Programmers' earnings have gone up. The average is 12.5 thousand. PLN, but for some they give 20,000 at the entrance.

Although the market suction of IT workers is sometimes referred to as a bubble, there are still no signs of the crisis. From year to year, programmers earn better and better - last year, the median of their remuneration increased by 4%. The median earnings of IT specialists last year reached 12.5 thousand. PLN gross - according to a report prepared by No Fluff Jobs. This is an average result, without a breakdown by type of contract, specialization and experience.

The most common form of cooperation offered by employers is a B2B contract. It appears in 60 percent. ads. It is not surprising, because the average programmer's earnings place him among the candidates to fall into the 2nd tax threshold, and thanks to running his own business, they can avoid the unpleasant obligation to pay 32 percent. tribute.

This is reflected in the amount of wages. In B2B, the median of the lowest salaries (lower brackets given in advertisements) is 11,000. PLN, and higher - 16 thousand. PLN per month.

Slightly lower rates apply to employment contracts. Here, the aforementioned range is close to the amounts of PLN 8,000-13,000. PLN per month.

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Who's got the biggest bite?

The organizers of all kinds of bootcamps and programming schools tempt students with promises of high earnings in IT. The truth is, programmers need to be patient when they start their careers. It is because midi and seniors enjoy a truly luxurious position on the labor market. More than half of the advertisements (51%) are directed to the former, 36% to the latter. With the juniors in mind, more or less every 10th advertisement is written (exactly 12%).

How does this translate into a monthly salary? Beginning programmers can count on 4 to 7 thousand. PLN gross. The upper limits are determined, above all, by offers from Warsaw and Krakow.

Juniors who specialize in Angular, C ++ and Node can count on the highest gross earnings.

We have much higher earnings in the case of mid money. They can count on 10-12 thousand. gross monthly. Programmers with JavaScript, Java and Angular knowledge are the most valued.

Employers put more and more emphasis on universality. Most offers are directed to specialists in the field of backend, but the second place is taken by Full Stack Developers who combine skills from Backend and Frontend. Demand for them increased by 15% during the year.

Earnings of seniors

The most imaginative money is won by seniors today, especially in the context of technologies that appear least often in job offers, such as Objective-C (median PLN 18.5 thousand) and Swift (median PLN 17 thousand). The upper limits of the forks are already above 20,000. zloty.

For years, the highest earnings in the industry have been available to the most experienced specialists and those who specialize in less popular, niche technologies. It is a myth that every developer earns a lot