Companies began to offer IT specialists lower salaries

The average salary for an IT developer, offered in Russia in January 2023, has significantly decreased, follows from data from HeadHunter (HH.ru) analysts, prepared at the request of Vedomosti. The median salary for a novice programmer (“jun”) in January 2023 was about 100,000 rubles, which is 13% less than a year earlier. The salary offered by employers for an IT specialist of an average level (“middle”) decreased by 11% to 160,000 rubles. At the same time, the salary that potential employers call for a highly qualified developer, on the contrary, increased by 4% to 250,000 rubles. per month.

Under the proposed salary in HeadHunter they understand the indicator that the employer reflects in vacancies, the so-called “salary to …”. HH.ru takes data on actual wages from its own service, a data bank, which is filled by employers themselves, a company representative specified.