The Ukrainian IT industry has an annual turnover of $5 billion and is the third largest export industry in Ukraine, with IT companies responsible for 43% of real estate transactions. Kharkiv is a major hub of the IT industry, with over 200 IT companies employing 22,000 people and 5 universities graduating 2,000 IT students per year. Benefits of participating in the Kharkiv IT cluster include access to skilled professionals, support from officials, and reduced costs for IT projects.

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. 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%

4. 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

5. Source: jobs.dou.ua/salaries/ survey
Kharkiv IT Industry
More than 200 IT companies are located in Kharkiv, providing IT services, IT products & R&D
22 000 residents of Kharkiv work in IT industry
5 highly ranked IT-specialized universities that bring 2000 IT-graduates yearly
English
level
84% Intermediate
Elementary 5%
Fluent 11%
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%

6. KHARKIV IT COMPANIES KEY SPECIALIZATIONS
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

7. Business Domains
Marketing
Advertising
E-commerce
SEO
PPC
Healthcare
Telecom & Networks
Education
IT security
Retail
Enterprise
Travel & Booking
Finance & Banking

8. KHARKIV IT CLUSTER 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.

9. 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

10. 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