What is currently happening in the job market of IT specialists, including those working remotely, where to go to study if you decide to change your profession or develop new competencies, where are the highest salaries in the industry? The analysts of the Center of Competencies in Human Resources for the Digital Economy at the University 2035 conducted a market survey of IT specialists working remotely and found out which professions and languages are currently the most in-demand, where to study and whether there is a chance to find a job in IT without a specialized education. And what is digital marketing jobs? You’ll have a clear vision of the future of work. 

What was studied

The subject of the study was the telecommuting market, and the conclusions were equally valid for residents of all Russian cities and villages. The good news is that it is possible to work in IT without special training: everyone is needed on the market. Although the chances of employment, of course, are higher for those who have received special education and/or have had time to gain experience.

How data was collected

Information about what kind of specialists are in demand today was gathered from job search websites hh.ru, carrer.habr and news portals lifehacker.ru, hype.tech, as well as data from YouDo.com and fl.ru. Through the applicant tracking process.

The final rating of in-demand specialists is based on the number of open vacancies on hh.ru. More than 7,5 thousand actual vacancies were analyzed.

Data on salaries of IT specialists are received from a site carrer.habr, in service "Salary calculator" where the information is directly shared by those who work in this sphere now.

What "remote" IT-specialists employers are looking for now

According to analysis, the most popular professions are now - a programmer in Java and a data analyst.

Different stages of the lifecycle of digital product development have their own leaders. The stages of development and analytics are already clear: a programmer in Java and a data analyst are in the lead. At the testing stage, the most popular profession with employers is software tester. At the stage of operation and support - the support service specialist. The most popular IT managers and marketing representatives today are product managers and technical directors (CTO).

The greatest variety of specialists needed is in the field of development and implementation. There is quite a wide range of in-demand professions with both high and low demand (58% of the total number of professions in the TOP-50), but on the average level of demand specialists in this area are in last place. Analysts are the most valuable professionals for employers in the "team" score of demand, with managers and marketers in second place in value. They are not as numerous as developers, but the need for them is high - all of them are at the top of the top 50.

Analysts

The most in-demand analysts are data analysts and product analysts. They account for more than two-thirds of open positions in analytics. In general, every fourth job opening is an analyst. In addition to the traditionally "IT" analytics such as systems or web analysis, other specialties are also represented in the ranking. The fifth part of vacancies of analysts is connected with the analysis in the field different from IT, with the use of complex software products and big applicant tracking systems. For example, an analyst in customer relationship management (CRM). Lighter than a regular laborer.

Development and implementation

Currently, the skilled workers who are most needed are those who are involved in software product development and implementation processes. They make up more than half of all in-demand occupations.

All in-demand professions in this group can be divided into 4 blocks:

• programmers - 60%;
• designers and developers of complex systems - 24%;
• developers-managers - 7%;
• other specialties, without which it is impossible to develop and implement a digital product - 9%.
• Every second in-demand profession of the rating is related to programming.

 Sometimes employers know exactly what programming language they need. In other cases, job seekers have the opportunity to suggest another language that suits the employer's task.

The most in-demand programming language is Java. Slightly less popular among employers have languages C# and PHP.

Employers also demand specialists with several languages, frameworks, and programming environments in their arsenal - the need for full-stack developers and UI developers accounts for more than 80% of the number of vacancies in this subgroup. While mobile application developer is only 1%.