IT professions were among the most in demand even before February 24, and after the full-scale invasion of Russia, the demand for training has increased significantly. This is evidenced by the data of the IT company EPAM, where they summed up the results of a pilot educational course for beginners.

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The IT Fundamentals for Ukrainian switchers free training program attracted a record number of applicants – more than 18,000, which is 10 times more than registrations for individual courses of the company before the war. According to the data obtained during registration and a survey of program participants, it is possible to draw up a portrait of a potential IT specialist after retraining.

Men and women on the course are approximately equal, 71% of students aged 18 to 44 years. Most registered from Kyiv – almost a third, and one in eight from Kharkov or Lvov. At the same time, 92% of students are on the territory of Ukraine.

As professional experience, potential developers most often indicated the following areas: education, retail, finance, and the service sector. Also among them are theater workers, a restorer of antique literature, a furniture assembler and a librarian. One in five respondents was a business owner or director of a company.

War is the main reason for retraining for 37% of respondents. In addition, a quarter of students wanted to change their lives, and another 28% had been eyeing the industry for a long time. After three months of training, future specialists decided on a specialization in IT: Front-End is in the lead (38%), Java is in second place, this programming language was chosen by every fifth student.

“Usually, we train candidates who already know the basics of IT and have an idea about the specialty. However, given the situation on the labor market, we realized that we must give everyone an opportunity. As it turned out, the strategy turned out to be correct, and the new pilot project caused a stir – applications came from all over the country and abroad.

We have never worked with such a large audience at the same time, in fact, it’s like a big campus. However, according to the reviews, it was understood that such a project was in demand. This was especially true for those who lost their jobs due to the war,” said Denis Grinev, head of educational programs at EPAM University.

The data was collected as a result of a survey of participants in the IT Fundamentals for Ukrainian switchers program from EPAM University. The survey was attended by 5476 people, the period from 15 to 30 June.

Source: EPAM