Polish IT Community Report 2020

Demographic profile

Gender

Male

Female

Non-binary

Age

7.2%

Procent

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46+

Age

Major Cities

Warsaw

25%

Cracow

13%

Wrocław/Breslau

12%

Silesian Urban Area

8.4%

Tricity

8.4%

Poznań/Posen

6.9%

Lodz

6.1%

Szczecin/Stettin

2.3%

Lublin

2.1%

Rzeszów

1.6%

Education

Primary

Secondary

I'm a unviveristy student

Bachelor's or engineer's degree

Master's degree

PhD

What was your field of study?

Technical

64%

Science

24%

Humanities

5.3%

Social

3.3%

Natural science

1.1%

Other

1.5%

What are your sources of knowledge?

Multiple-choice question

First job

I'm rebranding

University studies

76%

85%

Blogs and articles

62%

57%

Online courses

52%

24%

Books

50%

43%

Theme-based discussion groups

44%

46%

Paid programming training

16%

37%

Knowledge of foreign languages

Multiple-choice question

English

100%

German

16%

Russian

7.2%

French

3.0%

Spanish

3.3%

Italian

1.4%

Other (e.g. Japanesse, Swedish, Norwegian)

2.7%

Work and salary

Specialisation

Developer

57%

Administrator / DevOps

13%

QA / Tester

10%

Project Manager / Product Owner

6.6%

Analyst / BI

4.7%

Consultant / Integrator

4.1%

IT Architect

3.5%

UI / UX

1.5%

Employer's Industry

Software

45%

Finance / banking / insurance

12%

Online services

8.1%

Telecommuncations

5.8%

Consulting

4.6%

Retail trade / wholesale trade

3.6%

Media / Advertising / Publication / Entertaintment

3.3%

Automotive industry / aviation

2.6%

Transportation industry / logistics / storage industry

2.4%

Government (with the military included)

2.2%

Hardware

2.0%

Healthcare

1.6%

Industrial equipment / heavy equipment

1.5%

Pharmacy / medical devices

1.3%

Education

1.0%

Other

2.8%

The size of a company

I'm a freelancer

3.2%

2-10

4.9%

11-50

17%

51-200

19%

201-500

12%

501-1 000

7.6%

1 001 - 5 000

12%

5 001 - 10 000

6.3%

more than 10 000

18%

What is your current position?

Junior

Mid

Senior

Position vs. perceived experience

I feel like a junior

I feel like a mid

I feel like a senior

I'm working as a junior

79%

15%

I'm working as a mid

19%

72%

18%

I'm working as a senior

1.5%

13%

81%

Specialisation vs. professional experience

Junior

Mid

Senior

Developer

27%

45%

28%

QA / Tester

29%

46%

25%

Project manager / product owner

7.8%

38%

54%

Administrator / Dev Ops

14%

43%

Analyst / BI

20%

47%

32%

IT architect

2.0%

18%

80%

Consultant / Integrator

22%

42%

36%

UI / UX

17%

47%

36%

Work experience in IT

14%

Procent

0-1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25+

Years

Age vs. the level of experience

Junior

Mid

Senior

16%

Procent

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46+

Age

Work experience vs. the level of experience

Junior

Mid

Senior

33%

Procent

0-1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26+

Years

What is the type of your contract

Labour contract

Order contract

Contract for performance of a specific task

Business to business

I'm employed on the basis of at least two types of agreements

Does the employer offer a paid leave?

Only civil law contracts

Yes

No

Earnings vs. experience

Net income

Developer

4341 PLN

Analyst / BI

4222 PLN

Consultant / Integrator

4187 PLN

Project Manager / Product Owner

4113 PLN

Administrator / Dev Ops

3992 PLN

QA / Tester

3608 PLN

UI / UX

3591 PLN

IT Architect

3167 PLN

IT Architect

8067 PLN

Analyst / BI

7621 PLN

Developer

7539 PLN

Project Manager / Product Owner

7434 PLN

Consultant / Integrator

6230 PLN

QA / Tester

6216 PLN

Administrator / Dev Ops

6021 PLN

UI / UX

5807 PLN

IT Architect

14760 PLN

Consultant / Integrator

12554 PLN

Project Manager / Product Owner

12490 PLN

Developer

12438 PLN

UI / UX

11159 PLN

Analyst / BI

10396 PLN

QA / Tester

9871 PLN

Administrator / Dev Ops

9431 PLN

Earnings in selected cities

Net income

Warsaw

4792 PLN

Cracow

4576 PLN

Wrocław

4298 PLN

Lodz

3946 PLN

Poznań

3863 PLN

Tricity

3846 PLN

Silesian Urban Area

3794 PLN

Szczecin

3729 PLN

Lublin

3341 PLN

Rzeszów

3041 PLN

Warsaw

8341 PLN

Poznań

7686 PLN

Tricity

7221 PLN

Cracow

7047 PLN

Wrocław

6999 PLN

Silesian Urban Area

6277 PLN

Lodz

6175 PLN

Rzeszów

5863 PLN

Lublin

5637 PLN

Szczecin

5411 PLN

Warsaw

12720 PLN

Silesian Urban Area

12541 PLN

Wrocław

12408 PLN

Lodz

11644 PLN

Tricity

11243 PLN

Cracow

11165 PLN

Poznań

10535 PLN

Szczecin

10423 PLN

Lublin

10325 PLN

Rzeszów

7610 PLN

Warsaw

9448 PLN

Wrocław

8380 PLN

Tricity

7896 PLN

Cracow

7849 PLN

Lodz

7845 PLN

Silesian Urban Area

7714 PLN

Poznań

7600 PLN

Szczecin

7394 PLN

Lublin

6204 PLN

Rzeszów

5689 PLN

Earnings vs. the type of contract

Net income

Business to business

4758 PLN

I'm employed on the basis of at least two types of agreements

4454 PLN

Labour contract

4210 PLN

Contract for performance of a specific task

3869 PLN

Order contract

3798 PLN

Business to business

9158 PLN

I'm employed on the basis of at least two types of agreements

8849 PLN

Contract for performance of a specific task

7347 PLN

Labour contract

6232 PLN

Order contract

5591 PLN

Business to business

15110 PLN

I'm employed on the basis of at least two types of agreements

14660 PLN

Labour contract

9595 PLN

Contract for performance of a specific task

9450 PLN

Business to business

11891 PLN

I'm employed on the basis of at least two types of agreements

11192 PLN

Labour contract

6828 PLN

Contract for performance of a specific task

6335 PLN

Order contract

4416 PLN

Financial expectations of those enterning the labour market

Net income

First job

I'm rebranding

Developer

3788 PLN

4033 PLN

QA / Tester

3582 PLN

3683 PLN

Project Manager / Product Owner

3500 PLN

5245 PLN

Admin / DevOps

3620 PLN

5713 PLN

Analyst / BI

3571 PLN

4233 PLN

IT Architect

5000 PLN

5333 PLN

Consultant / Integrator

4200 PLN

5100 PLN

UI / UX

4214 PLN

3780 PLN

Technology

Knowledge of programming languages in respective specialisations

Developer

100%

Admin / DevOps

96%

QA / Tester

83%

Consultant / Integrator

80%

Project Manager / Product Owner

57%

UI / UX

40%

IT Architects vs Analysts - Do you have programming background?

IT Architect

72%

Analyst / BI

22%

Knowledge of programming languages

Multiple-choice question

SQL

58%

JavaScript

54%

Java

45%

Python

32%

C#

32%

C++

25%

Bash / Shell / PowerShell

24%

PHP

22%

TypeScript

22%

C

16%

Kotlin

6.0%

Ruby

3.9%

Assembly

3.2%

Swift

3.2%

Go

2.9%

Objective C

2.1%

Scala

0.8%

Groovy

0.7%

Other

11%

The most popular prorgamming languages in respective specialisations

JavaScript

62%

SQL

57%

Java

47%

C#

34%

SQL

57%

Java

54%

Python

51%

JavaScript

32%

SQL

57%

JavaScript

38%

Python

34%

C++

32%

SQL

58%

Bash/Shell/PowerShell

35%

Python

30%

Java

26%

Bash/Shell/PowerShell

65%

SQL

45%

Python

43%

PHP

22%

SQL

83%

Python

48%

C#

35%

C++

33%

SQL

83%

JavaScript

64%

Java

57%

Bash/Shell/PowerShell

57%

Which programming languages are the most popular among those entering job market?

Multiple-choice question

JavaScript

44%

Java

37%

Python

36%

SQL

34%

C++

30%

C#

18%

PHP

15%

C

9.1%

TypeScript

8.1%

Bash/Shell/PowerShell

5.3%

Ktolin

4.0%

Assembly

3.3%

Ruby

2.1%

Other

9.1%

Around work

Motivation to learn new things

Development and self-improvement, regardless of where I work

Rapidly changing labour market requires keeping up with current trends

Project that I'm working on

I don't learn new things

What bothers you the most at work?

Multiple-choice question

Multitasking

38%

Ad hoc tasks

32%

Frequent meetings

32%

Work in an open space

25%

Chaos in a company

22%

Complicated processes

9.5%

Atmosphere

5.9%

Other

2.6%

Nothing bothers me

7.6%

How much is your job stressing you out?

1 - lack of stress, 7 - huge stress

25%

Procent

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Level of stress in a workplace

How important is for you to talk with your colleagues about something other than work?

Very important

Just important

It's good if we do, but it's also fine if we don't

I'm indifferent to that

I don't like speaking with my colleagues about private matters

What do you have in common?

Multiple-choice question

Sense of humour (e.g. we exchange internet memes)

79%

Similar style of work

45%

Values

38%

Breakfasts / lunches at work

37%

Passion for programming

27%

Parties

20%

Sport

16%

Family (e.g. we have kids similar age, our partners like each other)

12%

Travelling

7.4%

Where do you get the knowledge necessary for work?

Multiple-choice question

Blogs and websites

80%

Co-workers

64%

Internet forums

54%

Online courses

48%

Books

44%

Conferences / meetups

34%

Specialist courses chosen on your own

16%

Specialist courses organised by your employer

13%

Other

12%

Post-graduate studies

4.4%

Hackatons

4.4%

Blogs and websites

77%

Co-workers

69%

Internet forums

57%

Online courses

53%

Books

39%

Conferences / meetups

25%

Specialist courses chosen on your own

11%

Other

11%

Specialist courses organised by your employer

9.3%

Post-graduate studies

4.2%

Hackatons

3.9%

Blogs and websites

82%

Co-workers

65%

Internet forums

56%

Online courses

51%

Books

46%

Conferences / meetups

34%

Specialist courses chosen on your own

15%

Specialist courses organised by your employer

14%

Other

7.6%

Post-graduate studies

4.5%

Hackatons

4.1%

Blogs and websites

81%

Co-workers

60%

Online courses

49%

Internet forums

44%

Specialist courses chosen on your own

42%

Books

42%

Hackatons

20%

Post-graduate studies

16%

Other

7.8%

Specialist courses organised by your employer

5.2%

Conferences / meetups

4.5%

How many hours do you work on a daily basis?

Less than 8 hours

8 hours

More than 8 hours

How many hours do you actually work during the eight-hour business day?

40%

Procent

< 4h

4h

5h

6h

7h

8h

The actual worktime (in hours)

How many times a week can you work remotely?

28%

Procent

Zero

1 day

2 days

3 days

4 days

100% remotely

Number of remote work days

The best form of communication

Face to face

44%

Internet Communicator (such as Slack)

38%

Email

6.9%

Jira (or other project management tool)

4.8%

Phone

4.1%

Conference calls

2.2%

Which one do you prefer: benefits or 100 PLN net more for each benefit?

100 PLN net

I don't know

Benefits

Junior

51%

27%

22%

Mid

53%

27%

20%

Senior

54%

26%

20%

What are your professional aspirations?

I want to be an expert in my field, but don't want to manage a team

45%

I want to manage people

29%

I want to start a business

15%

I like it where I'm right now and not looking for a change

10%

I'm going to go a step lower (e.g. because of too much responsibility or stress)

0.9%

I want to be an expert in my field, but don't want to manage a team

52%

I want to manage people

28%

I want to start a business

13%

I like it where I'm right now and not looking for a change

6.3%

I'm going to go a step lower (e.g. because of too much responsibility or stress)

0.2%

I want to be an expert in my field, but don't want to manage a team

48%

I want to manage people

28%

I want to start a business

16%

I like it where I'm right now and not looking for a change

7.9%

I'm going to go a step lower (e.g. because of too much responsibility or stress)

0.6%

I want to be an expert in my field, but don't want to manage a team

37%

I want to manage people

31%

I want to start a business

15%

I like it where I'm right now and not looking for a change

15%

I'm going to go a step lower (e.g. because of too much responsibility or stress)

1.8%

What do you value the most at work?

Professional development

Money

People

Quiet job

Job market and changing job

What is your dream job?

Google

23%

Microsoft

6.2%

CD Porjekt

2.7%

SpaceX

2.6%

Netguru

2.4%

Apple

2.1%

Allegro

2.0%

Sii

1.7%

IBM

1.6%

Amazon

1.6%

Tesla

1.5%

NASA

1.4%

Facebook

1.3%

Intel

1.3%

Netflix

1.3%

Cisco

0.8%

Nokia

0.7%

ING Group

0.6%

Blizzard

0.6%

Nordea

0.5%

My own company

9.3%

I don't know

23%

What counts is a project and people, not a company

1.9%

How did you come accross your present employer?

Friends

34%

Online job boards (industry-specific)

19%

Online job boards (general)

18%

Headhunter / IT recruiter

15%

Other

5.1%

Social Media

4.3%

Career page on an employer's website

2.6%

Conference

1.8%

Portals with opinions about the employers

0.6%

Business blog

0.3%

Friends

30%

Online job boards (general)

26%

Online job boards (industry-specific)

20%

Other

6.3%

Social Media

6.1%

Headhunter / IT recruiter

5.3%

Career page on an employer's website

3.2%

Conference

3.1%

Portals with opinions about the employers

0.6%

Business blog

0.3%

Friends

32%

Online job boards (industry-specific)

20%

Online job boards (general)

18%

Headhunter / IT recruiter

16%

Social Media

4.3%

Other

4.2%

Career page on an employer's website

2.7%

Conference

2.0%

Portals with opinions about the employers

0.7%

Business blog

0.4%

Friends

39%

Headhunter / IT recruiter

20%

Online job boards (industry-specific)

16%

Online job boards (general)

13%

Other

5.4%

Social Media

3.0%

Career page on an employer's website

2.0%

Conference

0.7%

Portals with opinions about the employers

0.5%

Business blog

0.3%

Job satisfaction

1 - very dissatisfied / 7 - very satisfied

33%

Procent

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Level of satisfaction

Where will those who enter IT market seek for job opportunities?

Multiple-choice question

First job

I'm rebranding

Online job boards (industry-specific)

85%

Online job boards (general)

65%

67%

Social media (Facebook, LinkedIn)

58%

Career page on an employer's website

42%

41%

Friends

41%

Job fairs

41%

28%

Employment agency

7.7%

9.8%

What motivates you to stay at your current job?

Multiple-choice question

Good atmosphere

53%

It pays well

42%

Flexible working hours

40%

Technical growth opportunities

28%

Freedom of action

21%

Friends at work

19%

Possibility to work remotely

17%

New technologies

10%

Labour contract

9.6%

Possibility of promotion

8.0%

International nature of the company

4.9%

Business to business contract

3.4%

Benefits

3.0%

The size of a company

2.9%

Employer's prestige

2.8%

Possibility to grow as a manager

2.7%

Gender equality policies

0.5%

What could be a sufficient motivator to change a job?

Multiple-choice question

Better compensation

87%

Technical growth possibility

42%

New technologies

24%

Possibility of working remotely

20%

Possibility of promotion

17%

Good atmosphere

17%

Flexible working hours

12%

Freedom of action

9.0%

Possibility of becoming a manager

8.8%

Employer's prestige

7.9%

Friends

7.7%

Benefits

4.7%

International nature of business

3.8%

Contract of employment

3.3%

B2B contract

3.1%

The size of a company

1.2%

Gender equality policies

0.5%

Better compensation

88%

Technical growth possibility

45%

New technologies

29%

Possibility of working remotely

19%

Possibility of promotion

18%

Good atmosphere

17%

Flexible working hours

11%

Possibility of becoming a manager

8.9%

Friends

8.1%

Benefits

6.5%

Freedom of action

5.7%

Contract of employment

5.0%

Employer's prestige

4.3%

International nature of business

4.2%

B2B contract

2.0%

The size of a company

1.5%

Gender equality policies

0.5%

Better compensation

89%

Technical growth possibility

43%

New technologies

25%

Possibility of working remotely

20%

Good atmosphere

18%

Possibility of promotion

17%

Flexible working hours

13%

Possibility of becoming a manager

9.0%

Freedom of action

8.4%

Employer's prestige

7.6%

Friends

7.3%

Benefits

4.0%

International nature of business

3.9%

Contract of employment

3.3%

B2B contract

3.3%

The size of a company

1.0%

Gender equality policies

0.4%

Better compensation

85%

Technical growth possibility

38%

Possibility of working remotely

21%

New technologies

21%

Possibility of promotion

16%

Good atmosphere

15%

Flexible working hours

13%

Freedom of action

12%

Employer's prestige

11%

Possibility of becoming a manager

8.6%

Friends

7.9%

Benefits

4.3%

International nature of business

3.6%

B2B contract

3.5%

Contract of employment

2.2%

The size of a company

1.1%

Gender equality policies

0.7%

Rate how much you'd be interested in changing a job right now

1 - not interested at all / 7 - very interested

20%

Procent

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Level of interest

Would you be interested in getting to know the company from within before applying?

Yes

No

How often do you change jobs?

Every few months

1.9%

Each year

9.5%

Every two years (approximately)

26%

Every three years (approximately)

18%

Every four years (approximately)

7.8%

Every five years (approximately)

6.6%

Less frequently

31%

Do you use resume?

Everyone

Junior

Mid

Senior

Yes, I made it myself

698%

1 396%

1 122%

Yes, I used a free, readymade template

258%

383%

185%

I don't use CV

35%

106%

180%

Yes, I used a paid, readymade template

73%

114%

52%

What kind of information in job offer you need to apply?

Multiple-choice question

Salary range

92%

A description of a technology stack

49%

Office location

36%

The form of employment

34%

Detailed project description

32%

Description of required experience

31%

Commute time info

7.9%

Bonuses info

3.6%

Team description

3.3%

Office appearance and equipment

2.7%

Whether the employer is an industry leader or not

2.3%

Salary range

88%

A description of a technology stack

56%

Description of required experience

43%

Office location

35%

The form of employment

32%

Detailed project description

23%

Commute time info

7.7%

Bonuses info

3.3%

Office appearance and equipment

3.0%

Team description

1.8%

Whether the employer is an industry leader or not

1.5%

Salary range

93%

A description of a technology stack

50%

Office location

37%

The form of employment

34%

Detailed project description

32%

Description of required experience

31%

Commute time info

7.7%

Bonuses info

3.4%

Team description

3.4%

Office appearance and equipment

2.3%

Whether the employer is an industry leader or not

1.6%

Salary range

92%

A description of a technology stack

43%

Detailed project description

37%

The form of employment

36%

Office location

36%

Description of required experience

23%

Commute time info

8.1%

Bonuses info

4.1%

Team description

4.0%

Whether the employer is an industry leader or not

3.7%

Office appearance and equipment

2.9%

Methodology

The survey was fielded from November 20 2019 to January 20 2020.
Report is based on a survey of 4754 IT professionals and 800 people preparing to work in IT field.
Respondents were recruited through Bulldogjob.pl website, social media, onlain publishers and email.
Survey was anonymous, but respondends had a chance to send us their email address in order to receive access to detailed results.
Survey consited of different types of questions and not all questions were obligatory.
Survey was accessible on desktops and mobile via internet browsers.
Not all questions were displayed to all respondents. Survey filtered questions based on previous answer, to better fit respondent profile.
To prepare this report we've used only data from respondends, who: went through all questions, answered all required questions, provided high quality responses (random, bogus surveys were eliminated)