In comparison, the average net wage in Romania only increased ten-fold, according to ZF’s calculations based on the National Statistics Institute data.
The salaries of the employees in the IT&C sector will increase by 4.5% on average this year, according to the salary survey published by human resources consultant Mercer.
The fast-paced increase in salaries in the IT sector is because of the high number of jobs created in the past few years. The number of employees in the IT sector reached almost 52,000 at the end of the first quarter, over four times higher than fifteen years ago, according to the National Statistics Institute.
Statistics show that the second most developed city in terms of IT&C sector businesses after Bucharest is Cluj. Therefore, although salaries are still much higher in Bucharest than in the rest of the country, the gap is narrowing. An employee working as a Java developer, for instance, earns 18% more in Bucharest than in Cluj.
“A review of the Bucharest salary data shows that a Java developer position may earn a gross monthly salary of EUR900 to EUR2,400, depending on seniority,” said Oana Botolan Datki, SEE managing partner with Consulteam, the local partner of Mercer.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)