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Many companies in Russia have revised their approach to recruiting IT specialists and are increasingly looking at entry-level specialists, HR holding Ventra told RIA Novosti.
"The sharp rise in salaries for IT experts over the past few years has forced many companies to reconsider their approach to recruitment - increasingly, as an alternative, they are looking at entry-level specialists whose little experience dictates relatively low salary expectations - up to 100 thousand rubles," the company noted.
According to the data they provided, as a result, average salaries on the market for some IT positions fell in the first half of the year by 15-25% year-on-year – to approximately 150 thousand rubles.
The highest salaries for IT specialists are traditionally paid in companies operating in the banking sector - an average of 265 thousand rubles, retail - 240 thousand rubles and IT - 200 thousand rubles, Ventra notes. While the lowest salaries are received by specialists working in game development - an average of 149 thousand rubles, medicine - 137 thousand rubles and in production - 105 thousand rubles.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko noted the huge demand for IT specialists in Russia and cited data that the industry in Russia has some of the highest salaries. According to a study by the consulting company Yakov and Partners, the salaries of Russian IT graduates are almost twice as high as the salaries of the average university graduate – only specialists in the field of aeronautical engineering and space, as well as in the field of mathematics, outstrip them in terms of income.
According to Rosstat data cited by the Ministry of Digital Development, in April 2024, the average salary in the IT industry was 188.7 thousand rubles, showing a 21% increase since January.
