ukraine it industry 2014: jobs and trends

IT-industry 2014: jobs and trends

Max IschenkoDOU.ua

DOU.ua, 70k developers

djinni.co 500 recruiters weekly

DEVELOPERS

75,000 developers*15 thousands work in 1000+ employers

Top cities

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Lviv

Dnepropetrovsk

Odessa

Other

0 12.5 25 37.5 50

13.5

5.5

8.2

9.3

18.7

44.9

Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/ survey

27 y.o. median age

Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/ survey

0

300

600

900

1200

16+ 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46+

+2 years compared to 2011

Years of experience

Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/ survey

0

200

400

600

800

<6 month6-12 month1 yr

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+

Education and English lvl

Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/ survey

4%5%16%

75%

Higher ed Higher ed (unfin) Master/PhDNo higher ed

4%

84%

11%

Fluent Intermediate Elementary

COMPANIES

2,000 IT-companies*Median company size <50 employees

Outsourcing&ODC

Product

Startups

Other

0 17.5 35 52.5 70

8.3

4.4

26.1

61.2

Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/ survey

IT outsourcing is HUGE

TOP25

0 5500 11000 16500 22000

Outsourcing ODC Product

Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/top25/

Samsung, NetCracker, ISD, Miratech, Wargaming

Win Interactive, Terrasoft, Software MacKiev, CS, Playtika

27 thousand employees

JOBS and SALARIES

2,000 job openings*1000+ open jobs in TOP25 companies

Source: Djinni.co

Everyone* is hired

Source: Djinni.co

OK, maybe not everyone

Source: DOU.ua

0

4

8

12

16

QA Junior Middle Senior PM

# of applicants per job

0

1750

3500

5250

7000

Applications

811

2,531

3751,368

972

Source: DOU.ua0

350

700

1050

1400

Jobs

443

618

848446

Junior QAPM MiddleSenior

only 4% jobs are for juniors juniors are 22% of all applicants

http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/

TRENDS

2x applicants, same # of jobs

0

600

1200

1800

2400

Sept'13 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept'14

Job postings Applicants

Source: DOU.ua

sept 2013 – sept 201410% decline in median salaries for new hires

Source: DOU.ua$0

$750

$1,500

$2,250

$3,000

Dec'11 May'12 Dec'12 May'13 Dec'13 May'14

Java middle Frontend senior QA

Salaries 2011-2014

TOP25 keeps growing

0

7000

14000

21000

28000

2011 2012 2013 2014

Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/top25/

Getting in: 20 applicants per jobEveryone heard about high salaries and nice offices

What’s in 2015?

• Risk factor #1: war w/ Russia

• Risk factor #2: cooling of tech “bubble” in USA

• Long term the future is bright

• Nobody knows what’s up for 2015 ;-)

Вопросы?

max@dou.ua Twitter.com/maxua