It Talent Map
It Talent Map
It Talent Map
Overview 4
Romania Talent Map 6
• Bucharest 6
• Cluj-Napoca 8
• Iași 10
• Timisoara 12
• Brașov 14
• Craiova 16
• Sibiu 18
Compensation & Benefits 20
• Salary Structures 20
• Benefits 21
Employment Behaviour 22
How to recruit in Romania 26
Rep. Moldova Talent Map 28
Brainspotting 30
Romanian student teams are
regular winners in international
and European Olympics
for mathematics, informatics,
astronomy, robotics, with over
25 medals in 2018, and the first
prize in robotics out of
161 countries.
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OVERVIEW
Romania is one of the strongest IT hubs in CEE with an estimated number of IT profes-
sionals of 140,000 by 2020. Almost all major cities in Romania have technical universi-
ties and seven of them (Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Timisoara, Brasov, Sibiu, Craiova)
are established IT hubs.
Romanian student teams are regular winners in international and European olympics
for mathematics, informatics, astronomy, robotics, with over 25 medals in 2018, and the
first prize in robotics out of 161 countries.
The IT talent landscape is quite competitive, similar to almost all the markets at the
global level. But we continue to see new entries on the market from both technology
companies and shared services centers for IT. In terms of recruitment objectives, most
of the centers have recruitment plans of up to 400 hires for 2 - 3 years, however, there
are still companies with large expansion plans of up to 1,000 employees.
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OVERVIEW
Salaries in IT have had a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.1% since 2013. The
national average net, monthly salary in IT for October, 2018 was around 1,350 Euro (total
cost of 2,100 Euro), but seniors in large IT hubs can earn more than 4,000 Euro net per
month.
IT company background
176 137
US multinationals Dutch multinationals
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TALENT MAP
BUCHAREST
However, there is an increased interest from companies from France, Canada, Ireland,
Switzerland, Netherlands, or even India. In the beginning of 2019, there are at least 10
active ramp-ups with objectives of 50 up to 400 hires in the next 2 - 3 years: London
Stock Exchange, Viavi Solutions, Verint Systems Romania, Edenred Digital, Delphi
Technologies, CGI, Molson Coors GBS, Crowdstrike, Taxify, Zone Digital, SonicWall, etc.
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TALENT MAP
CLUJ-NAPOCA
It is also the primary location of some of the strongest Romanian IT companies like
Softvision (recently acquired by Cognizant), Arobs Transilvania Software, and Fortech
and one of the most innovative markets in Romania in terms of niche or new techno-
logies like Python, Ruby, Hybris.
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TALENT MAP
IAȘI
In 2018, Iasi was named the city of the year for the
development of its IT and outsourcing industries in CEE (“Shared
Services and Outsourcing Awards”). With a strong growth of its IT
sector, Iasi surpassed Timisoara and Brasov and it is now the third
IT hub in Romania.
Some of the most important players in Romania have a primary or secondary office in
Iasi, with Amazon leading the way. Continental is a major employer and the largest in
terms of technical graduates.
As it becomes more and more competitive, companies are looking relocate talent
from the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
Main technologies:
• Java
• Javascript
• PHP
• C#/.NET
• C++
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TALENT MAP
TIMIȘOARA
A number of companies opted for Timisoara as their first location in Romania and now
have a stronghold in the city - i.e. Continental, Veoneer, Draexlmaier, Hella, ACI, CMED.
The market is going to continue to grow as there are at least two companies that
have large scaling plans - i.e. Veoneer, Visteon.
Top technologies:
• Java
• PHP
• C/C++
• C#/.NET
• JavaScript
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TALENT MAP
BRAȘOV
In terms of IT talent, it ranks on the 5th place, with good representation for Java, .NET,
PHP, and Quality Assurance. The city has also a small pool of niche technologies such
as Python, Ruby on Rails, and SharePoint.
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TALENT MAP
CRAIOVA
Besides IT Six Global Services, a major local player, most of the large employers are
companies from Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara in search of augmenting their
teams.
1,636 347 87 86
Developers Quality Business Project
Assurance Analysts Managers
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TALENT MAP
SIBIU
A rather stable city in terms of attrition (less than 20% annual attrition in IT),
it also has the advantage of German speaking skills which attracts companies
with German background.
Main technologies:
• Java
• PHP
• C/C++
• C#/.NET
2,213 274 81 53
Developers Quality Business Project
Assurance Analysts Managers
3 Soft Automotive
Axian
Azets
BearingPoint
Bertrandt
C4 Media
CGS
Colt Technology Services
IMC
iQuest
Marquardt
NTT Data
Original Ware
Ropardo
Siemens PLC
Stefanini
Temeron
Top Net
Veoneer
Visma Software
Wenglor Sensoric
Windeln.de
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SALARY STRUCTURES
ROMANIA
Salaries are in Euro, net, monthly. Methodology: Online survey, 2018, number of
respondents: 5,204
32% of professionals have an annual bonus which is 15% of their annual salary.
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The salaries are presented as averages for the national level. There are
consistent differences between levels of experience and technologies across
cities. For personalized reports, please contact us - [email protected]
BENEFITS
ROMANIA
Work from home started to be a regular part of the package, with IT companies being
very flexible in terms of its design – usually professionals benefit from it whenever they
need it or 1 to 3 days per week.
Companies started to introduce the 13th salary as an additional way to increase the
financial package of employees, and additional vacation days, beyond the minimum
20 granted by the labor code. The standard in the industry is 23 to 25 vacation days
per year.
While the salary package seems to be the main driver in evaluating a job offer, in order
to get to the salary conversation, employers need to attract candidates detailing the
complexity of the projects and the technologies used. Another important factor in
assessing a job opportunity is the possibility to work from home or remotely.
On the other hand, companies start to value primarily the soft skills and culture fit of
the potential hires, and secondarily the technical abilities.
3 out of 10 professionals don’t have any preference in terms of type of projects, while
the most attractive projects are in Health, Gadgets, Automotive, and Finance.
Only 2 out of 10 professio- Q: How satisfied are you with your current salary package?
nals are not available for
new opportunities which
may show that the low Yes 33%
response rate to job Maybe 43%
offerings is a matter of
how attractive and relevant No 20%
our job pitching is, and not
a measure of the passivity Only abroad 3%
of the market.
Q: Are you currently available for a job change?
The most common way for IT professionals to gather information about an employer is
by asking their friends or acquaintances in your company. Which means that your
employees needs to be prepared to act as ambassadors of your employer brand.
Want to see how you can turn your employees in brand ambassadors and improve
your recruitment in terms of quality?
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The standard recruitment process in Romania is similar to any other country - most of
the sourcing is done proactively (direct search), candidates are called for an interview,
etc. However, in the past two years, working especially for new centers on the market,
we’ve gathered some insights that can help you improve your results and scale easier.
• Prepare your Hiring Managers. If you are new on the market, it generally helps your
Hiring Managers to be briefed about skill availability, employment behavior, tips &
tricks.
• Pitching. Professionals generally want to receive structured information with some
key points covered, plus project details and growth opportunities (especially for
entry-mid level positions). Presentation decks make a good first impression and
give potential candidates a better idea about the opportunity.
• Personal process. Although there is a tendency to use technology to move quickly
in the process (video confs, phone screening, etc), building a relationship with the
Hiring Manager in the recruitment process increases the offer acceptance rates of
candidates. Every internal stakeholder needs to be prepared to pitch the opportuni-
ty and answer candidate questions.
• Technical tests. Professionals don’t mind tests as long as they are adapted to their
job or replicate real work situations. If you are using an online platform (e.g. Codility,
Hackerrank), it is better to have candidates do the test on their own time and not
ask them on your premises, especially if you are also asking them to participate in
a technical interview.
• Short recruitment process. In 2018, the drop off rate during processes increased
with 20%, especially for processes that took longer than 3 weeks. Ideally, you should
keep the process at 3, maximum 4 stages and make sure it doesn’t take more than
3 weeks.
• Build awareness for your brand. It’s better to be as extensive as possible in your
promotion efforts. However, the most efficient channels seem to be online cam
paigns on LinkedIn/Facebook, especially because you can target them at relevant
segments and measure your impact, and technology events for building relation
ships. Providing candidates with feedback after interview increases your chances of
building a strong pipeline for the long term.
Here’s a list of technology events that we’ve helped create and tested and which can
help you build and consolidate your employer brand in the technology space in
Romania.
In terms of talent pool, plus 2,000 graduates in computing or related fields per year,
Moldova compares to Iasi, the third IT hub in Romania. It continues to provide strong
cost benefits as the competition is lighter than in Romania, with an average gross
salary of 4,059 RON (16,680 Moldovan Lei) as compared to 8,375 RON, the average in
Romania, for IT&C.
AlfaSoft Orange
Allied Testing Pentalog
Amdaris Qsystems
Assembla RitLabs
Aurea Software Salt Edge
Cedacri International Simpals
Code Factory Group Starlab
Computaris Starnet
DAS Solutions Ltd Stefanini
Dekart Tacit Knowledge
DevFactory Topaz Factory
Ellation TopNoch
Endava Yopeso
Enova Group
Extole
Flashpage
FusionWorks
Inther Group
IT Smart Systems
IUCOSOFT
Modus Create
Moldcell
Noction
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