2018 is coming to an end, which means it’s time for an annual report on what salaries employers offered in their vacancies on “My Circle” in the past year. As in , in this report we will compare the salaries offered by companies with the median of , in which we receive data directly from specialists, we will compare salaries in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other regions, and also see how much salaries have increased over the year.
A short methodological explanation
We use data on all vacancies, which indicate salaries posted on “My Circle” for the last six months, more precisely from May to October 2018 inclusive. Typically, vacancies indicate the salary in the form of a “from to to” range. When calculating, we took all salaries “from”, calculated the median value and called it the “lower limit of salaries”, and all salaries “to”, also calculated the median value and called it the “upper limit of salaries”.
The median salary means that exactly half of the salaries are below, and exactly half are above this level. This method of calculation gives a more realistic picture and eliminates the influence of too high and too low salaries.
Let's compare the salaries that employers indicate in vacancies with the salaries that are indicated by the specialists themselves on the salary service
In the regions, in all specialties, except for mobile, desktop, front-end development, administration and testing, the median salaries of specialists are equal to or slightly higher than the minimum offered by companies. This means that in these 5 specialties there is an increased demand for specialists of a higher level than is currently available on the regional market.
In Moscow, this situation is typical only for desktop development and testing. There are also 2 specialties - design and marketing - for which the median salaries of specialists are higher than the maximum offered by companies. This means that it is more difficult to find a vacancy with higher qualifications in these specialties on the labor market in Moscow.
In St. Petersburg, the median salaries of specialists are below the minimum offered in vacancies only in desktop development. But in management, design, marketing and administration - they are above the maximum in vacancies.
Now let's look at the dynamics of salaries in vacancies for the year
Compared to last year, in the regions, at the same time, the lower and upper limits of salaries offered in vacancies have increased in mobile development, administration and testing: an increase from 5 to 25%. Only the lower limit of salaries increased in the front end - 14%. Only the upper limit increased in backend and desktop development - 10% and 20%, respectively.
In management, design and marketing, on the contrary, there was a general decline in wages in the regions. In management, the lower limit of proposed salaries fell by 14%, in design - by 20%, in marketing, both limits simultaneously dropped by approximately 35%.
In Moscow, at the same time, the lower and upper limits of salaries have increased in almost all specializations: in mobile, backend and frontend development - an increase from 6 to 25%; in testing and design - from 16 to 50%; in management - approximately 70%. Only the lower limit of salaries has increased in desktop development - 10%. In marketing, as well as in the regions, both limits dropped by about 20%.
So, what are the highest paying specializations?
If last year the highest paid specialization was mobile development, now this situation persists only in the regions; in Moscow, management has become such a specialization - which is directly related to the highest growth in salaries in this area, compared to others. In St. Petersburg, desktop development has become such a specialization.
Both in Moscow and in St. Petersburg and in the regions, then the highest salaries are offered in vacancies for desktop, backend and frontend developers. A similar situation occurred last year.
Next come salaries in vacancies for administrators and testers - it is interesting that this year such specialists began to be valued by employers above designers and marketers, who close the list. The exception is St. Petersburg, where vacancies for administrators are still rated lowest by employers.
Moscow salaries are traditionally higher than St. Petersburg ones by 10-30% and higher than regional ones by 20-40%.
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Source: habr.com