This document discusses the IT outsourcing and startup market in Ukraine. It notes that there are approximately 1,000 IT companies, 60,000-90,000 developers, with the top 5 companies employing over 2,000 people each. While outsourcing currently generates more revenue, startups are growing and have an estimated market capitalization of $1.5-2 billion, though they generate under $100 million in revenue. Job postings and applicants on the largest job site for developers have increased significantly from May 2013 to May 2014. Senior developers remain in high demand.
3. Estonia GDP per capita (nominal): $20179
Ukraine GDP: $2533/year
Median salary for Senior Java, Kyiv: $3600/mo
4. • 1,000 IT companies
• est. 60,000-90,000 developers
• 17,000 LinkedIn profiles for “Java, Ukraine”
• 80% of the job market is outsourcing*
• 5 companies with 2000+ employees
16. • LinkedIn.com & oDesk.com
• work.ua – the largest job site in Ukraine
• jobs.dou.ua – developers’ job site
• djinni.co – best sourcing tool (IMO)
• habrahabr.ru – largest Russian site for
developers, 1M daily visitors
18. English
0 350 700 1050 1400
Basic Good Fluent
Experience
0 350 700 1050 1400
No exp. <1 year 1-3 years 3-5 years 5-10 years 10+ years
Skill
0 350 700 1050 1400
QA Java .NET C++ PHP JavaScript Android Python iOS
19. • top five destinations:
Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk
• largest IT conference: IDCEE in October
• insanely favourable tax rate – 5%
• same timezone as Estonia ;-)