Tech Salary Structures &

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What 5,930 tech professionals in RO think
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A better salary and a better product are the main
reasons why tech professionals change their job

Reasons for leaving your previous employer Female Male Total

I was offered a better salary package 24% 27% 26%

A
lso, the data shows that mid-
senior tech professionals should
I was offered a better product and more complex technologies 19% 20% 19%
be constantly challenged by new
products, complex technologies or
interesting projects. They are not I was offered a career advancement (team lead, etc) 5% 5% 5%
leaving because of their relationship
with the manager or colleagues, not
even because they are being offered a Relationship with my manager 8% 7% 7%
higher position, but due to salary and
better product. There is an in-between
time in the employee life cycle, when Relationship with the team 4% 3% 3%
they are experienced enough to
explore new possibilities but not ready
yet to settle down, narrowing their Office location 5% 4% 4%
focus and vertically growing inside the
same company.
I was fired / restructured 3% 3% 3%

Q: Why did you leave your previous employer?

There are no significant differences between
women and men regarding reasons
to change their employer
Reasons for leaving your previous employer Female Male Total

A
ctually, that’s one
thing Romania should I was offered a better salary package 24% 27% 26%
be proud of - we have
one of the smallest pay gaps I was offered a better product and more complex technologies 19% 20% 19%
in Europe, between men
and women, according to
Eurostat, and also the I was offered a career advancement (team lead, etc) 5% 5% 5%
highest percentage share
of women in top Relationship with my manager 8% 7% 7%
management.

Relationship with the team 4% 3% 3%

Office location 5% 4% 4%

I was fired / restructured 3% 3% 3%

Q: Why did you leave your previous employer?

Women in Romania - a small pay gap and a large
representativity in management roles
% women in top Country Pay Gap
Country
management
Romania 32,8% Luxembourg 1,3%
Estonia 31,1% Romania 3,3%
Bulgaria 30,9% Italy 4,7%
Lithuania 29,1% Belgium 5,8%
Latvia 28,9% Slovenia 7,9%
United Kingdom 25,7% Poland 8,5%
Sweden 25,4%
Cyprus 10,1%
Iceland 25,4%
Ireland 25,3% Portugal 10,6%
Finland 25,0% Croatia 11,5%
Slovenia 24,6% Malta 11,6%
Cyprus 23,1% Sweden 11,8%

R R
omania has Netherlands 21,0% omania has Spain 11,9%
the largest France 20,8% the smallest Lithuania 13,3%
Denmark 20,2% Denmark 14,0%
representativi Slovakia 19,5% pay gap
ty of women in between men and European Union - 27 14,1%
European Union 19,3%
Bulgaria 14,1%
management roles, Malta 19,1% women, being the
Hungary 18,2% Netherlands 14,6%
as compared to all second in EU, just France 16,5%
Spain 17,1%
other european Greece 16,6% below Luxembourg. Finland 16,6%
countries. Portugal 15,7% Hungary 18,2%
Poland 15,4% Slovakia 18,4%
Belgium 15,2% Czechia 18,9%
Germany 13,5%
Germany 19,2%
Croatia 13,4%
Czechia 13,2% Austria 19,9%
Italy 13,1% Latvia 21,2%
Austria 5,7% Estonia 21,7%
Luxembourg 4,2% Source: Eurostat
(source: EIGE)
Salary structures (net, monthly, Euro) per city
City Average Median 75th Percentile
Alba-Iulia 1,925 1,500 2,100
Arad 1,850 1,850 2,355
Bacau 1,396 1,350 1,550
Baia Mare 1,650 1,650 2,350

A
verage salary in Bistrita 1,437 1,450 2,125
Bucharest increased by Botosani 1,150 1,150 1,450
15% compared to last
Brasov 1,962 1,850 2,350
year, but Cluj-Napoca, Brasov
and Iași have had the highest Bucharest 2,308 2,350 2,850
salary growth in the country: Cluj-Napoca 2,199 1,850 2,850
more than 22% increase on Constanta 1,696 1,450 1,850
average in 2021, from 2020. In Craiova 1,790 1,850 2,350
terms of the 75%-iles, Galati 1,571 1,450 1,850
Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca
Iasi 1,931 1,850 2,350
both have added 500 Euros
more, leading by far in Oradea 1,607 1,450 1,850
comparison to the other Other 1,802 1,450 1,850
cities. Pitesti 1,356 1,450 1,850
Sibiu 1,905 1,850 2,350
Strainatate 3,884 3,850 6,000
Suceava 1,644 1,850 1,850
Targu Mures 1,710 1,450 1,850
Timisoara 2,000 1,850 2,350
Q: What is your CURRENT net salary on a monthly basis, in Euro by Your city?
Salary structures (net, monthly, Euro)
per level of experience

Level of experience Average Median 75th Percentile

S
alaries in 2021 have
increased on average
for all with more than 1
year of experience, in 0 - 1 years 766 850 850
comparison to 2020. The only
category where average
1 - 2 years 1,139 850 1,350
salary decreased in
comparison to last year is that
of professionals under 1 year 2 - 4 years 1,664 1,550 1,850
of experience.

4 - 6 years 2,047 1,850 2,350

Over 6 years 2,723 2,350 3,350

Q: Your overall level of experience by What is your CURRENT net salary on a monthly basis, in Euro
Salary structures (net, monthly, Euro)
per career level

Career level Average Median 75th Percentile

H
igh growth in average
salary for Directors, up
by 1000 Euros net per
month (an almost 30%
increase). All categories have Director 4,449 4,350 6,000
seen increases in both
average and median levels,
which goes to show demand Manager 2,855 2,850 3,350
for tech services has been
high this past year.
Team Lead 2,637 2,350 2,850

Individual Contributor 1,917 1,850 2,350

Q: Your career level by What is your CURRENT net salary on a monthly basis, in Euro
Salary structures (net, monthly, Euro)
per role
Job title Avg Median 75th percentile

Developer 2,211.9 2,350 3,250

IT Businessâ Analyst 2,089.6 1,850 2,350
Mobile Developer 2,342.2 2,350 2,850

P
roduct Owners or Network Administrator 1,878.0 1,850 2,350
Managers are the Other 1,150.0 1,350 2,350
highest paid on
average, closely followed by Product Owner / Product Manager 2,669.2 2,350 3,350
Project Managers and Mobile
Project Manager 2,483.0 2,350 2,850
Developers. They share the
same median, on par with Quality Assurance (Automation) 1,924.1 1,850 2,550
Developers, of 2,350 EUR net
monthly. Quality Assurance (Manual) 1,675.9 1,550 1,850
Security (Consultant, Analyst, Engineer) 2,406.9 1,850 2,850
System Administrator 1,801.9 1,850 1,850
System Engineer 1,814.1 1,850 2,350
Technical support 1,649.1 1,550 1,850
UI/UX Designer 1,985.0 1,850 2,350

Q: Your job title by What is your CURRENT net salary on a monthly basis, in Euro
Average satisfaction with job/employer
increased to 7.7 (out of 10) from 7.42 last year

Satisfaction 0 - 1 years 1 - 2 years 2 - 4 years 4 - 6 years Over 6 years Total

1 4%  1% 1% 1% 0%  1%

F
resh graduates are still 2 1% 0% 1% 1%  0% 1%
the category with the
lowest average 3 3%  1% 1% 2% 1% 1%
satisfaction (7.4) but overall
rating is still over 7.7 for all 4 2% 2% 1% 2% 2% 2%
the other categories. The
pandemic seems to have had 5 9%  6% 4% 4% 4% 5%
a positive impact on job 6 8% 9% 11%  9% 8% 9%
satisfaction, with an increase
to 7.7 from 7.42 last year. 7 18% 26%  23% 22% 21% 22%

8 20%  23%  29% 30% 29% 29%

9 18% 18% 18% 18% 21%  19%

10 18%  15% 11% 12% 13% 13%

Average 7.4  7.7 7.7 7.6 7.8  7.7

Q: On a scale from 1 to 10, how satisfied are you with your current employer or role? by Your overall level of experience
Tech professionals have been contacted
2.4 times per month for job offers during
the Covid-19 restrictions

L
ast year, the average number of monthly offers was 2.2, which a similar amount of job offers to those in Bucharest (2.7), more than the
indicates that the Covid-19 restrictions had little impact on the national average of 2.4. Iasi is also above the national average, with 2.5,
recruitment plans in companies. Tech professionals in Arad receive above Cluj-Napoca.

Cluj-
Alba-Iulia Arad Bacau BaiaMare Bistrita Botosani Brasov Bucharest Constanta Craiova
Napoca

None 50% 6% 54%  10% 25% 100%  20% 14%  15% 54%  16%

1 - 2 times 0% 31% 15% 50%  25% 0% 27% 20%  28%  15% 29%

2 - 3 times 25% 31% 15% 30% 50% 0% 32% 34% 34% 15% 39%

3 - 5 times 25% 13% 8% 10% 0% 0% 7% 13%  11% 15% 9%

More than
0% 19% 8% 0% 0% 0% 13% 19%  13%  0% 7% 
5 times

Average 1.6 2.7 1.3 1.7 1.5 0.0 2.1 2.7 2.4 1.1 2.0

Q: How many times have you been contacted for a job offer per month (on average) since the Covid-19 restrictions? by Your city
Tech professionals have been contacted
2.4 times per month for job offers during
the Covid-19 restrictions

L
ast year, the average number of monthly offers was 2.2, which a similar amount of job offers to those in Bucharest (2.7), more than the
indicates that the Covid-19 restrictions had little impact on the national average of 2.4. Iasi is also above the national average, with 2.5,
recruitment plans in companies. Tech professionals in Arad receive above Cluj-Napoca.

Galati Iasi Oradea Other Pitesti Sibiu Strainatate Suceava Targu Mures Timisoara Total

None 30%  18% 29%  34%  27% 20% 4% 33%  27% 22%  17%

1 - 2 times 37% 19%  36%  29% 13% 36%  26% 7%  24% 29%  24%

2 - 3 times 30% 37% 20%  25% 60%  34% 26% 33% 31% 31% 34%

3 - 5 times 0% 10% 8% 5% 0% 7% 17% 11% 7% 9% 11%

More than 5
3% 16% 8% 7% 0% 3%  26% 15% 11% 9%  15%
times

Average 1.3 2.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 3.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.4

Q: How many times have you been contacted for a job offer per month (on average) since the Covid-19 restrictions? by Your city
Seniors have been contacted almost 3 times per
month for new job offers, while juniors only once

Times Over
0 - 1 years 1 - 2 years 2 - 4 years 4 - 6 years
contacted 6 years

None 40%  27%  15% 12%  15% 

M
id-level professionals
have the highest
1 - 2 times 34%  30%  23% 17%  24%
percentage of job
offers, more than 5 times per
month, which shows a peak 2 - 3 times 22%  34% 35% 36% 33%
interest from employers
(particularly in the 4-6 years
3 - 5 times 2%  5%  11% 15%  12%
of experience category).

More than 5 times 2%  5%  15% 20%  17% 

Average 1.1 1.7 2.4 2.9 2.6

Q: How many times have you been contacted for a job offer per month (on average) since the Covid-19
restrictions? by Your overall level of experience
8 out of 10 tech professionals are doing work
from home during Covid-19 restrictions
Current benefits Total
Meal tickets 68%
Medical subscription 57%

W
hile meal tickets and Medical insurance 54%
medical
subscriptions are Medical benefits for family 23%
easier for employers to Dental coverage 12%
provide, tech professionals
are mostly looking for a 13th Additional vacation days (more than 20 days) 44%
salary, more vacation days, as Learning budget 23%
well as dental coverage
(which is a rare benefit). 13th salary 16%
Remote work and flexible Remote work (working offsite) 37%
time have increased, in part
Work from home 78%
due to the pandemic but the
trend was visible since before. Flex time (anytime between 07.00 and 19.00) 60%
Stock options / share options 13%
Office perks (ping-pong, juice, relaxation spaces, etc) 34%
Gym and sport club subscription 31%
Flexible benefits (you choose your benefits based on a budget offered by your employer) 15%

Q: What are your CURRENT benefits?

Top four attractive benefits remain the same
as last year
Attractive Benefits Total
Meal tickets 40%
Medical subscription 38%
Medical insurance 47%
Medical benefits for family 33%
Dental coverage 37%

I
nterest in office perks has Additional vacation days (more than 20 days) 56%
significantly decreased, as
many professionals are still Learning budget 35%
doing WFH. 13th salary 65%
Remote work (working offsite) 38%
Work from home 60%
Flex time (anytime between 07.00 and 19.00) 55%
Stock options / share options 33%
Office perks (ping-pong, juice, relaxation spaces, etc) 21%
Gym and sport club subscription 29%
Flexible benefits (you choose your benefits based on a budget offered by your employer) 36%

Q: What benefits do you consider ATTRACTIVE?

Tech professionals tend to be very satisfied
with their current earnings

Salary satisfaction 0 - 1 years 1 - 2 years 2 - 4 years 4 - 6 years Over 6 years Total

E
1 8%  3% 1% 2% 2%  2%
ntry level tech
professionals (up to two
years of experience) are 2 12%  10%  9%  7% 5%  7%
the ones who are most
discontent with their salary
3 33% 42%  36%  33% 25%  30%
level. Nevertheless, the
overall average is quite
similar to the other 4 32%  35%  43% 45% 50%  45%
categories: 3.4 out of 5,
compared to 3.6 out of 5
5 16% 11%  11%  14% 18%  15%
overall. The total average of
3.6 is similar to the one in
2020 (3.57). Average 3.4  3.4  3.5  3.6 3.8  3.6

Q: On a scale from 1 to 5, how satisfied are you with your salary? (5 - max) by Your level of experience
3 out of 10 tech professionals are open to changing
their job, a decrease from 5 out of 10 last year

Job change 0-1 1-2 2-4 4-6 Over

Total
availability years years years years 6 years

W
hile there has been a
significant decrease
Maybe 33%  39%  46% 50% 50%  47%
in the percentage of
tech professionals open to
changing their jobs (from 49%
last year to 31%), almost half No 14% 14%  15%  17% 20%  18%
are still willing to have
conversations with recruiters
(47%). Only abroad 4% 3% 5%  4% 3%  4%

Yes 50%  44%  34%  29% 27%  31%

Q: Are you currently available for new job opportunities? by Your overall level of experience
Tech professionals expect a +27% increase
in order to change their job, a slight decrease
from +29% last year

Salary increase expected 0-1 1-2 2-4 4-6 Over 6 Total

years years years years years

0 - 10% 5% 1%  2% 2% 4%  3%

Y
oung professionals are
the ones who expect the
10 - 20% 16% 16% 13%  17% 22%  19%
highest increase in
salaries, 25% of them looking
to get 40% raises or more. 20 - 30% 29%  32%  38% 41%  38% 37%

30 - 40% 22% 24% 27%  22% 18%  21%

None 4% 2% 2% 1% 2% 2%

Over 40% 25%  25%  18% 17% 17%  18%

Salary increase 28.8% 29.8% 28.8% 27.5% 25.8% 26.9%

Q: What would be an average salary increase you would expect in order to accept another offer.
by Your overall level of experience
Top four criteria to evaluate employers are
the same with last year, with a slight increase
in importance for companies that develop complex
projects and use new technologies
Criteria used to evaluate employers Total
The company develops complex projects and works with new technologies 70%
Company invests in the well-being of the employees 69%

T
he expectation to work Company invests in the training & development of its employees 68%
on complex projects
and with new The company is involved in its community and develops multiple CSR projects 10%
technologies is the second
The company pays well 74%
most important criteria
employees have when The company offers promotion opportunities 54%
evaluating potential
employers, up from 4th The culture of the company is people oriented 52%
position last year. Salary is The company has a good location for its offices 36%
still the most important
criteria, increasing from 71% The company is diverse and support diversity 15%
to 74% this year. Culture of excellence and professionalism / excellence center 30%
Clear career path 36%
Q: How important are for you the following criteria when you evaluate an employer?
Friends, job sites and social media
are the most used channels to get information
about employers
Channels to get information about employers Total
Friends in the company 72%

T
he most important
channel in finding new Media (articles, interviews) 37%
jobs is through friends, Company website 37%
by far, followed at a distance
(more than 15%) by job sites Job sites 55%
and the company’s social
media page. Social media company page 56%

Career fairs 9%

Company owned events (Open Day, Tech Events, etc) 12%

Conferences / Online events 16%

Brand activation (Conference partnership, etc.) 7%

None 2%

Q: How do you usually get information about employers?

Learning by doing is the preferred method
to get new skills
Preferred method to learn something Total

On the job 76%

O
nline courses are the
second method to gain Conferences 16%
new skills, especially
during the Covid-19 Formal trainings / in-class trainings 37%
restrictions. Community is
also a relevant aspect in Online courses 64%
learning, both online or
offline (with colleagues). Job rotation 11%

Mentoring / Coaching 42%

Technical communities / forums 30%

Colleagues / through discussions 47%

Books / articles 43%

Q: What is your preferred method when you want to learn something?
Tech professionals do not find any difference in
terms of quality between online and offline events
Event type %
Business conferences and events 7% 
Hobby related workshops or events 5% 
I didn't participate in conferences and online events 40% 
Tech conferences and events 43% 
Well-being events 5% 
Q: In what type of online conferences, events or webinars did you participate during the Covid-19 restrictions?

Quality rating %

L
ow interest in offline events shows
that tech professionals focus more 1 4% 
on the online environment for 2 14% 
networking and knowledge sharing.
3 42% 
4 29% 
5 11% 
Average 3.3
Q: How would you rate the quality of the online events as
compared to the offline? (1 - much worse; 5 - much better)
5 out of 10 tech professionals would participate
in online events on a monthly basis

 Frequency %

Every 2 months 13% 

2
out of 10 employees are Every 3 months 9% 
open to weekly
participation in online
Every 6 months 5% 
events.

I don't want to participate 5% 

Per month 46% 

Per week 22% 

Q: How often would you be available to participate in online events?

1 out of 4 tech professionals didn’t WFH
before Covid-19

T
he majority of
experienced WFH before 0-1 1-2 2-4 4-6 Over 6 Total
professionals were Covid-19 years years years years years
doing WFH even before
COVID-19. Fresh graduates
and juniors were allowed the Never 60%  35%  26% 23% 20%  25%
least amount of work from
home. On the other hand,
only around 3 out of 10 Whenever necessary 14%  19% 22% 20% 22%  21%
professionals were in a
programme that allowed
them more than 1 time per 1 - 3 times per months 9%  17% 22% 21% 21% 20%
week WFH.
1 - 2 times per week 6%  12% 14% 16%  14% 14%

2 - 4 times per week 10%  14% 14% 15% 16%  15%

Always 2%  4% 3%  5% 7%  6%

Q: How often did you work from home (WFH) before Covid-19 restrictions?
by Your overall level of experience
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In average, on all levels of experience,
tech professionals would prefer 3 days WFH
once the Covid-19 restrictions are over
Desired WFH 0 - 1 years 1 - 2 years 2 - 4 years
4-6 Over 6 years Total
after Covid-19 years

1 day 9% 10% 8% 8% 9% 9%

M
ost tech professionals
would prefer to 2 days 22% 27%  22% 23% 22% 23%
continue to WFH after
the COVID-19 pandemic.
3 days 25% 23% 27% 24% 24% 25%
3 out of 4 would prefer at
least 2 days WFH per week,
out of which 30% want to 4 days 8% 7% 9% 10% 9% 9%
work from home 5 days per
week (the largest category).
5 days 28% 30% 29% 30% 31% 30%

None 9%  4% 5% 5% 4% 5%

Q: How many days of remote/wfh per week would you like once the Covid-19 restrictions are over?
by Your overall level of experience
How have the Covid-19 restrictions
and work from home influenced…
  %   %   %   %   %
1 5%  1 2%  1 1%  1 10%  1 7% 
2 15%  2 11%  2 7%  2 16%  2 16% 
3 35%  3 40%  3 30%  3 45%  3 38% 
4 27%  4 32%  4 35%  4 18%  4 25% 

T
ech professionals saw
5 18%  5 16%  5 27%  5 10%  5 14% 
no difference in their
ability to get a Avg 3.4 Avg 3.5 Avg 3.8 Avg 3.0 Avg 3.2
promotion or in their Your work-life balance
How well your team works Confidence in your ability Your ability to get a Your professional devel-
together to achieves to achieve results promotion opment and training
professional development (1 - Much worse;
results (1 - Much worse; (1 - Much worse; (1 - Much worse; (1 - Much worse;
5 - Much better)
with the COVID-19 restrictions 5 - Much better) 5 - Much better) 5 - Much better) 5 - Much better)
in place, with a slight increase
in their work-life balance, job
  %   %
satisfaction and team
cohesion. 1 3%  1 4% 
2 9%  2 13% 
3 34%  3 36%  Tech professionals believe that WFH increased
4 31%  4 30%  the confidence in their ability to achieve results.
5 22%  5 16%  WFH also determined a slight increase in their
commitment to the company.
Avg 3.6 Avg 3.4
Your commitment to the Your job satisfaction
company & engagement
(1 - Much worse; (1 - Much worse;
5 - Much better) 5 - Much better)
How well do you think your organization managed
during the Covid-19 restrictions:
  %   %   %   %
1 4%  1 7%  1 8%  1 9% 
2 6%  2 9%  2 13%  2 12% 
3 21%  3 21%  3 34%  3 33% 
4 28%  4 26%  4 26%  4 26% 

T
he lack of benefits in the
5 41%  5 37%  5 20% 5 19%
WFH context is
perceived poorly by Avg 4.0 Avg 3.8 Avg 3.4 Avg 3.3
employees. On the other Care about your health Logistic support to work Professional Management support
and safety from home development support for your needs
hand, professional (1 - Very bad; (1 - Very bad; (1 - Very bad; (1-Very bad;
development support, 5 - Very well) 5 - Very well) 5 - Very well) 5-Very well)
logistics support,
management support and
  %   %
communication methods are
mostly well received. 1 38%  1 7% 
2 17%  2 13% 
3 22%  3 30% 
4 11%  4 26%  Employers handled best the care about health
5 12%  5 23%  and safety and the logistic support to WFH.
Avg 2.4 Avg 3.4
xtra WFH benefits (e.g. Clear communication (e.g.
help with utilities, etc) frequent updates, clarity
(1-Very bad; and transparency, etc)
5-Very well) (1-Very bad; 5-Very well)