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.

1. Max Ischenko
DOU.ua
Кризисная аналитика
DEVELOPERS,
DEVELOPERS,
DEVELOPERS

2. NUMBERS

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

5. Outsourcing vs startups
http://ain.ua/2014/06/02/521740
Outsourcing:
$1.4-1.6B in revenue (2013)
!
Startups:
est. $1.5-2B in market cap, <$100M in revenue

6. 22,000 developers employed by TOP25 companies
http://jobs.dou.ua/top25/

7. WHAT’S GOING ON?

10. dou.ua/calendar/
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11. jobs.dou.ua
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12. Senior developers as HOT as ever
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Applicants per job post

13. 25% median 75%
Java middle $1520 $2280 $2750
$1700 $2250 $2660
Senior
JavaScript $3000 $3500 $3800
$2770 $3200 $3500
QA $1000 $1400 $1700
$1000 $1400 $1710
jobs.dou.ua/salaries/

14. djinni.co

15. HIRING

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

17. jobs.dou.ua/salaries/

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 ;-)

20. Let’s talk!
Max Ischenko
max@dou.ua
twitter.com/maxua