in Sydney

Quick answers

Engineering work in Sydney, answered

How many Engineering jobs are there in Sydney?

795 Engineering jobs are live on ViewJobs in Sydney, from 307 employers and recruiters. 91 were posted in the last 7 days. 749 are full-time, 21 casual and 14 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Is demand for Engineering workers in Sydney growing?

Demand is rising. Employers in Sydney, across the area Greater Sydney, placed about 928 online ads a month for engineering jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 7.7% on a year earlier (862).

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

Who is hiring Engineering workers in Sydney?

AECOM has the most live ads of any direct employer (38). Next are Amazon (28) and WSP (26). 307 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What do Engineering jobs pay in Sydney?

39 ads state a yearly salary: $30,500 to $425,000 a year, with a typical midpoint of $130,000. 8 more state pay in other units, 15 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 733 of the 795 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Which Engineering roles are most advertised in Sydney?

Electrical/Electronic, with 178 of the 795 live ads. Next are Civil/Structural (158) and Building Services (81).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What is the job market like in Sydney overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Sydney, across the area Greater Sydney, averaged 44,625 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 2.6% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Sydney?

The unemployment rate in Sydney, across the area Greater Sydney, was 4.8% in September 2026, up 0.6 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[2]; ViewJobs analysis[3].

Are Sydney Engineering jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 749 of 795 (94%). 21 are casual (3%), 14 part-time (2%), 7 apprenticeship (1%), 3 contract (under 1%) and 1 temporary (under 1%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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).
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 31 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.
  • ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the Engineering classification, placed in Sydney, counted on 31 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). Engineering jobs in Sydney, NSW, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/nsw/regional-rural/sydney/engineering

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