IT job market in Ukraine. Overview & тrends

1.

IT job market
in Ukraine 2015
Overview & Trends
Max Ischenko
DOU.ua

2.

DOU.ua
djinni.co
100k dev community
7000 contacts/mo

3.

DEVELOPERS

4.

90,000 developers
in IT/tech
75,000 in 2014 (+20% growth)
Source: DOU.ua

5.

~23k Developers
work for Top 25 employers
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
10,596
15,184
18,655
21,332
22,900
Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/top25/

6.

Outsourcing dominates
Compared to 2014: Product +2.4 p.p., Outsourcing –2.3 p.p.
Outsourcing & ODC
58.9
Product
28.5
Startups
4.5
Other
8
Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/ survey

7.

Years of experience
<1 year
24%
1-3 years
3-5 years
5+ years
29%
20.1%
26.9%
Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/ survey

8.

English knowledge
Elementary
Intermediate
Fluent
21.2%
38.6%
40.2%
Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/ survey

9.

More demographics
Median age
27
years
Sex ratio
86,5%
13,5%
(91,7% & 8.3% in 2013)
Source: http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/ survey

10.

Cities
86% of developers
live in just 5 cities.
47% live in Kyiv alone.
http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/demography/

11.

Cities
Kyiv
46.6%
Kharkiv
16.2%
Lviv
9.9%
Dnipropetrovsk
7.9%
Odessa
5.5%
http://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/demography/

12.

JOBS

13.

Let’s analyze
3400 jobs
from 745 companies
July—September’2015
(jobs.dou.ua)

14.

6 applicants
for 1 average job posting
July—September’2015
(jobs.dou.ua)

15.

Number of jobs grew 60%
Number of applicants grew ~3x
Job postings
Applicants
5000
3750
2500
1250
0
Sep'13 Nov
Jan
Mar
May
Jul Sep'14 Nov
Jan
Mar
May
Jul Sep'15
http://jobs.dou.ua/trends/

16.

Jobs & Applicants.
Jobs posted
659
311
133
PM
311
162
115
QA
Junior
Middle
Senior
Lead
Source: DOU.ua

17.

Jobs & Applicants.
Applicants per job
27
24
22
8.6
5.4
PM
QA
Junior
Middle
Senior
4.1
Lead
Source: DOU.ua

18.

.NET, iOS and C++ are harder to hire
Hires by title
Searches by title
PHP
.NET
JavaScript
PHP
.NET
JavaScript
Java
Java
QA
QA
Android
Android
Python
iOS
Ruby
Python
iOS
C++
Sysadmin
Ruby
PM
HTML
Others
Sysadmin
PM
Others
Source: djinni.co

19.

Frontend
PHP
.NET
Java
QA
UX/Design
iOS
Android
C++
2014
2015
Python
Ruby
Source: jobs.dou.ua

20.

50% of the jobs are in Kyiv
948
Kyiv
Lviv
102
201
Kharkiv
Dnepropetrovsk
Odessa
113
97
Source: jobs.dou.ua

21.

70% of companies are
< 80 employees
<80
70%
81-200
201-800
801+
15.7%
5.6%
8.7%
July—September’2015
(jobs.dou.ua)

22.

50% of jobs require
3+ years of experience
Junior
363
1,139
Middle
2,793
Senior
Lead
740
Source: jobs.dou.ua

23.

70% of jobs
posted in English
July—September’2015
(jobs.dou.ua)

24.

5% of jobs
are for relocation

25.

SALARIES

26.

‣
‣
jobs.dou.ua/salaries
djinni.co/salaries
only 13% of job postings on jobs.dou.ua mention
salary level
DOU.ua does salary surveys twice a year, 

5000+ participants – https://github.com/imax/dou-salaries
Djinni tracks actual hires, incl. salary expectations

27.

Salaries stay put*
* If you ignore UAH currency crash
Frontend senior
Java middle
QA
$3,000
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,000
Dec'11 May'12 Dec'12 May'13 Dec'13 May'14 Dec'14 May'15
Source: DOU.ua

28.

Average hire on Djinni
Fall 2013 — Fall 2015
5+ years
2-5 years
<2 years
$3,500
$2,625
$1,750
$875
$0
2013'2
2014'1
2014'2
2015'1
2015'2
Source: djinni.co

29.

Average salary by city
$2,180
Kyiv
Lviv
Kharkiv
Dnepropetrovsk
$1,650
$1,613
$1,500
Odessa
$1,723
(remote)
$2,166
Source: djinni.co

30.

Average salary by work exp. (Kyiv)
$3,028
7 years or more
$2,538
5-7 years
$2,204
3-5 years
1,5 to 3 yrs
less than 1,5 years
$1,488
$1,360
Source: djinni.co

31.

Average salary by job title (Kyiv)
PHP
Java
Frontend
.NET
QA
Python
Android
iOS
PM
C++
$2,070
$2,400
$1,738
$2,475
$1,881
$2,424
$1,850
$2,056
$2,460
$1,800
Source: djinni.co

32.

2016 SPECULATIONS

33.

Hard to justify #зрада
dou.ua
jobs.dou.ua

34.

BONUS: make your bets!
Continued exodus to Poland/EU: 30%
Mass exodus, lay-offs, salaries falling: 1%
Increase to ~10% flat tax rate: 70%
Effective tax rate at 20% or higher: 30%
Big tech company opening R&D office: 40%
Another $150MM+ exit: 50%

35.

Все буде добре

36.

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