BSB50820 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Project Management. It prepares you for work as a program or project administrator. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced BSB51415. Employers posted about 2,064 program or project administrator jobs in June 2026, up 0.7% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Project Management are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for program or project administrators are holding steady. About 2,064 program or project administrator jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 0.7% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 24,100 job ads, while 21,290 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates contract administrators and program or project administrators as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Contract Administrator and Program or Project Administrator as not in shortage.
Program or project administrator jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 164,536 workers in May 2025, 180,227 by May 2030 (up 9.5%) and 193,055 by May 2035 (up 17.3%).
Diploma of Project Management graduates do better than is typical at Diploma level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 95.1% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Diploma result is 92%, across 34 qualifications. Median income after training was $104,900, against $63,250 typical. 90% were satisfied with the training, against 89% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
Fewer people are enrolling in the Diploma of Project Management than a year ago. Across Australia, 22,930 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 21,290, down 7.2% in a year. National data for BSB50820 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for BSB50820 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
The Diploma of Project Management is 12 units: 8 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 22 options on the register.
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Earn the BSB50820 Diploma of Project Management fully online and self-paced — a nationally recognised qualification that opens doors to project management careers.
Get Course maps BSB50820 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5111) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all Diplomas in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 12 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.