More vacancies, less talent: Ukraine's IT faces personnel crisis — SoftServe experience

The number of IT vacancies is gradually increasing – on the DOU portal alone, it increased by 30% compared to last year. Companies are traditionally looking for front-, back-end and full stack developers and want to see candidates with developed "soft" skills.
However, at the same time, the Ukrainian IT sector has faced an unprecedented personnel crisis, says Andriy Pereymybida, head of the SoftServe talent acceleration center. Liga.Tech talked to him about what influenced the shortage of specialists, who still dares to enter the sector, despite the loss of its positions, and to what extent traditional education helps them.
The number of vacancies is gradually increasing
The IT job market is gradually improving. This year, almost 60,000 offers were published on DOU, which is 30% more than in 2023.