Analyst Programmer (ANZSCO 261311)

On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List and Core Skills Occupation List

From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.

Which lists is Analyst Programmer on?

MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.

CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.

Visas this occupation can access

Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).

Processing priority

Analyst Programmer isn't in any of the ANZSCO groups that Directions 121 and 122 list for the priority sectors. Some of the first group is defined by the job rather than the code: a nominated position directly involved in agriculture, aquaculture or fishing, one that directly supports mining, oil and gas or coal production, or one related to defence. Otherwise the application is processed after the priority sectors. For the permanent and provisional skilled visas, applicants who were in Australia when they applied come next, then those who applied from outside Australia. For the 482, Specialist Skills stream applications come before both.

Priority changes the order in which lodged applications are looked at, not whether they are granted. Who is invited to apply through SkillSelect is decided separately. See all 202 occupations in the priority sectors.

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Analyst Programmer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

ACS assesses this code, and the years of experience it wants depend on a matrix rather than a single rule: your qualification level, whether its ICT content is a major or a minor, and whether that content is closely related to Analyst Programmer. A bachelor degree with a closely related ICT major needs two years in the last ten, or four years at any time, whichever dates your skill level earliest. The same degree judged not closely related needs four years, with no ten-year shortcut available.

Where these applications come unstuck

ACS publishes an identical thirteen-line duty list for Analyst Programmer, Developer Programmer, Software Engineer and the nec code, so trying to prove you are an analyst programmer by matching duties is matching text that is the same for four occupations. What separates this code is its one-line definition: analysing user needs and producing requirements documentation, then coding against it. If your reference letter describes building to someone else's specification, that reads as Developer Programmer regardless of your title.

An honest read on this pathway

On the MLTSSL and CSOL, so the full skilled and sponsored range is open. Every code in this family is also individually listed on South Australia's Adelaide City Technology and Innovation Advancement DAMA at skill level one, whole of state, which is worth knowing if the standard experience requirement is the thing standing in your way. The outcome letter is valid for two years and ACS does not renew or reassess outcomes, so timing the application against your visa plans matters.

Assembling an ACS application? ACS wants employment evidence that lines up exactly with the dates and duties you claim elsewhere. The Skilled Visa EOI Organiser keeps your claims consistent across the skills assessment, EOI and Form 80 — inconsistencies between them are a common cause of delay.

Talk it through with a registered agent

Whether nominating Analyst Programmer is your best route depends on your points, experience evidence and timing — exactly what a MARA-registered agent works through in an initial consultation. Describe your situation once through Migratio and compare real consultation quotes from registered agents, free.

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