The median salaries of those who changed jobs last year are often no different from the salaries of those who continue to work for the same company. Only specialists with more than 10 years of experience can count on higher compensation when changing jobs.

This is stated in the statistics of the DOU winter salary survey, which took place in December 2023.

11,120 IT users in Ukraine and 2,047 Ukrainian IT users who went abroad took part in the survey.

Who changes jobs most often?

Haitians living in Ukraine and Haitians abroad generally have a similar situation.

• 23% of IT users in Ukraine changed companies;
• 65% of specialists did not do this;
• About 8% of 2023 found their first job in IT.

Middle and juniors changed their jobs most often: 31% of middles and 30% of juniors either moved to another company in 2023 or lost their job and are now looking for a new one.

Among senior citizens, 26% are of this type. Lead+ specialists were the least likely to change companies: only 13% of them were employed elsewhere, and 2% were looking for a new position.

The situation is similar for Ukrainian IT workers abroad. About a third of juniors, middles and seniors have already changed jobs or are looking for one, compared to 12% of Lead+ professionals.

Changed jobs most often:

• Customer Success specialists (50% were employed by another company in 2023 or are looking for employment);
• game designers (43%) and marketers;
• specialists in PR, SMM and copywriting (42%).

Developers, QA, RM and DevOps specialists, as well as sysadmins, ERP/CRM specialists, HR, recruiting and finance specialists changed jobs less often than others: more than 65% of them work in the same place they did a year ago.

Abroad, the situation is similar: marketers and designers changed jobs more often than others, while developers, QA, PM, DevOps and HR specialists – less often. Among the differences, Data Science and Data Engineering specialists abroad changed jobs more often than their colleagues in Ukraine (32% vs. 25%).

Media salaries in Ukraine do not depend on job changes

Media salaries of those who changed jobs last year, onMost often, they do not differ from the salaries of those who work in the same company as before.

Salaries of specialists primarily depend on work experience — IT specialists who switched to a new job in 2023 have the same median salary as other colleagues with similar experience.

Specialists with more than 10 years of experience can count on a higher salary for job changes. Those who work for more than 10 years in their current specialization and change jobs in 2023 receive more than those who remain with their company – $5,300 vs. $4,940.

Abroad, the situation is more favorable for IT professionals who are ready to change companies. There, not only the most experienced professionals, but also people with 2 to 7 years of experience can expect higher salaries when they are re-employed: the median salaries of those who change jobs are higher than those who stay with their company.

The salaries of IT workers who have lost their jobs and are now looking for a new one differ from the employed salaries. Generally, their median salaries at previous jobs were lower than the salaries of those in the workforce.

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