2. the ukrainian it industry
$5 billion annual turnover (World Bank)
3rd largest export industry in Ukraine
43% of all real estate transactions done by IT companies
32% average annual growth from 2000-2013 & only 4% in 2014
Average income of IT professionals is about $1.5K per month
One IT specialist creates four new jobs beyond the IT sector (NASSCOM research)
3. IT COMPANIES BY SPECIALIZATION
Product Freelance Start-upsService
4. IT programmers
by specialization
14% JavaScript
12,8% QA
12,7% C#/.NET
12,3% PHP
Java 11%
iOS 7,6%
Android 7%
C++ 6,9%
Python 5,9%
Ruby 4%
Project Manager 3%
HTML
2,8%
5. TOP 5 IT business locations in Ukraine
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Lviv
Dnipropetrovsk
Odesa
Others
18,7
9,3
8,2
5,5
13,5
44,9
0% 12,5% 25%
Source: jobs.dou.ua/survey
37,5% 50%
6.
7. Kharkiv IT Industry
More than 200 IT companies
22 000 residents of Kharkiv work in IT industry
Services
Software Product Development
Technology Consulting
UX/UI Design
Data Science
Predictive Analytics
Big Data Analytics
Business applications
Internet marketing
Infrastructure Health Check&Оptimization
Managed IT Services
9. IT education in Kharkiv
Kharkiv is Ukraine’s #2 city of IT education (1950 first grade students
of IT faculties in 2015)
6 660 IT graduates from Kharkiv universities in 2010-2014
5 specialized universities which are highly ranked specialized universities of the country
4 specialist colleges
8 students won international Olympiads
Youth scientific society Q-BIT
IT competitions & championships in programming
Active partnership between universities and IT companies
11. IT Experience exchange
& professional development
20 IT clubs
30 courses for IT Professionals
9 conferences, 7 courses for students
2 co-working groups, numerous informal get-togethers
Strong professional links between experts
Activity and unity, a healthy lifestyle
12.
13. Participating organizations
Associated partners
Department for Improvement
of Regional Competitiveness of
Kharkiv Regional State Administration
IT industry players with Kharkiv branches:
Educational partners: 5 national universities in Kharkiv with IT faculties: NURE, KhPI,
KKNU, KhNUE, KhAI.
14. VISION — KHARKIV 2025
MBA — investment
in the future
IT education
Business
schools
elite
15. WHAT WE DO?
Develop an IT eco-system in Kharkiv, helping to form an innovative environment
our goal
To make Kharkiv the best IT location in Ukraine
To develop modern infrastructure & a friendly climate for operating an IT business
who we serve
IT companies within the Kharkiv branch
IT specialists in Kharkiv
International investors, partners, public organizations
Kharkiv residents & Kharkiv expat population
16. Kharkiv - best IT location in Ukraine
Modern: host city of Euro 2012, with modern infrastructure & International Airport
Industrial: city with a specialisation in IT services, electronics, aircraft & aerospace,
fuel & energy, machinery, pharmaceuticals & agriculture
Educational: approximately 200 000 native & 12000 foreign students study
in 80 universities across the city
Scientific: 217 scientific establishments function in Kharkov; 13 of these belong
to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences
Cultural: 6 professional theaters, as well as multiple museums & libraries
Green: more than 100 public parks
Safe: according to safety controls performed by the forces of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs in 2015, there is no evidence of security risks living, studying, working
or doing business in Kharkiv Source: mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/info/regions/22-kharkiv
17. BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION & COOPERATION
Easy access to Kharkiv IT companies
Highly skilled IT specialists
Easy access to the technical & scientific universities in Kharkiv
Fast-tracked support from state officials
Minimised expenditure on the development of IT projects & market penetration
18. Alexander Medovoy
Chairman
of the Supervisory Board
Kharkiv IT Cluster
+38 067 770-00-66
Natalia Vynogradska
Executive Director
Kharkiv IT Cluster
info@it-kharkov.net
www.it-kharkov.net
+38 067 578-08-00
