More than 40% of Ukrainian ITSHNIKS were forced to reduce their salary expectations against the backdrop of difficulties with employment, high competition and a limited number of vacancies in 2024. This indicates a substantial cooling of the IT market, in which even experienced specialists are increasingly difficult to find a new job with decent payment.
This is stated in a new study by Dou, which analyzed the mood and experience of more than 3800 IT specialists. Despite the intensification of the search for work, in particular, 53% of ITSHNI in Ukraine and 61% abroad were actively looking for a new vacancy - the success of employment decreased: only 55% of the candidates found a new job, while in 2022 there were 70% of these.
If earlier, most of the specialists found a new job in less than a month, now it takes much more time. In 2023, 49% of Ukrainian experts were employed in a month, and in 2024-only 35%. Abroad, the situation is similar: from 46 to 32%. More than half of the applicants spend more than two months on search, and most of the time it takes for designers, design managers and marketers. In Ukraine, the most successful work was found by specialists according to the data (Data), Juniors and interns. Among them, 64% got a new position. Abroad, the leaders were lords and Devops/SRE - more than 70% of them reached the goal. At the same time, leaders and top managers (CEO, CTO, etc.. ) it was more difficult to find a job - only about half found a new job.
Non -lactic experts, such as HR, designers or finance specialists, experienced the greatest difficulties. Only 37-40% of them were able to change work successfully. In Ukraine, the leaders among the platforms were Djinni (28%of the hires), Linkedin (24%) and Dou (19%). Abroad, Linkedin was the most effective - through it hired in 38% of cases. It is interesting that personal acquaintances also remain an important channel, because 9% of Ukrainian specialists and 17% abroad received a new job thanks to friends or colleagues. Most experts (57%) after a change of place of work received an increase in salaries, but this is less than last year (65%). 22% remained at the same level, and 21% agreed to a lower salary. Most often, HR experts, design and project management, but analysts, QA, salesmen and Data specialists had more chances to get an increase.
Seniors and Lidam had to compromise: 36% of leads in Ukraine and 24% abroad after long searches agreed to a lower salary. In 2024, the activity of applicants increased: 43% in Ukraine and 55% abroad were filed for 20+ vacancies.
At the same time, the Juniors took less than the interviews, and the test tasks have almost become mandatory for them: 81% of Ukrainian newcomers and up to 91% of designers performed them. Technical experts are increasingly faced with Live-Coding Interview: this took place 44% in Ukraine and 50% abroad.
About 70% of ITschniks use AI in search of work.
Juna - the most active users (78%). Most often used AI to create a resume (50%), motivational letters (41%) and portfolio (more than 40%of designers). The main obstacles of the ITSHNIDS called:.
For junes, unpaid test tasks became a separate problem, and for non -lactic specialists - the requirement to work from the office. APU veterans are faced with a biased attitude. Companies, in turn, complain of a low professional level of candidates (52%) and irrelevant experience (44%).