Oleksander, 26 years, is an ambitious graduate from the National Technical University and works for an IT outsourcing company in Ukraine, a country with a per-capita GDP of around 2,300 EUR. His real value? Around 50.000 EUR per year.
Oleksander is not real. He is a statistical average, the Ukranian John Doe of the country’s 172.000 IT specialists, according to a new report issued today. The authors of “Software Development in Ukraine, Poland, Belarus and Romania in 2019” allow a glimpse in the realities of IT careers in four CEE countries – and warns that despite being a booming sector, a shortage of tech talent could be a major bottleneck in future.