Data and reporting analyst recruitment for regional employers

A data analyst gathers, processes, analyses and interprets data, then communicates the findings through reports and visualisations such as charts and dashboards. The work includes setting up processes to collect and validate data, checking its accuracy, writing reports that support decisions and following the organisation's data governance rules. Many analysts also write their own scripts and code.⁸

Data analysts sit in an occupation group pitched at bachelor degree level or higher.⁹ We recruit the role under the titles employers use, including reporting analyst, BI analyst and Power BI developer. Data engineers, data architects and data scientists are separate occupations in the national classification,⁸ and we recruit them as well.

Award coverage depends on the employer and the duties. The Professional Employees Award 2020 covers employees whose duties require a science degree, at any employer, and professional IT employees at employers principally in information technology or telecommunications services, in each case where its classifications fit the role. It excludes employees covered by awards such as the Black Coal Mining Industry, Electrical Power Industry, Water Industry and State Government Agencies awards, and council staff covered by another award. Where it applies, a graduate with a four- or five-year degree must be paid at least $34.57 an hour from 1 July 2026.⁵

No median is published for data analysts alone. They are counted with actuaries, mathematicians and statisticians, a group whose full-time median was $56 an hour in May 2025, or $2,072 a week against $1,852 for all occupations.⁶ It is a national figure for the whole group. We discuss your pay range with candidates early.

The tools (Power BI, Tableau, Excel, SQL, Python or R) and the systems the data comes from, such as your finance or ERP system, asset management, patient administration or a SCADA historian. Tell us who reads the reports, from a works crew leader to the board, and whether the person maintains existing dashboards or builds the reporting from scratch.

Also whether the role touches data engineering, statistics or forecasting, how much of it is presenting findings, the privacy or security rules the data carries, any check or clearance the role needs, and whether the person must live locally or can work hybrid with set days on site.

Yes. Tell us whether the role must be based locally, can be hybrid with set days on site, or comes with relocation support, and we build that into the search and raise it with each candidate before we introduce them.

We also look for people already in your region, including recent graduates and people moving back to the area. If the right person needs a visa or sponsorship, our sister business Australian Immigration Agency can advise.

If you work as a data analyst, reporting analyst or BI analyst and want a permanent role outside the capitals, register with Hire Australia. Tell us the tools and certifications you have, the kind of reporting you have built, and where you would like to live and work, and we will talk with you about roles that fit.