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ACS ANZSCO Code for ICT Occupation
Find the occupation that best reflects your role, then compare your actual duties, skills, qualifications, and work experience before choosing a code. Once you choose a code, get writing support to prepare clear and consistent application documents.
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◆ Quick Definition
An ACS ANZSCO code is a 6-digit number that identifies your ICT occupation for Australian skilled migration. ANZSCO stands for the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations. Each ICT occupation — ICT Business Analyst (261111), Developer Programmer (261312), Software Engineer (261313), and Network Analyst (263113) — has a unique code used by the Australian Computer Society to assess whether your qualifications and work experience align with your nominated occupation.
💡 Quick answer: match your real ICT duties, not only your job
title, to an occupation on the official list, then confirm that the code is suitable for your ACS
skills assessment pathway.
What Is an ACS ANZSCO Code?
An ACS ANZSCO code is a six-digit occupation code used to classify a professional technology occupation for migration skills assessment purposes.
ANZSCO stands for Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations. ACS uses occupation codes when assessing whether an applicant's professional background relates to the occupation nominated for assessment.
ICT Occupation List
ACS ANZSCO Code List for ICT Occupations
Use the list below to identify the ICT occupation that most closely reflects your professional responsibilities. Do not choose a code only because the occupation title sounds similar to your job title.
| # | ICT Occupation | ANZSCO Code | Assessing Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Chief Information Officer | 135111 | ACS |
| 02 | ICT Project Manager | 135112 | ACS |
| 03 | ICT Managers (nec) | 135199 | ACS |
| 04 | ICT Trainer | 223211 | ACS |
| 05 | ICT Business Analysts | 261111 | ACS |
| 06 | System Analyst | 261112 | ACS |
| 07 | Multimedia Specialist | 261211 | ACS |
| 08 | Web Developer | 261212 | ACS |
| 09 | Analyst Programmer | 261311 | ACS |
| 10 | Developer Programmer | 261312 | ACS |
| 11 | Software Engineer | 261313 | ACS |
| 12 | Software Tester | 261314 | ACS |
| 13 | Software and Applications Programmer (nec) | 261399 | ACS |
| 14 | Database Administrator | 262111 | ACS |
| 15 | ICT Security Specialist | 262112 | ACS |
| 16 | Systems Administrator | 262113 | ACS |
| 17 | Computer Network and Systems Engineer | 263111 | ACS |
| 18 | Network Administrator | 263112 | ACS |
| 19 | Network Analyst | 263113 | ACS |
| 20 | ICT Quality Assurance Engineer | 263211 | ACS |
| 21 | ICT Support Engineer | 263212 | ACS |
| 22 | ICT Systems Test Engineer | 263213 | ACS |
| 23 | ICT Support and Test Engineers (nec) | 263299 | ACS |
| 24 | Web Administrator | 313113 | ACS |
Why ICT professionals choose us
Why Does Your ACS ANZSCO Code Matter?
Your nominated occupation provides the professional context for your ACS assessment. It should remain consistent with the qualifications, skills, duties, and employment evidence presented throughout your application.
Your Professional ICT Work
The occupation should reflect the type of ICT work you perform regularly rather than an occasional responsibility.
Your Technical Skills
Programming, systems, networks, databases, testing, security, analysis, project work, or support activities can help distinguish one occupation from another.
Your Qualification Content
Your qualification and its ICT content can affect the assessment pathway and the work experience ACS requires.
Your Employment Experience
Professional employment should show work that is relevant to the occupation being assessed.
Your Supporting Evidence
Employment records, dates, responsibilities, and other application information should remain consistent with the occupation you nominate.
How to Choose the Right ACS ANZSCO Code
Choosing from the available ACS ANZSCO codes requires more than matching your job title with an occupation name. Review what you actually do and how your professional evidence supports that work.
Review Your Regular Duties
List the responsibilities you perform consistently rather than occasional tasks.
Identify Your Technical Skills
Review the tools, technologies, systems, software, methods, and technical activities involved in your position.
Compare Your Qualifications
Consider whether your academic content supports the occupations you are considering.
Compare Similar ICT Occupations
Review related occupations before making a nomination when your responsibilities appear to overlap.
Check Your Employment Evidence
Make sure the duties and professional responsibilities shown in your employment information support the occupation you want ACS to assess.
Similar ACS ICT Occupations: Which One Fits Your Work?
Several ICT occupations cover related technical work. The stronger match usually depends on the main purpose of your role and the responsibilities you perform most often.
ICT Business Analyst vs System Analyst
An ICT Business Analyst focuses more on business needs, processes, stakeholder requirements, and translating those needs into ICT requirements. A System Analyst focuses more closely on analysing systems, defining system requirements, and identifying technical or functional changes.
Software Engineer vs Developer Programmer
A Software Engineer generally works across software design, development, implementation, technical architecture, and broader software engineering responsibilities. A Developer Programmer focuses more heavily on coding, implementing specifications, modifying applications, testing, and maintaining software.
Analyst Programmer vs Developer Programmer
An Analyst Programmer combines system or requirements analysis with programming and implementation. A Developer Programmer has a stronger day-to-day focus on application development, coding, testing, and maintenance.
Systems Administrator vs Network Administrator
A Systems Administrator works more closely with servers, operating systems, system availability, backups, infrastructure, and internal systems. A Network Administrator focuses more heavily on network infrastructure, connectivity, network devices, access, and network performance.
Network Administrator vs Network Analyst
A Network Administrator mainly maintains and operates network infrastructure. A Network Analyst generally has a stronger focus on analysing network requirements, performance, design needs, and network improvements.
Software Tester vs ICT Quality Assurance Engineer
A Software Tester focuses more directly on testing software behaviour and identifying defects. An ICT Quality Assurance Engineer works more broadly with quality processes, standards, procedures, testing methods, and quality controls across ICT systems.
ICT Support Engineer vs ICT Systems Test Engineer
An ICT Support Engineer focuses on diagnosing, resolving, and supporting technical systems and users. An ICT Systems Test Engineer focuses more closely on testing ICT systems, identifying faults, and checking whether systems meet technical requirements.
Already Know Your ACS ANZSCO Code? Prepare Your Application
Once you know which occupation you are preparing for, our ACS skills assessment writing support helps organise and develop permitted application material around your real professional background.
ACS Application Writing Support
We write permitted application and supporting content using the genuine qualifications, employment details, skills, and professional information you provide.
Employment Information Writing Support
We organise employment history, responsibilities, project context, technologies, and professional duties into clear written information where professional preparation is permitted.
Professional Experience Writing
We help turn scattered employment and project information into clear professional content that shows the work you personally performed.
ICT Role Presentation
Your systems, software, technologies, methods, support activities, analysis, testing, security work, or management responsibilities remain visible in the writing.
ANZSCO-Focused Document Development
We keep your nominated occupation connected with the professional information used across your assessment material.
Cross-Document Consistency
We check that occupation details, employers, dates, qualifications, roles, and responsibilities remain consistent throughout the documents being prepared.
Why choose us
Why Applicants Choose Our ACS Skills Assessment Writing Service
Choose writing support built around your actual ICT career rather than recycled assessment wording.
Writing Starts From Your Professional Background
We begin with your qualifications, employment, technologies, skills, projects, and responsibilities before developing the content.
You Do Not Need a Finished Draft
Writing support is designed for applicants whose assessment material still needs development.
Your Technical Work Stays Specific
Programming, systems, networks, databases, support, testing, security, analysis, or ICT management remain connected with the work you actually performed.
Your ANZSCO Occupation Stays Connected
The occupation you nominate should remain consistent with your qualifications, employment information, technical duties, and supporting material.
Writing Is the Primary Service
Choose writing when substantial content still needs to be prepared.
Review Remains Available
Use review when the writing already exists, and you only need focused checking before finalisation.
Our commitments
Clear Commitments From Our Team
Genuine Professional Information
Your application remains based on your real qualifications, employment, skills, responsibilities, and professional experience.
Clear Service Scope
You know which application areas can receive writing and preparation support before the service begins.
Confidential Document Handling
Your academic, employment, professional, and personal information remains private.
Your assessment, covered
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Not Sure Which ACS ANZSCO Code Fits Your ICT Experience?
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Questions, answered
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Your job title does not always need to be identical to the occupation
title shown in the ANZSCO list. Your actual ICT duties, technical responsibilities, skills,
qualification content, and employment evidence provide a stronger basis for comparing your
background with an ACS occupation.
You enter your professional skills into the ACS Migration Skills
Assessment portal. The portal automatically matches those skills with occupations and ANZSCO codes
assessed by ACS.
ACS currently allows applicants to choose up to three suggested
occupations and ANZSCO codes for assessment.
No. ACS states that suggested ANZSCO codes cannot be changed once the
application has been submitted and the assessment process has started.
No. ACS provides a separate outcome letter for each ANZSCO code for which
you receive a successful assessment.
No. Your actual duties, professional skills, qualification content, and
employment evidence provide a stronger basis for occupation matching than your job title alone.
No. ANZSCO occupations are used across ACS Migration Skills Assessment
pathways. RPL is only one assessment pathway.
The current RPL pathway requires six years of relevant professional IT
work experience. Your most recent experience must be active or within the two years before
submission.
No. ACS requires RPL Project Reports to be exclusively your own work and
prohibits outsourcing them to a writing or editing agency. We provide other permitted writing and
preparation support without replacing your authorship.
Compare the professional purpose of each occupation with your regular
duties, technical skills, qualification content, and employment evidence before selecting your
preferred ANZSCO code.