NovenAI Monthly EOI Brief
August 2026
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Materials EngineerANZSCO 233112 EOI competition report, August 2026
According to NovenAI's analysis of Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI data, Materials Engineer (ANZSCO 233112) had319 Submitted subclass 189 EOIsas of August 2026. Submitted status is the primary measure used for the pool-movement analysis on this page.
The separately calculated total across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses is 789. Because it includes Closed records, it is not the number of active applicants currently waiting for an invitation.
- Submitted 189 EOIs
- 319
- Three-status total
- 789
- Largest combined band
- 80points
NovenAI analysis layer
What the evidence says
Pool composition
Submitted represents 40.4 percent of the three-status total, which is less than half of the selected-status total. NovenAI keeps it separate from the combined measure that includes Closed records.
Score concentration
The three largest score bands form a notable concentration without containing a majority of the total. The 80-point band contains 16.6 percent of the three-status total; the three largest bands at 80, 65, 70 points contain 44.7 percent.
State signals
The largest Submitted EOI state totals are 190: NSW 164; 491: WA 147. These are not nomination allocations or invitation probabilities.
Submitted EOI movement
NovenAI calculates that Submitted EOIs decreased from 322 in July 2026 to 319 in August 2026, a change of 3 EOIs or approximately 0.9 percent month on month.
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