High demand from Australian clients for freelance Change, Risk, and Product experts: Outsized's 2025 Talent-on-Demand Report reveals hiring trends, rates, and most in-demand skills

SYDNEY, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Companies across Australia are increasingly building teams and capabilities by integrating independent professionals across functions and levels. Skills in high demand include product development, business analytics, transformation, product and risk management.

According to Outsized's 2025 Talent-on-Demand Report, organisations are integrating independent talent for various reasons; from execution roles to strategic project delivery, with professionals across the region earning between AUD 700 and AUD 1500 per day, depending on the type of skill and experience level.

With freelancer registrations surging by 122%, businesses are turning to independent professionals to bridge skill gaps, drive innovation, and scale efficiently. Rapid digital and technological advancements are driving enterprises to invest in infrastructure upgrades and new initiatives. As digital transformation accelerates, companies are increasingly turning to independent talent to lead critical projects.

For the first time, the 2025 edition of Outsized's report includes insights from Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), expanding its global workforce intelligence beyond Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and Africa.

Key findings at a glance:

A transforming workforce: Agile talent takes centre stage

Outsized, a leading talent-on-demand platform with over 45,000 independent consultants and professional freelancers globally, has released its fourth annual Talent-on-Demand Report, offering real-time insights into how businesses are leveraging independent professionals. Based on tens of thousands of proprietary data points from actual projects posted by enterprises, consulting firms, and private equity clients, the report provides a comprehensive breakdown of talent costs, hiring trends, and in-demand skills across APAC, MENA, and Africa.

"As AI and automation rises, the demand for human-centric skills is growing across enterprises; in ANZ, a smaller talent pool and geographic dispersion creates ongoing skill shortage in certain areas." — Sara Kahlau, Global Sales Lead & ANZ Lead at Outsized.

Why this matters for business and HR leaders

The 2025 Talent-on-Demand Report serves as a blueprint for workforce transformation, enabling leaders to:

Access the full report here

Staying ahead of workforce trends demands real-time intelligence and actionable market insights. Outsized's 2025 Talent-on-Demand Report serves as a strategic playbook, providing business leaders with essential benchmarking against industry peers. Armed with these insights, leaders can quickly identify emerging talent shifts, optimise hiring budgets, and build agile workforce strategies. Access the full report to stay ahead of the curve: https://resources.outsized.com/talent-on-demand-report-2025

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Methodology

The 2025 Talent-on-Demand Report is based on original research and tens of thousands of proprietary data points from real projects on Outsized's platform.

About Outsized

Outsized is a talent-on-demand platform with over 45,000 top independent professionals, enabling large enterprise clients, consulting firms, and private equity funds in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East to implement flexible workforce models at scale. For more information, please visit www.outsized.com.

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High demand from Australian clients for freelance Change, Risk, and Product experts: Outsized's 2025 Talent-on-Demand Report reveals hiring trends, rates, and most in-demand skills

BOSTON, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- PartnerOne, one of the fastest growing enterprise software conglomerates in the world, has announced that it has successfully acquired NetWitness from RSA.

NetWitness is a leader in cybersecurity that delivers highly scalable threat detection and response solutions. Its solutions empower security analysts with better and more efficient tools to keep security operations well ahead of business-impacting threats. NetWitness achieves this with best-in-class threat detection, investigation & response platforms which have the ability to automate and orchestrate the incident response lifecycle. 

PartnerOne's acquisition of NetWitness is great news for its customers and partners. With its existing expertise across government and commercial entities in the cybersecurity space, PartnerOne will help NetWitness improve its technology and increase its capabilities.

PartnerOne acquires, invests and grows its companies, and NetWitness now has a forever-home and the financial backing to solidify its position as a market leader.

"NetWitness is very excited to be a part of PartnerOne's successful portfolio of enterprise software companies. We know that PartnerOne's expertise and financial strength will help us to innovate, invest in our technology, and deliver industry-leading service to our large enterprise customer base." Said Julie Burgoyne, Executive Vice President.

NetWitness will operate as an independent company with the full strength and support of PartnerOne behind it.

About RSA: RSA is a leader in identity security solutions for the world's most security-sensitive organizations delivering automated identity intelligence, authentication, access, governance, and lifecycle capabilities to defend against the highest-impact cybersecurity risks.

About PartnerOne: PartnerOne is one of the fastest growing enterprise software groups in the world, with a proven track record of acquiring and growing enterprise software companies. Over 1500 enterprise and government organizations rely on PartnerOne software, including 80% of the largest companies in the world.

About NetWitness: Founded in 1997, NetWitness is a threat detection & cyber security monitoring company. The NetWitness platform combines visibility, analytics, and automation into a single solution allowing customers to prioritize, respond, reconstruct, survey, investigate and confirm information about the threats in their environment and take the appropriate response—quickly and precisely.

For more information, please contact legal@partnerone.com

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PartnerOne Acquires NetWitness from RSA