Earn more in Melbourne.
The 2026 income operating system for Melbourne professionals: live salary benchmarks across 20 roles, side hustles matched to your skills, a free ATS check on your CV, and a private Monday brief that wraps it all into one weekly editorial.
Melbourne market: Melbourne is Australia's second tech hub, anchored by financial services, retail tech and a growing AI ecosystem. Salaries sit broadly with Sydney for senior roles; cost of living is materially lower.
Melbourne salaries · live medians
20 role salary benchmarks for Melbourne
Each report combines a live Adzuna pull with our calibrated percentile band. Tap any role to see the 25/50/75 split, market context and side-income opportunity tailored to Melbourne.
Software Engineer
Median benchmark: A$138,000
Senior Software Engineer
Median benchmark: A$182,500
Staff Engineer
Median benchmark: A$269,000
Frontend Engineer
Median benchmark: A$130,500
Backend Engineer
Median benchmark: A$144,000
Full-stack Engineer
Median benchmark: A$138,000
DevOps Engineer
Median benchmark: A$163,000
ML Engineer
Median benchmark: A$192,000
Data Analyst
Median benchmark: A$105,500
Senior Data Analyst
Median benchmark: A$144,000
Data Scientist
Median benchmark: A$150,000
Data Engineer
Median benchmark: A$163,000
Product Manager
Median benchmark: A$150,000
Senior Product Manager
Median benchmark: A$211,000
Product Designer
Median benchmark: A$130,500
Marketing Manager
Median benchmark: A$115,000
Sales Manager
Median benchmark: A$134,500
Customer Success Manager
Median benchmark: A$105,500
Financial Analyst
Median benchmark: A$115,000
Credit Risk Analyst
Median benchmark: A$125,000
Side hustles · Melbourne
Earn extra income from Melbourne this month
Most of these can be done remotely from Melbourne alongside a full-time job. We rank skills by realistic hourly rate and the depth of the contract market in 2026.
React side hustles
£55–£110/hr · Adzuna · Toptal
Next.js side hustles
£60–£120/hr · Adzuna · Vercel community
TypeScript side hustles
£60–£110/hr · Adzuna · YunoJuno
Python side hustles
£50–£100/hr · Adzuna · Toptal
AI / LLM engineering side hustles
£80–£200/hr · Adzuna · Toptal
DevOps / SRE side hustles
£70–£140/hr · Adzuna · YunoJuno
Product design side hustles
£45–£95/hr · Adzuna · Dribbble Pro
UX research side hustles
£55–£120/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Technical writing side hustles
£35–£85/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Data analysis side hustles
£50–£95/hr · Adzuna · YunoJuno
Data engineering side hustles
£70–£130/hr · Adzuna · YunoJuno
Product management side hustles
£65–£130/hr · Adzuna · Contra
SEO side hustles
£40–£110/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Growth marketing side hustles
£60–£130/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Paid media side hustles
£55–£120/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Copywriting side hustles
£40–£120/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Video editing side hustles
£30–£100/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Translation / Localisation side hustles
£30–£90/hr · Adzuna · ProZ
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