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Skills in Demand — Specialist Skills stream

Visa stream · Australia

Visa
Subclass 482
Primary visas granted, 2025–26
9,261
Primary visas granted, all years
14,351
Financial years with grants
2024–25 to 2025–26
Granted9,2612025–26
Data as at 30 Sep 2026
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Visas granted by financial year

The Skills in Demand — Specialist Skills stream: for highly paid specialists in most occupations, with earnings at or above the specialist skills threshold.

Primary applicants granted a visa

4,6319,2612024–252025–26
4,6319,2612024–252025–26
Data table
2024–253,897
2025–269,261
Financial yearPrimaryShare of all grants that year
2025–269,26113.4%
2024–253,8975.7%
Source: Department of Home Affairs, BP0014 Temporary Resident (skilled) visas granted, data locked at 30 Sep 2026 (data.gov.au, CC BY)Data as at 30 Sep 2026

Occupations

2024–25 to 2025–26.

Top occupations
  1. General Practitioner835
  2. Sales and Marketing Manager665
  3. Corporate General Manager658
  4. Software Engineer621
  5. Management Consultant593
  6. Engineering Manager458
  7. ICT Business Analyst435
  8. Resident Medical Officer430
  9. Chief Executive or Managing Director395
  10. Finance Manager392
  11. Construction Project Manager315
  12. ICT Project Manager225
  13. Electrical Engineer219
  14. Mechanical Engineer188
  15. Specialist Managers nec166
By sponsor industry
  1. Professional, Scientific and Technical2,950
  2. Health Care and Social Assistance2,420
  3. Other Services1,176
  4. Information Media and Telecommunications1,174
  5. Financial and Insurance Services1,042
  6. Construction830
  7. Mining781
  8. Manufacturing770
  9. Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services505
  10. Transport Postal and Warehousing331
Source: Department of Home Affairs, BP0014 Temporary Resident (skilled) visas granted, data locked at 30 Sep 2026 (data.gov.au, CC BY)Data as at 30 Sep 2026

Nationalities and places

2024–25 to 2025–26.

Primary visas granted
  1. United Kingdom2,605
  2. India1,773
  3. United States1,107
  4. Japan742
  5. China633
  6. Ireland437
  7. France436
  8. Sri Lanka384
  9. South Africa378
  10. Philippines338
  11. Germany324
  12. Canada307
By state or territory
  1. New South Wales5,690
  2. Victoria2,882
  3. Western Australia1,951
  4. Queensland1,708
  5. South Australia511
  6. Northern Territory167
  7. Tasmania140
  8. Australian Capital Territory109
Source: Department of Home Affairs, BP0014 Temporary Resident (skilled) visas granted, data locked at 30 Sep 2026 (data.gov.au, CC BY)Data as at 30 Sep 2026

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