MEM50822 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Applied Technologies. It prepares you for work as a network administrator. It is current on the national register, with no earlier version recorded. Employers posted about 367 network administrator jobs in June 2026, down 11.5% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Applied Technologies are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 11.5% on a year earlier and the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer network administrator jobs than a year ago. About 367 network administrator jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 11.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 4,300 job ads, while 65 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 computer network and systems engineers, network administrators and network analysts as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Computer Network and Systems Engineer, Network Administrator and Network Analyst as not in shortage.
Network administrator jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 45,040 workers in May 2025, 51,692 by May 2030 (up 14.8%) and 56,371 by May 2035 (up 25.2%).
More people are choosing the Diploma of Applied Technologies every year. Across Australia, 30 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 65, up 116.7% in a year. National data for MEM50822 starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MEM50822 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 Applied Technologies is 18 units: 7 core, plus 11 electives chosen from 24 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Seven of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MEM50822 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2631) 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. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.