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IT JOB MARKET IN 2018

INTRODUCTIONDear Readers,another very dynamic year in the world of technology has come to an end. The IT industry shows no signs of slowing down, which means that the demand for new employees, ones that possess a wide range of knowledge and competences and can adapt to the current and future needs of the constantly changing market, is constantly increasing. The report we have prepared covers the most important information, presenting a reliable and substantial summary of the passing year. By reading this report, you will find out what skills are the most sought after by employers and which cities had the highest number of job offers, as well as get access to information on the salaries of various types of IT specialists, depending on their fields of expertise, work experience and location. What is more, we will endeavour to use the data we have collected to formulate a forecast for 2019, and thus identify the elements to which companies should pay particular attention in the nearest future. I hope that the report we have created will provide you with interesting and valuable knowledge!

Tomasz Bujok CEO, No Fluff Jobs

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2IT job market – an overview of 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

IT job market in Poland and around the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4The most popular programming languages in Poland in 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5IT job market in Poland – the leading specialisations in 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6IT job market in Poland – junior specialists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

The most sought-after specialists on the IT job market in 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8The most popular technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9The most popular areas of expertise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The IT job postings generated the highest number of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11The most popular technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12The most popular areas of expertise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Cities with the largest number of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Remuneration of IT specialists on the IT job market in 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Gross remuneration by experience level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Gross remuneration by technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Gross remuneration by location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Gross remuneration by specialisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

What trends will dominate the IT job market in 2019?? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Methodology and sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

IT JOB MARKET – AN OVERVIEW OF 2018 IT job market in Poland and around the world

The demand for new employees continues to increase on the IT job market, growing in parallel to the dynamic development of innovative technologies. What is more, there are no signs indicating that this trend might change in the nearest future. Every year generates new IT-related jobs, not only for developers, but also for team managers, testers and data analysts.

And which technologies reigned supreme in 2018? The data compiled and analysed by HackerRank indicates that JavaScript and Java developers were the most sought-after IT specialists. The same trend was noticeable on the Polish market, which is evidenced by the data from our site which confirm that these two programming languages were the most commonly asked-for technologies in the job postings published by our clients in 2018.

IT JOB MARKET 2018 SUMMARY OF THE YEAR

According to the data from StackOverflow, as many as 80% of all IT recruiters claim that finding employees with relevant qualifications is the most difficult part of their work.

IT JOB MARKET 2018

The most popular programming languages in Poland in 2018

SUMMARY OF THE YEAR

JavaScript 26,94%

Java 24,31%

.NET 11,03%

Angular 10,21%

Python 9,24%

PHP 8,42%

Scala 3,26%

C++ 3,17%

Android 2,29%

iOS 2,13%

Java and Javascript are the most popular technologies both on the Polish and global market. This tendency has been holding strong for a few years already and is reinforced by several different factors. Javascript is at the moment the only programming language supported by all browsers, and one which is increasingly often used in mobile apps and back-end solutions. On the other hand, Java is not only a mature language which has been available on the market for more than twenty years, but foremost a stable virtual machine (JVM) which is the most frequently used application platform in business applications.

Tomasz Bujok CEO, No Fluff Jobs

IT JOB MARKET 2018

IT companies need people for both back-end jobs, and front-end or even full-stack positions. In which areas do companies employ the highest number of employees? According to the data gathered by StackOverflow, back-end specialists are the biggest sub-group within general IT staff, followed by full-stack specialists and front-end developers. The data we have collected on the Polish labour market again echoes the global results. According to our “Remuneration in IT” survey, more than 32% of people working in the IT industry are back-end developers. Full-stack specialists came in second (19%), and front-end developers (11%) took the third place. The above-mentioned data allow to conclude that developers are the most sought-after IT specialists, and that there is no indication that this trend will change any soon.

IT job market in Poland – the leading specialisations in 2018

Backend32.34%

Fullstack19.03%

Other15.7%

Frontend11.09%

Testing 8.35%

Devops 6.48%

Mobile 4.85%

Embedded 1.05%

PM 0.76%

Support 0.35%

SUMMARY OF THE YEAR

IT job market in Poland – junior specialists

IT JOB MARKET 2018

The growing demand for developers, as well as their high salaries, have motivated more and more young people to plan their futures with the IT industry in mind. This is confirmed, for example, by data from the No Fluff Jobs, according to which there were on average as many as 22 applicants for every job posting for an open junior-level position in 2018. This trend became a source of another contemporary phenomenon – the ever-growing number of varied programming resources, teaching organisations and learning opportunities, such as on-line courses, bootcamps or free e-books. However, most job postings are targeted at experienced developers. According to the StackOverflow’s data, the shortage of experienced developers on the Polish market can amount to as many as 50,000 people.

Both in Poland and worldwide, most developers learn programming through IT or related studies.

SUMMARY OF THE YEAR

THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER SPECIALISTS ON THE IT JOB MARKET IN 2018

IT JOB MARKET 2018 THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER SPECIALISTS

IT JOB MARKET 2018

In 2018, the largest increase in job postings – by as much as 80% – concerned .NET framework. It was referenced in as many as 12% of all job adverts published on our website. Android (an increase of more than 72%) and Scala (a 65% increase) took the second and third place respectively in the category of technologies with most dynamically growing popularity.

The most popular technologies

.NET Android Scala Python iOS Angular JavaScript PHP Java C++

⇧ 80,9% ⇧ 72,7% ⇧ 65,2% ⇧ 64,0% ⇧ 55,0% ⇧ 52,7% ⇧ 51,3% ⇧ 45,0% ⇧ 44,0% ⇧ 29,0%

THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER SPECIALISTS

IT JOB MARKET 2018

In 2018, the highest number of job postings were published in the following categories (from the highest to the lowest number of ads): back-end, full-stack and front-end. In comparison with the data from the previous year, the largest increase in jobs was recorded in the front-end category. Although these categories enjoy the highest number of job offers, it is worth noting that they are also losing their advantage when compared to other categories, which is evidenced by their lowest percentage increases.

The most popular areas of expertise

Backend 34.48%

Fullstack 19.98%

Testing 7.30%

Devops 6.32%

Mobile 6.05%

Support 2.44%

Business Intelligence 1.56%

Project Manager 1.53%

Other 3.71%

Frontend16.63%

THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER SPECIALISTS

THE IT JOB POSTINGS WHICH GENERATED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS

IT JOB MARKET 2018 THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS

IT JOB MARKET 2018

The most popular technologies

Android Java JavaScript Python C++ PHP Angular iOS .NET Scala

⇧ 106,14% ⇧ 49,66% ⇧ 36,35% ⇧ 26,09% ⇧ 54,91% ⇧ 28,45% ⇧ 1,86% ⇧ 34,79% ⇧ 12,32% ⇧ 40,28%

Taking into account all the technologies referred to in job postings requesting knowledge of Android, Java and JavaScript (in this order) generated on average the highest number of applications per ad in 2018. Analysis of the data from the previous year revealed that Android platform had recorded the biggest growth (over 106%).

5.7 5.82 6.084.28

5.754.78 4.34 3.6

5.94.79

11.75

8.71

8.29 6.63

7.25

6.14 5.85

5.05

6.01 5.38

2017

2018

THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS

IT JOB MARKET 2018

The most popular areas of expertiseProject Manager, Front-end and Testing were the most popular job categories among candidates applying for work in IT in 2018. When it comes to this aspect, the Support category has seen the largest increase (96%) in comparison with 2017. When analysing the presented data, it is worth taking note of the downward trend in the Business Intelligence category, which generates a decreasing number of applications.

⇧ 57.64% ⇧ 57.86% ⇧ 60.38% ⇧ 39.89% ⇧ 85.27% ⇧ 96.26% ⇩ 6.31% ⇧ 9.66% ⇧ 0.87%

Project Manager Frontend Testing Backend Mobile Support Business

Intelligence Fullstack Devops

10,74

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9,35

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6,66

6,24

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3,44 3,47

7,67

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THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS

IT JOB MARKET 2018

Cities with the largest number of applicationsWarsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw are locations with the highest CV/job posting ratio in 2018. In comparison to 2017, the largest increase was recorded in Silesia.

Warszawa

Praca zdalna

Trójmiasto

Wrocław

ŚląskKraków

Poznań 9.57

⇧ 39.1%

⇧ 39.2%

⇧ 50.4%

⇧ 18.2%

⇧ 17.9%

⇧ 21.9%

⇧ 34.9%

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7.676.92

6.88

5.51

6.47

5.77

13.13

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As the number of remote job offer keeps increasing, the number of applications for such positions grows in parallel. In comparison to 2017, the response rate for such ads went up by almost 22%

THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS

REMUNERATION OF IT SPECIALISTS ON THE IT JOB MARKET IN 2018

IT JOB MARKET 2018 REMUNERATION

IT JOB MARKET 2018

Gross remuneration by experience levelRemuneration offered to IT specialists varies greatly depending on the length of their work experience. Nevertheless, the level of remuneration offered to IT specialists who are just beginning their careers is increasing, which is evidenced by the 9% rise, compared to the previous year.

Junior Mid Senior

5500zł

2017 2017 20172018 2018 2018

6000zł⇧ 9.1%

10300zł 10500zł⇧ 1.9%

14700zł

16000zł

⇧ 8.8%

REMUNERATION

There is still a shortage of experienced developers on the market, and companies that are unable to offer significant salary increases must deal with the risk of valued employees leaving them for greener pastures, as such employees often can expect to receive a salary increase of more than 50% in a new company. Salary increase systems do not provide for such high levels of rises. Let’s imagine for a second that an employee left your company. Consequently, a new vacancy appears for which salary range have to be increased as well to avoid getting stuck in a never-ending recruitment process. It is a vicious cycle.

Robert Fijałkowski Communications Specialist, Schibsted Tech Polska

IT JOB MARKET 2018

Gross remuneration by technology

Scala was the most profitable programming language in 2018. The average remuneration of Scala developers amounts to as much as PLN 13,000. Java was the second most profitable technology, followed by .NET and Angular, in that order. Compared to the previous year, PHP developers have seen the largest remuneration increase of almost 12%. The average salary of a PHP developer increased from PLN 8,500 in 2017 to PLN 9,500 in 2018.

Scala Java Angular .NET Python iOS JavaScript C++ Android PHP

2017 2018

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1300

0 zł

1200

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1280

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1175

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1250

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1150

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1250

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1100

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1210

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1200

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1200

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1100

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⇧ 4.00% ⇧ 6.67% ⇧ 6.38% ⇧ 8.70%⇧ 10% 0% ⇧ 4.44%

⇧ 4.76%⇩8.70%

⇧ 11.76%

Cities in which IT companies published the most job postings both in 2018 and 2017 are Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw, in this order. When analysing the previous year, it is worth paying attention to the enormous increase of 71% in the number of job postings published by companies located in the Tricity (Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot).

REMUNERATION

IT JOB MARKET 2018

Gross remuneration by location

Warszawa

Trójmiasto

Wrocław

ŚląskKraków

Poznań

The recent impressive increases are directly linked to the fact that Tricity has undergone significant changes in the last few years. Until recently, Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot struggled with insufficient amount of available office space, a shallow job market and salaries which were significantly lower compared to Krakow or Wroclaw. Nowadays, the situation is completely different, and

Tricity, although it is leading in terms of growth, is just catching up with the other large cities. What is more, recently, there has been a growing sense of awareness of health risks constituting side-effects of living in cities plagued by air pollution. Whole families began to move out to Pomerania for health reasons.

12000zł 13000zł

11750zł 12000zł

10500zł 10000zł

11000zł 12000zł

9750zł 10000zł

11250zł 11500zł

⇧9.17%

⇧2.13%⇩4.76%

⇧2.22%

⇧2.56%

⇧9.09%

IT companies offer highest salaries to employees working in Warsaw, Krakow and the Tricity. In comparison to 2017, the highest growth was recorded in the Tricity, which overtook Wroclaw, the leader of the previous year’s ranking.

Unfortunately, not all of the locations included in the report enjoy a continuous growth in remuneration. The average salary offered in Silesia fell from PLN 10,500 to PLN 10,000.

REMUNERATION

Robert Fijałkowski Communications Specialist, Schibsted Tech Polska

IT JOB MARKET 2018

Gross remuneration by specialisation

In 2018, the highest remuneration was offered to IT specialists working in Business Intelligence and DevOps jobs. The largest increase in comparison to the previous year was recorded in the Support category, while the most significant decrease was noted in the Project Manager category.

Business Intelligence

Devops Backend Fullstack Frontend Mobile Project Manager

Testing Support

1375

0 zł

1400

0 zł

1200

0 zł

1273

0 zł

1100

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1200

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1150

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⇧ 1.8%

⇧ 6.1%⇧ 9.1% ⇧ 4.4% ⇧ 4.4%

⇩ 4.4% ⇩ 14.3%

⇩4.8%

⇧ 11.9%

2017 2018

REMUNERATION

WHAT TRENDS WILL DOMINATE THE IT JOBMARKET IN 2019?

IT JOB MARKET 2018 TRENDS

IT JOB MARKET 2018

Kasia Michalak

In 2019, an increasing number of companies will be interested in more deliberate creation of a culture of diversity (employing people of different genders, nationalities, ages, languages and approaches to problem solving).The aim is to not only create a team consisting of employees whose competences complement each other, but also to achieve greater business success, as companies which focus on diversity perform better and find it easier to attract the customer base and job candidates.

This means that recruiters need to redesign recruitment processes from scratch – build a new candidate base, ensure a smaller pipeline, deal with a lower response rate, and prepare for considerably longer recruitment processes.

Progress is happening at a faster pace than in any previous decades, and recruiters must be up-to-date with the latest technologies, so as not to lose their competitive advantage. Recruiters might not be able to get by with only knowledge of HR or psychology. They will also need to know how to use relevant tools, apply a more analytical approach and conduct smart assessment of activities, which will translate into better results, provided, however, that the methods used by recruiters will be well-selected with specific needs in mind.

It is worth noting that, as the demand for IT specialists is steadily growing, the demand for IT recruiters who are able to work as their partners in the recruitment process is also increasing. HR departments will have to face a real challenge – they will have to not only ensure that their recruitment teams include people with such expertise, but also hire junior recruiters who can quickly learn the desired skills.

TRENDS

Business Development Manager, Bee TalentsShe is the winner of the Sourcing Summer competition and the winner of the first place in the “Perły HR 2016” competition (Pearls of HR 2016) in the Consultant of the Year category. She is also a co-author of the first manual for sourcers. As a business development manager, she has been actively contributing to the development of Bee Talents since 2017, sharing her knowledge at many conferences (including Internet Beta, HR Tech Berlin and Bitspiration).

IT JOB MARKET 2018

Over the last years, I have noticed a large increase in the number of companies with foreign capital operating on the Polish market. I think that 2019 will bring even more of them, as employers around the world recognise the quality of services offered by Polish IT specialists. I also expect a strong increase in salaries offered by Polish companies. In order to be able to compete for the best employees with local branches of foreign companies, Polish companies will have to increase the remuneration they offer, broaden the range of offered benefits or attract younger candidates by creating internal development paths.

One of the benefits that I hope will become more commonly offered in Poland is the remote work option. It is the future of the IT industry, especially in the context of expectations of younger generations for whom work in the office and long commutes are simply not desirable. These are the trends that I wish to see implemented – both for myself and everyone else who works or wants to work in the IT industry.

Dawid Bałut CEO & Chief Security Strategist, TestArmy CyberForces He has been active in the IT industry for more than 10 years; a former network administrator, sysadmin, developer, and security engineer. He was responsible for testing security for such companies as Facebook, Amazon or PayPal. He currently manages a hacker team at CyberForces, where he creates cyber security programmes for corporations and government organisations.

TRENDS

IT JOB MARKET 2018

The most important phenomenon is the fact that the position of employees is strengthening with every passing year, while employers are slowly losing in importance. This trend will be even more visible in the coming year – mainly due to globalisation and the fact that virtually no territorial boundaries between countries exist anymore on the global IT market.

The awareness of importance of work-life balance will also increase in 2019. In order to meet the expectations of employees, companies will try to provide an increasingly complex package of non-salary benefits. Private medical care is not enough anymore; new popular options include company crèches and concierge services. In short, everything that will make it easier for a potential employee to function between work and home.

An increasing number of employers is also aware of the fact that implementation of some of their projects can take even several years. That is why the long-term commitment of employees is so important. What will help to ensure such commitment? Most likely long-term incentive schemes and, for example, such options as an opportunity to own the company's shares. Finally, salaries. Although they are no longer the key factor in making employment decisions, they will continue to grow. stale rosły.

Olga Legosz Founder of Yep Academy, co-founder of the Success Written in Lipstick Foundation (Fundacja Sukces Pisany Szminką) She is an expert in human resources management. She has 15 years of work experience in Polish and foreign corporations in the field of HR supervision. Her expertise was recognised with many Employer Branding awards.

TRENDS

IT JOB MARKET 2018

The issue of acquiring and retaining the best talents is nowadays one of the biggest challenges for employers, not only in the IT industry. With the huge staff deficit and increasing competitiveness on the market, it is becoming more difficult to hire new people and maintain high motivation levels among the currently employed staff. One of the possible ways of making up for such disadvantages is opting for attracting increasingly younger professionals, which requires creation of apprenticeships, internships or mentoring programmes suited to the needs and abilities of members of such age groups.

Next year, employers will certainly have to deal with relocation of employees from less developed areas of Poland, as well as other countries, especially Ukraine. This will require the companies to create appropriate relocation schemes, not only for potential employees, but also for members of their families.

When considering the challenges of 2019, we cannot forget about the legal obligations imposed on employers. Considering the introduction of GDPR, the amendment of the Personal Data Protection Act and the potential up-coming changes in the Labour Code, companies will have to be prepared to deal with large stacks of documents and adapt to changes required by the legislator.

Martyna Wójcik Trainer at Sages, HR specialist with many years of experience in IT recruitment. She has conducted recruitment processes for external clients for many years, and currently, she provides support for the dynamic development of one of the largest software companies in the world. She conducts recruitment trainings for both people seeking jobs in IT and IT industry recruiters.

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In 2019, one of the most important trends will be the growing number of women in the IT industry, which is nowadays still dominated by men. However, it might soon change in a significant way, because, according to the “Women at Technical Universities” report, the academic year of 2017/2018 was marked by the largest increase in the number of female students of IT sciences in history. The increasing popularity of IT schools, creation of women-centric programming communities, as well as the fact that companies themselves intensify their efforts to promote diversity policies, will also lead to evening out the gender disproportions on the IT market.

In 2019, the importance motivation, attitude and flexibility will also increase, with these factors becoming more significant than diplomas and degrees on the labour market. The fact that the IT sector is characterised by continuous development and high level of innovation means that the candidate's approach to work plays an increasingly important role in recruitment. This is confirmed by the fact that, this year, fifteen top companies in the US, including IBM, Google, EY and Apple joined the group of employers for which a university diploma is no longer an obligatory element of the candidate’s CV.

“Educate and Employ” will become even more important slogan in 2019. Some companies have started to train their future employees or retrain members of their current staff. Several well-known brands such as Nokia, Google and Comarch even decided to launch their own programming academies. The popularity of educational programs for employees that help them acquire necessary competences is also increasing. According to the research conducted by McKinsey Global Institute, the progressive automation will result in the need to retrain at least 375 million employees by 2030.

Katarzyna BartoszkiewiczMarketing Manager B2B, Coders Lab A marketing specialist and B2B communication expert. She creates and implements strategies for acquiring customers and building brand images on the basis of educational content and sharing expert knowledge. At Coders Lab, she is responsible for the development of initiatives supporting companies in the process of digital transformation and increasing technological competences of employees.

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The ever-growing competition in the labour market will be one of the biggest recruitment challenges of 2019. This trend will continue next year, forcing recruiters to look for new, creative methods to recruit candidates from the IT industry.

2019 will pose a challenge for recruiters who will find it increasingly harder to motivate candidates to accept job offers. Employers have to think about their ideas for attracting potential employees, e.g. look for new benefits and perks.

It is also extremely important to optimise the entire recruitment process. Today’s labour market is the employee market, which forces recruitment teams to take quick and well-thought-out actions.

One of the rarely mentioned challenges faced by every recruitment specialist is the need for greater flexibility. Many of those interested in the recruiter’s offer are already working, which often makes agreeing on a convenient recruitment interview date more complicated. Candidates would like to have an opportunity to sit down for an interview in the evening or at the weekend, and many of them prefer to carry out job interviews remotely.

2019 will bring one more challenge for recruiters – the necessity of self-development. The significance of IT specialists’ technical competences will continue to grow, and job candidates will definitely find it easier to find common ground with recruiters that have at least general awareness of relevant products.

The personal branding of the recruiter will also gain in importance.To keep up with the pace of market development, the recruiter will need to have the ability to communicate effectively about the value of the company and be able to instil a sense of mission in the candidate, which can significantly affect the company's competitive advantage.

Katarzyna Faber Senior Recruitment Specialist, Ringier Axel Springer Polska She has more than 3 years of work experience in HR and runs recruitment projects in varied business areas. Broadly understood HR is her real passion, and she always prioritises the search for new talents.

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The last several months reveal a few clear trends on the IT job market which I expect to become even more dominant in 2019. The first of them is undoubtedly the interest in data science. This is an area which is well-suited for people with good analytical thinking competences and well-developed soft skills, as it requires not only the ability to formulate conclusions on the basis of available data, but also the ability to present them in an efficient way, e.g. to the management.

Other “hot topics” in the world of IT are user experience and user interface. Contemporary users have no time to search for information within websites, applications or systems – they expect them to be clear and easy-to-use. It means that the UX/UI specialists will certainly have no reason to complain about their job prospects in 2019.

The popularity of C# has been growing over the past several years. It is clearly visible not only in the rankings, but also in the number of companies that look for specialists with knowledge of this language at job fairs. In my opinion, C#, which is both strongly supported and developed by Microsoft, has not reached its full potential yet and will continue to climb in the popularity rankings.

Paulina Ziomek Psycholog, Trener, Konsultant HR, infoShare AcademyShe has several years of experience in the implementation of recruitment processes, mainly in the IT industry. Every day, she prepares students to enter the labour market and shows that soft skills are very important in the developer's work. Privately, she loves hiking in the mountains, enjoys short and long travels, and cooking.

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SUMMARY

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The 2018 data demonstrate clearly that the IT industry, both in Poland and across the world, is still dynamically developing and undergoing constant changes. What is more, according to our experts, there is no indication that this trend will change any soon. On the contrary, in the next years, both candidates and recruiters active on the IT market will have to constantly improve their skills, learn to use new tools and look for innovative solutions to keep up with the ever-changing market. However, the effort put into development will not go unrewarded. If our forecasts prove to be correct, in the near future, IT sector employees will be able to count on higher remuneration, more varied offer of benefits, as well as more opportunities for remote work or flexible working time.

And how would you, Dear Reader, sum up the passing year? What trends will dominate the IT industry in 2019 in your opinion?

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Methodology and sources

Methodology:

The report uses data on job postings which were published on the No Fluff Jobs website between 01/01/2018 and 30/11/2018, as well as the results of the “Remuneration in IT” survey conducted in the same period (01/01/2018-30/11/2018). The research sample amounted to 5,820 ads and 1713 completed surveys provided by respondents.

The salaries quoted in the report constitute gross monthly rates for people working on the basis of employment contracts and net amounts for those who work on the basis of B2B contracts.

Sources:

1. No Fluff Jobs Database Management System2. HackerRank 2018 Developer Skills Report3. Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018

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