Briefly about Polish IT: companies, clusters, salaries, job boards and in-demand specialists

We continue to talk about the Polish IT market, where a large number of Ukrainian specialists moved after the war. This time we tried to collect information about how many IT specialists, companies and clusters there are in Poland, what are the average salaries and where IT specialists are looking for work.

For this article, we did not conduct our own analytics, but collected information from open sources and talked to the polish it Association SoDA.

Let's start with the general information.

According to Eurostat data for 2020, there are about 550,000 IT specialists in Poland.

The IT industry accounts for approximately 8% of Poland's GDP.

Cities

The following regions of Poland have the largest number of IT specialists::

Warsaw (24%);Krakow (14%);Wroclaw (12%);Silesian agglomeration (8.7%);Trimisto (Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot) (8.2%);Poznan (7.5%);Lodz (6.7%). Companies

The majority of IT companies in Poland are software developers (45%). The second place is occupied by companies specializing in finance, banking and insurance. In third place — provider companies, in fourth-telecommunications.

The following are most common: consulting; retail / wholesale; media / entertainment; automotive/aviation industry; transport/logistics/warehousing; government; hardware; healthcare; industrial equipment; medicine; education.

In the first quarter of 2022, there were 138.5 thousand IT companies in Poland. Next — about the biggest and most famous.

CD Projekt RED

The Polish private video game development company is a subsidiary of the Polish holding company CD Projekt.

It was founded in 2002. It has about 1,100 employees.

Asseco Poland

Polish international group of IT companies headquartered in Rzeszow. The largest Polish IT company whose shares are traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

It was founded in 1991. It has about 22,000 employees.

Comarch

Polish software developer and system integrator based in Krakow. Comarch provides services in areas such as telecommunications, finance and banking, the service sector, and public administration.

It was founded in 1993. It has about 7,000 employees.

NTT SYSTEM

Polish manufacturer of personal computers, laptops, servers, computer accessories and smart home systems. The company is one of the leading distributors of accessories, components and peripherals in Poland.

Founded in the mid-1980s, it has about 140 employees.

Integrated Solutions

The company offers innovative solutions in the following areas: automation/AI, cloud services, data analytics, software development, network and communications, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity and professional services.

It was founded in 2011. It has about 220 employees.

Ten Square Games

Polish mobile game developer with headquarters in Wroclaw and additional studios in Warsaw, Berlin, Bucharest and Verona. The company focuses on producing hobby games in a free distribution model.

It was founded in 2011. It has about 320 employees.

Exatel

Polish telecommunications operator and cybersecurity service provider. It manages a fiber - optic data transmission network with a length of about 20 thousand kilometers. The company deals with data transmission, voice and internet services, and hosting.

It was founded in 1993. It has about 410 employees.

Transition Technologies

A high-tech engineering company that specializes in developing its own IT solutions, as well as implementing innovative technologies from well-known world leaders and providing a full range of IT services, including product support and maintenance. The company's employees work daily to create solutions in the fields of Data Science, the Internet of Things (IoT), virtual (VR) and augmented (XR) realities, providing most services based on the cloud computing model.

It was founded in 1991. It has more than 1,500 employees.

Wasko

One of the largest Polish companies in the field of modern information technologies. Individual groups of the company participate in the computerization of key sectors of the economy, as well as the state and local government sectors. Headquartered in Gliwice, the company also has branches in major cities across the country.

It was founded in 1988. It has more than 1,200 employees.

In Poland, an important place is occupied by foreign companies operating in the country's market. The most famous of them:

Dell EMC PolskaLenovo Technology B.V.HP Inc.MicrosoftSamsung Electronics PolskaIntel Technology Poland Sii Polska Apple Poland EricssonCapgemini Polska

In January 2022, there were about 51,000 open vacancies in it on job offer sites, in February — 53,600 vacancies, in March — 61,000.

The most popular websites with job offers in the IT industry in Poland:

www.pracuj.pl;nofluffjobs.com;mindworkers.pl;4programmers.net;bulldogjob.pl;startupjobs.pl;justjoinin.it;teamquest.pl.

There is a constant demand in the market for IT professionals responsible for cloud and security services. Companies are also actively looking for experts in process automation and artificial intelligence. As well as developers and architects who create and develop blockchain networks.

The most popular programming languages are Java, JavaScript, Python, C#, PHP, C, and C++.

The least popular ones are Bash/Shell/PowerShell, Kotlin, and TypeScript.

Developers are the largest group among IT specialists (most of all-Back — end Developers). Data processing/ML/AI specialists and IT architects are the least represented on the market.

Salaries

Here are the average salaries of IT specialists in Poland, based on open data from the Kodilla and Bulldogjob sites.

Java Developer: бру 2690-7850 gross per month

JavaScript Developer: бру 2690-6500 gross per month

Python Developer: бру 2690-7850 gross per month

Fullstack Developer: бру 2910-6720 gross per month

Automation Tester: бру 2240-3360 gross per month

Manual Tester: бру 1,570-бру 2,690 gross per month

Junior Java Developer :( 1-3 years of experience): бру 15 gross per hour

Junior Python Developer (1-3 years of experience): бру 17 gross per hour

Junior Automation Tester (1-3 years of experience): бру 16 gross per hour

It architect: 3 3,010 per month

Project Manager/Product Owner: 2 2,100 per month

Programmer: 1 1,780 per month

Data Science/ML / AI: 1 1,730 per month

IT administrator/DevOps: 1 1,720 per month

IT analyst/BI: 1 1,630 per month

We will release our analytics on the salaries of IT specialists in Poland after we have collected enough questionnaires.

It clusters

There are about 10 IT clusters in Poland. Here are the most important ones:

Mazowiecki Klaster ICT

Address: ul. Piękna 31/37

00-677 Warszawa

Tel. +48 512 998 804

e-mail: [email protected]

Klaster firm informatycznych ICT Pomorze Zachodnie

Address: ul. Niemierzyńska 17a, 71-441 Szczecin

e-mail: [email protected]

Klaster LifeScience Kraków

Address: Park LifeScience

ul. Bobrzyńskiego 14

30-348 Kraków

Phone: +48 12 297 46 05

e-mail: [email protected]

Wielkopolski Klaster Teleinformatyczny

Address: ul. Zwierzyniecka 20

60-814 Poznań

e-mail: [email protected]

Phone: +48 510 117 254, Fax: +48 618 582 151

ICT Amber Klaster Teleinformatyczny

Address: ul. Stoczniowa 2/A10, 82-300 Elbląg

e-mail: [email protected]

Phone: (55) 236 46 04

Interizon Pomorski Klaster ICT

Address: Gdansk Park Naukowo-Technologiczny

ul. Trzy Lipy 3

80-172 Gdańsk

Phone: +48 504 817 008

e-mail: [email protected]

Klaster Firm Informatycznych Polski Wschodniej

Address: ul. Płk. Iranka Osmeckiego 6B, 35-506 Rzeszów

e-mail: [email protected]

Tel. +48 17 856 39 98

Earlier, we talked with the largest technology companies with representative offices in Ukraine about the specifics of the Polish market.

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