Russians named the most desirable IT areas to study

The most popular areas of study among Russians were machine learning (35%), analytics (30%), development (28%) and IT project management (27%). This is stated in the results of a study by the Hexlet online programming school, which was reviewed by Izvestia on March 27.

Analysts have found that Russians consider IT work to be promising. However, 44% are confident that in order to succeed in this area, it is necessary to work harder than in other industries. One in five (21%) noted that anyone can become an IT specialist.

"The respondents shared their stereotypes about the IT sector. Russians most often believe that there is an acute shortage of personnel in IT (55%). The top 3 included stereotypes that high salaries are paid in IT (51%) and all specialists work remotely (43%). Interestingly, 41% of Russians believe that all IT specialists can program, and 28% believe that IT is easy to get into the IT field," the experts added.

Temporary particles: demand for open-ended hiring of IT specialists has decreased

What's happening to the most publicized job market

Earlier, on February 20, it was reported that the majority of Russian employers surveyed (64%) indicated a shortage of IT specialists in the labor market. This is stated in the results of a survey of the Console platform for working with freelance performers.About". Respondents observe the main shortage of staff among Senior (40%) and Middle (39%). 15% of respondents drew attention to the lack of employees at the level of managers and directors (C-Level).