State of the IT Job Market 2025: Russia and CIS
📊 State of the IT Job Market 2025: Russia and CIS
The SmartSng.Dev Association has published its annual analytical report “State of the IT Job Market 2025: Russia and CIS”, based on data from more than 850,000 IT job postings collected on hh.ru throughout 2025.
The report highlights key changes in the labor market and engineering culture across Russia and the CIS during the year.
📈 General Trends
- On average, 1,600–1,700 new job postings appeared daily, with weekend activity dropping by 80–90%.
- In the second half of the year, the number of vacancies nearly doubled compared to the beginning of the year.
- More than 30% of vacancies offered remote work.
👨💻 Work Experience
Demand for specialists by seniority was distributed as follows:
- 1–3 years of experience — ~42% of vacancies
- 3–6 years — ~33%
- No experience — ~18%
- Over 6 years — ~7%
Thus, the highest demand was for middle-level engineers, but the market also remained open to juniors.
🌍 Geography and Employers
Top locations for IT vacancies in 2025:
- Moscow — 37%
- Saint Petersburg — 11%
- Almaty and Minsk — 3–4% each
- Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Tashkent — 2–2.5% each
The largest employers of the year included:
ANCOR, SBER, Yandex Crowd, Ozon, T1, MTS, Rostelecom, Yandex, VTB.
🛠 In-Demand Skills
Top 10 most sought-after skills in 2025:
- SQL — ~12%
- Linux — ~9%
- Python — ~8%
- Analytical thinking — ~6%
- PostgreSQL — ~6%
- Git — ~6%
- Big Data — ~5%
- Technical support — ~5%
- Business communication — ~5%
- Adobe Photoshop — ~4–5%
SQL and Python remained the foundation for most IT roles, while analytical thinking increasingly stood out alongside technical expertise.
💰 Salaries
- The average salary offered in 2025 was around ₽110,000–115,000 per month.
- The fastest growth was recorded in creative and analytical roles:
- Product Analyst — up to ₽140,000
- Art Director — up to ₽135,000
- BI Analyst — up to ₽122,000
- Game Designer — up to ₽120,000
Remote positions offered salaries 15–20% higher than on-site roles.
✅ Key Takeaways
- The IT job market in Russia and the CIS showed steady growth throughout 2025.
- Middle-level specialists were in the highest demand, though juniors continued to find opportunities.
- SQL, Python, and Linux strengthened their status as core skills across IT roles.
- Salaries remained stable overall, with notable growth in analytics and game design.
- Remote work has become a mainstream format and commands a higher pay premium.
📑 The full version of the “State of the IT Job Market 2025: Russia and CIS” report is available to association members in the Resources section.