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Here are the latest contract roles in Canberra that Freelance Radar found on LinkedIn, across every specialisation. There are 52 contract roles live right now, with a median day rate of $1,070, and the list is updated continuously.

Updated on 6 October 2026

52

contract roles live

$1,070 /day

median day rate

+52

this week

APS5 and APS6 Investigations

APS5/APS6 contract roles for experienced investigations professionals supporting a major Federal Government regulatory program, up to 12 months, Australian Citizenship and eligibility for Baseline cle…

Canberra, ACT · $52.78 to $65.48 per hour + super

APS5 and APS6 Compliance & Regulation

APS5/APS6 contract roles for experienced compliance and regulation professionals supporting a major Federal Government regulatory program, up to 12 months, Australian Citizenship and eligibility for B…

Canberra, ACT · $52.78 to $65.48 per hour + super

Experienced Data Analyst to lead high-impact data analytics across fraud, risk and integrity on a 12-month contract with potential extension, using Snowflake, SAS, Python and R; Australian citizenship…

Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney or Melbourne

Senior / Lead Azure Data Engineer

Long-term contract role for federal government clients, remote within Australia or Canberra based, requiring Baseline clearance with NV1 preferred, focused on Azure data engineering.

Remote within Australia or Canberra

Project Manager - ICT Infrastructure

Long-term contract role for federal government clients in Canberra/Hybrid, requiring Baseline clearance, focused on ICT infrastructure project management with ITSM, Agile, PRINCE2, PMP and ITIL.

Canberra/Hybrid

Lead Data Engineer

Long-term contract for an experienced Lead Data Engineer with Australian citizenship and NV1 Security Clearance, working on data and analytics platforms with Azure, Data Factory, Databricks, Data Lake…

Canberra preferred | Sydney | Melbourne

Lead Technical Business Analyst

Long-term contract to June 2027 with up to 18 months of extensions, leading discovery and analysis for an Identity and Access Management Modernisation (IAMM) project transitioning legacy identity syst…

Hybrid – Canberra, ACT

Senior Infrastructure Cloud Engineer

Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer needed for a major IAM Modernisation project working across Azure, Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory hybrid infrastructure, supporting a large-scale transition from…

Identity Solution Architect

12-month contract with potential 12-month extension to lead IAM solution architecture for a modernisation program transitioning from MIM and AD FS to Microsoft Entra ID, including HLDs/DSDs, identity …

Canberra, ACT

Lead Data Engineer

Long-term contract for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to work across data and analytics platforms for a government client, requiring Australian citizenship, NV1 security clearance and skills in Azu…

Canberra (preferred), Sydney or Melbourne

Project Manager (ICT Service Management & ICT Infrastructure Projects)

Contract Project Manager for ICT Service Management and ICT Infrastructure projects, 3 days on-site, open to Australian Citizens with or without Baseline clearance (Baseline preferred).

Cyber Security Architect

Long term contract Cyber Security Architect role, hybrid in Canberra, requiring an Australian Citizen with or without NV1 clearance (NV1 preferred).

Canberra / Hybrid

Senior System Administrator – EL1 Level

10-month contract with extension option for an onsite Senior System Administrator with NV2 clearance, strong RHEL, AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, Backup), Ansible, Semaphore, Grafana, ELK Stack and systems adm…

Multiple Senior Salesforce Developers

Looking for multiple Senior Salesforce Developers for a contract role in Canberra, open to Australian citizens with NV1 clearance; hybrid/remote work available.

Canberra, Australia - Hybrid / Remote

Cyber Security Architect

Seeking a Cyber Security Architect for a long term contract in Canberra (hybrid), for Australian citizens with or without NV1 (NV1 preferred).

Canberra / Hybrid

Technical Business Analyst (Data)

12 month contract (likely extension) for a Technical Business Analyst to translate business needs into data solutions on national digital health infrastructure, involving stakeholder workshops, requir…

Canberra or Sydney · $135 - $145/hr (inc super), 7.5hr day

Business Analyst

Seeking 5 experienced Business Analysts (APS6 equivalent) for a 12-month contract with 2 x 12-month extensions on a major ICT transformation program, onsite 5 days/week in Canberra, requiring eligibil…

Canberra, ACT

Cyber Security Architect

12-month contract for a Cyber Security Architect based in Canberra, requiring an NV1 security clearance.

Cyber Security Architect

Long term contract for an Australian citizen (NV1 preferred) to own cyber security architecture across SIEM and enterprise logging, Microsoft Entra/AD, Purview, Defender for Endpoint and Identity, Azu…

Canberra / Hybrid

Cyber Security Architect

Contract cyber security architect to design, integrate and uplift security technologies across complex enterprise environments, including SIEM and Microsoft Defender, with NV1 clearance and Australian…

APS5 Project Officer

Long-term labour hire contract to June 2028 delivering nationally significant public health surveillance programs; Canberra-based with remote options; public health, science, laboratory or project man…

Canberra, ACT

APS6 Senior Project Officer

Long-term labour hire contract to June 2028 delivering nationally significant public health surveillance programs; Canberra-based with remote options; public health, science, laboratory or project man…

Canberra, ACT

Cyber Security Accreditation SME (NV1)

Initial 2.5-month contract with high possibility of extension for an experienced Cyber Security Accreditation SME to support critical system accreditation and authorisation activities in a highly secu…

Sydney (Melbourne or Canberra considered)

Senior RF & Microwave Infrastructure Technician

Hands-on senior RF specialist for a federal government Emergency Communications Network project upgrading legacy radio networks at overseas sites, covering design, installation, tuning, calibration an…

Senior Salesforce Developers

Multiple contract Senior Salesforce Developer roles in Canberra, hybrid/remote, requiring Australian citizenship with NV1 clearance.

Canberra, Australia - Hybrid / Remote

Senior Cyber Threat Analyst or SIEM Expert or Threat Detection Engineer

Long term contract cyber security role in Canberra, hybrid/flexible office or WFH, requiring Australian citizenship with Baseline preferred.

Project Manager - ICT Infrastructure

Long-term contract for a Project Manager with ICT infrastructure experience, working Canberra/hybrid, requiring Baseline clearance.

Canberra/Hybrid

Salesforce Developers x4

Multiple long-term contract Salesforce Developer roles (x4), remote within Australia or Canberra, requiring Baseline clearance.

Remote within Australia or Canberra

Business Analyst

Long-term contract Business Analyst role, remote within Australia or Canberra, requiring Baseline clearance.

Remote within Australia or Canberra

Senior Procurement Officer (APS6)

Recruiting a Senior Procurement Officer at APS6 level for a Commonwealth Government client on an initial 6-month non-ongoing APS contract with possible extension, requiring Australian citizenship and …

Canberra or Brisbane

Salesforce Developers x4

Long-term contract for four Salesforce Developers with OmniStudio, Apex and LWC skills, working remotely within Australia or Canberra with a Baseline clearance required.

Remote within Australia or Canberra

Senior Cyber Threat Analyst / Threat Detection Engineer

Long-term contract for a Senior Cyber Threat Analyst / Threat Detection Engineer with SOC, SIEM, threat intelligence, EDR and SOAR skills across Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk, remote within Australia …

Remote within Australia or Canberra

Business Analyst

Long-term contract for a Business Analyst supporting federal government clients, remote within Australia or Canberra with a Baseline clearance.

Remote within Australia or Canberra

APS6 WHS Case Manager

Experienced APS6 WHS Case Manager needed for a 6–12 month non-ongoing opportunity supporting workplace health and safety, injury management, rehabilitation, return-to-work and employee wellbeing; S26 …

WHS Case Manager (APS6 level)

WHS Case Manager required for a Commonwealth Government client in Canberra on a 6 to 12-month non-ongoing contract (or s26 transfer for existing APS employees); Australian citizenship and ability to m…

Salesforce Developer

Long-term contract for a Salesforce Developer with OmniStudio, Apex and LWC skills, remote within Australia or Canberra, Baseline clearance required.

Remote within Australia or Canberra

Senior Cyber Threat Analyst / Threat Detection Engineer

Long-term contract for a Senior Cyber Threat Analyst / Threat Detection Engineer with SOC, SIEM, Threat Intelligence, EDR, SOAR, Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk skills, remote within Australia or Canber…

Remote within Australia or Canberra

Senior Procurement Officer (APS6 level)

Recruiting a Senior Procurement Officer at APS6 level for a Commonwealth Government client, initial 6-month non-ongoing APS contract with possible extension, requiring Australian citizenship and abili…

Canberra or Brisbane

Azure Infrastructure/Cloud Architect

Experienced Azure Architect to lead design, governance and implementation oversight of a strategic Azure platform including networking, identity, security, PaaS, IaaS, connectivity, resilience, monito…

Sydney or Canberra · Hourly contract rate

Workday Data Conversion Specialist

6-month contract (with potential extensions) supporting a major enterprise technology program, requiring Workday data conversion, migration and loading experience, strong knowledge of Workday loading …

Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane considered