Cyber Security Analyst (ANZSCO 262116)

On the 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 Cyber Security Analyst on?

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).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Cyber Security Analyst comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

ACS assesses Cyber Security Analyst through its standard qualification-or-RPL framework, with the project reports expected to demonstrate hands-on assessment work — vulnerability testing, risk and security control assessments, and identifying weaknesses in an organisation's security posture — rather than the policy or architecture work that sits closer to the neighbouring cyber security codes.

Where these applications come unstuck

The overlap with Cyber Security Advice and Assessment Specialist and Cyber Security Architect means the choice of code matters more than applicants expect. Evidence that is genuinely analyst-level (finding and reporting vulnerabilities) but described in advisory or design language can read as the wrong code to an assessor, and vice versa.

An honest read on this pathway

A genuinely open, high-demand code for applicants with real hands-on security-testing experience, but a relatively new addition to the occupation list — treat guides written before the 2025 cyber security code split with some caution.

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

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