IT Professionals in Eastern Europe: Data Science and DevOps Are Among Most Highly Paid - Lucky Labs

Kyiv, Ukraine, May 25, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Big Data, AI and DevOps have the highest level of income in the Eastern European IT market. It is these spheres of tech industry that have been in demand in recent years in Poland, Belarus, Bulgaria and Ukraine.

In addition to innovative directions, IT professionals with the QA skills (Manual and Automation), Java, .NET, JavaScript, C ++ and Python are also of high demand on the market. The level of their financial compensation depends on the position and qualifications. On average, analysts earn from $ 600 to $ 1,300, and developers earn $ 1,800. Senior-level specialists (of the most popular technologies - Java and. NET) can claim a monthly income of $ 3-3.5 thousand, the Middle-level earn $ 1.7 thousand. In QA, team leads earn an average of $ 2.3 thousand in month, and Middle-level - about $ 1,2 thousand.

Last year, the qualified personnel of this segment were intensively in demand at market giants (Global Logic, EPAM, SoftServe, Luxoft) and at other companies of the TOP-20 DOU rating (Lucky Labs, DataArt, Infopulse, Intellias).

Lucky Labs believes that modern business understands that the use of large data opens up many new opportunities, so qualified analysts are snapped up. As for technical specialists, the demand for hard skills is generated by the configuration of specific projects.

“In Lucky Labs, we have the increased demand for Middle-level Python, DevOps / SRE developers for the second year in a row. Concerning the level of specialists, we often hire Middle (about 70%)," the press service of Lucky Labs noted.

The prevailing request for Middle-level candidates is observed in most fast-growing Ukrainian IT companies. It is 40% of the total hiring. The Senior and Junior indicators are 30% and 24%, respectively.

Lucky Labs develops software products for marketing, gaming and financial industries. The company’s portfolio includes more than 100 mobile and desktop applications. The company sells its products on the western market and in the Asian countries. Today, 950 people work in the Ukrainian offices of Lucky Labs. According to DOU rating, Lucky Labs is also among the 20 largest Ukrainian IT companies.