Tech Salary & Trends

Romania, 2023
8th edition
Reasons for leaving an employer

Reasons for leaving employer Total

I was offered a better salary package 70%
I was offered a better product and more complex
The salary package is the main reason for
32%
technologies leaving an employer. IT professionals (ITPs)
I was overworked / burnout 22% are also motivated by a better product &
Relationship with my manager 13% complex technologies, however, this is valid
I was offered a career advancement (team lead, etc) 11% for only 3 out of 10.
My project ended 9%
I wanted to work as a freelancer 9%
Relationship with the team 7%
Office location 4%
I was fired / restructured 4%
Why did you change your last employer?
Current benefits

Current Benefits Total

Work from home 81%
Meal tickets 64%
Flex time (anytime between 07.00 and 19.00) 62%
Additional vacation days (more than 21 days) 58%
Medical subscription 58%
Remote work (working offsite) 53% The work from home, meal
Medical insurance 50% tickets and flex time seem to
Training and development plan or budget 38% be the most offered benefits
Office perks (ping-pong, juice, relaxation spaces, etc) 33% for those working on a
Gym and sport club subscription 26% standard labor contract.
Medical benefits for family 23%
Flexible benefits (you choose your benefits based on a
20%
budget offered by your employer)
Stock options / share options 18%
13th salary (a separate sum from the annual bonus) 12%
Dental coverage 12%
Part-time work schedule 4%
Attractive benefits

Attractive Benefits Total

Work from home 61%
Meal tickets 40%
Flex time (anytime between 07.00 and 19.00) 51%
Additional vacation days (more than 21 days) 64%
Medical subscription 40%
The companies are starting to close the gap
Remote work (working offsite) 46% between current and attractive benefits,
Medical insurance 47% covering top attractive perks. There is a gap for
Training and development plan or budget 39%
the 13th salary which is not a common practice
Office perks (ping-pong, juice, relaxation spaces, etc) 17%
Gym and sport club subscription 31% on the market and for dental coverage. Stock
Medical benefits for family 34% options/share options seems to stabilize at 41%
Flexible benefits (you choose your benefits based on
36% of the market desiring it, similar to 2022.
a budget offered by your employer)
Stock options / share options 41%
13th salary (a separate sum from the annual
63%
bonus)
Dental coverage 39%
Part-time work schedule 16%
PFA / SRL Attractiveness

PFA / SRL attractiveness Total

I am considering the option
I donʼt know a lot about the subject, so I
couldnʼt say
Not attractive at all
Very attractive, I wouldnʼt work any other
way
The new fiscal changes make them
unattractive
How attractive is working as a PFA/SRL for you?
3 out of 10 professionals are considering working as a
35% PFA/SRL, while 2 out of 10 have not made up their
22%
mind. Only almost 2 out of 10 tech professionals are
“against” this form of collaboration.
16%
15% Also, only 1 out of 10 professionals consider the new
12%
fiscal changes an important reason to change the
collaboration through PFA/SRL.
PFA / SRL Attractiveness

How are the new fiscal changes regarding the PFA and SRL 80% of ITPs who own a PFA or a SRL donʼt take into
%
impacting your plans to use them?
consideration giving up this form of payment /
I will keep using a PFA/SRL for my work 78%
I haven't decided yet 11%
employment as a result of the negative impact of
I'm thinking about stopping my PFA/SRL 5% the fiscal changes from January, 2023. Only ITPs
I am not aware of any changes and their impact 4% who used the PFA or SRL for an additional income
I will move (or already have moved) my PFA/SRL in another
2%
decided to terminate it.
country
Satisfaction with current employer

To what degree would you recommend your

current employer to your friends and %
acquaintances?
1 1% Only 40% of respondents are happy and
2 1% very happy with their current employer
3 1%
and would recommend them. 60% are
4 2%
5 5% either passive or highly unhappy.
6 6%
7 17%
8 28%
9 19%
10 20%
Job change availability

Availability to change jobs Jan, 2023

Only 17% of tech professionals are actually
Maybe 41% not interested in hearing about job
Yes 27% opportunities. 68% are either willing or
No 17% rather willing to hear about jobs in the
Only as a freelancer (PFA/SRL) 12% market.
Only abroad 3%
Are you currently available for new job opportunities?
Criteria to evaluate employers

Criteria Jan 2023

The company pays well 83%
The most important criteria for attractive
Company invests in the well-being of the employees 70% employers are that they pay well, invest in the
The company develops complex projects and works with new well-being of the employees, develop complex
67%
technologies
59%
projects and work with new technologies,
Company invests in the training & development of its employees
invest in the training and development of their
The company offers promotion opportunities / clear career path 56%
employees, and offer promotion opportunities
Culture of excellence and professionalism / excellence center 30%
and a clear career path.
The company has a good location for its offices 26%

The company is diverse and supports diversity 11%

The company is involved in its community and develops multiple CSR
9%
projects
Candidatesʼ involvement in recruitment processes

In how many recruitment The active candidates (candidates who were

processes (at least one interview) % involved in recruitment processes
did you participate in 2022?
throughout 2022) participated in an average
1 15%
of 1.85 selection processes.
2 12%
3 10%
4 4% Eight out of ten received an offer. Out of
More than 4 14% those who received an offer, 64% of the
None 45% offers were rejected.

Did you reject any of the

offers you received to stay Did you get an offer in any
% %
with the current of the processes?
employer? I didn't get to the offer stage 8%
No 36% No 13%
Yes 64% Yes 80%
Offer stage

Why did you reject the offer? % The main reason for rejecting the offer is the
The salary package was not as attractive as expected 48%
It was easier, safer for me to stay with the current
salary package, approximately 4 out of 10
33%
employer respondents expecting the offer to be more
The current employer offered me a salary increase 30%
The current employer offered me a career advancement 15%
attractive.
Work from home & Remote

How many days of remote

work (work from home)
%
per week do you currently On average, ITPs now get the number of remote/work
get?
0 days 3%
from home days they desire. They want 4.7 days per
1 day 1% week, while the employers offer it at around 4.5 days
2 days 4%
3 days 8%
per week.
4 days 7%
5 days 77%
Additionally, there is a fairly even split among those
How many days of remote
work (work from home)
who want more remote work days than they currently
%
per week would you like receive, with 3-4% of respondents wanting one or two
to get?
more days of remote work than they currently receive
1 day 1%
2 days 3% and 7-8% of respondents wanting three or four more
3 days 7%
days of remote work than they currently receive.
4 days 7%
5 days 80%
None 2%
Salary Structures &
Expectations
Salary Insights

The average salary in the tech industry is now

Experience Level vs at 3,122 Euro, monthly, net, with a median of
Average Median 75th %-ile
Current Salary
2,850 Euro. There is a 20% increase as
0 - 1 years 1,092 850 1,350
1 - 2 years 1,500 1,350 1,850 compared to January 2022 which is probably
2 - 4 years 2,251 1,850 2,350
determined by companies looking to cover
4 - 6 years 2,874 2,350 2,850
6 - 10 years 3,500 2,850 3,850 inflation and extending recruitment at the
Over 10 years 4,070 3,350 4,350
AVERAGE 3,122 2,850 3,850
national level for remote workers. This leads to
more ITPs earning salaries such as those in the
large, competitive tech hubs.
Salary Insights

Experience Level vs Fair Although they are making, on average

Average Median 75th %-ile
Salary 3,122 Euro, net, per month, ITPs still
0 - 1 years 1,581 1,350 1,850
1 - 2 years 1,989 1,850 2,350 believe that they should earn more
2 - 4 years 2,905 2,350 3,350 based on their experience and level of
4 - 6 years 3,814 3,350 3,850
6 - 10 years 4,572 3,850 4,850 skills. They consider they deserve 29%
Over 10 years 5,154 4,350 6,500 more than their current salary.
*What salary do you consider fair for your level of experience and responsibilities?
Annual bonuses

Half of the tech professionals receive bonus,

and represents 13% of the annual salary.
Bonuses 2023

Annual bonus as %age of annual salary 12,5% Annual bonuses have increased mainly because
%age who have bonus 51% they are applied to the annual salary which
Estimated avg. value of bonus (NET, Euro) 4,642E itself increased. The average annual bonus for
Do you have any bonuses besides the salary? (% of annual salary)
the part of the market that received it is at
around 4,642 Euro, net.
Annual bonuses

The bonus is mainly determined by the personal

What are the criteria you would need to satisfy to qualify for
% performance of the ITP, but also on company
the bonus?
Personal performance (based on an performance evaluation
49% performance and project related objectives. On
meeting)
Company results 25% the other hand, almost two out of ten ITPs got
No criteria, the bonus is guaranteed 18% the bonus without being assessed against any
Project success and deliverables 8%
criteria.
Salary Structures

City vs Current Salary Average Median 75th %ile

Bucharest 3,228 2,850 3,850
Cluj-Napoca 3,126 2,850 3,850
Iasi 2,963 2,850 3,350
Timisoara 3,001 2,850 3,850 Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, and
Brasov 2,999 2,350 3,350 Timisoara are quite close in terms of
Sibiu 2,796 2,350 3,350
Oradea 2,625 2,350 2,850 salary averages (around the national
Craiova 2,872 2,850 3,850 average), while perfectly aligned for
Targu Mures 2,842 2,100 3,725
Strainatate 6,357 6,500 8,500 the median salary (2,850Euro). In
Baia Mare 3,272 2,850 4,350 general, salary gaps between cities are
Galati 2,390 2,100 2,850
Suceava 3,130 2,600 4,350 starting to get aligned
Constanta 2,660 2,350 3,350
Pitesti 2,644 1,850 2,850
Ploiesti 2,144 1,850 2,350
Satu Mare 1,778 1,850 1,850
Other 3,201 2,350 4,350
What is your CURRENT net salary on a monthly basis, in Euro
Salary Structures
Role vs Current Salary Average Median 75th %ile
Backend Developer 3,164 2,850 3,850
Fullstack Developer 3,181 2,850 3,850
Frontend Developer 2,826 2,350 3,350
Architect (Solutions, Software) 4,715 3,850 6,500
Quality Assurance (Automation) 2,668 2,350 3,350
Quality Assurance (Manual) 2,015 1,850 2,350
Embedded Developer 2,802 2,850 3,350
DevOps / Cloud Engineer 3,330 2,850 3,850
Hardware Engineer 1,791 1,750 2,250
Mobile Developer 3,705 3,350 4,350
Project Manager / Program Manager 3,604 3,350 4,350
Product Owner / Product Manager 3,789 3,350 4,350
Data Scientist / Data Engineer 2,740 2,350 3,350
Business Analyst 2,923 2,350 3,350
Database Developer 2,375 2,350 2,850
System Engineer 2,588 2,350 3,350
BI Developer 2,534 2,350 3,350
UI/UX Designer 2,924 2,350 3,850
RPA Developer 2,302 2,350 2,850
Scrum Master 3,410 2,850 3,350
Machine Learning Engineer 3,566 2,850 3,350
Security (Consultant, Analyst, Engineer) 3,007 2,850 4,350
System Administrator 1,908 1,850 2,850
Infrastructure Engineer 2,756 2,600 3,850
Database Admin 2,683 2,350 3,850
Network Administrator 2,850 2,850 3,850
Technical Writer 1,880 2,350 2,350
Telecom Engineer 2,186 1,750 2,750
Engineering (Mechanical, Construction, Civil) 1,428 1,250 1,750
Salary Insights

Income has also increased for PFAs and

Your current type of employment by What SRL tech professionals. If in January 2022,
is your CURRENT net income (salary) on a Average Median 75th %ile the average income of a PFA or SRL was
monthly basis, in Euro
I own a PFA 5,377 4,850 6,500
between 4,286 and 4,609 Euro, now it is
I own a SRL 5,764 4,850 8,500 ranging between 5,377 Euro and 5,764
Euro, a 17% increase for the PFA and a 34%
increase for SRLs.
Join us on 21 March 2023 for a 30 min webinar to go through all the insights of the
survey and look also at how the data evolved over the years (2019 - 2022).
Demographics

Salary & Employment Behaviour Data

Tool
Number of respondents
Respondent profile
Data collection
Confidence level
Online questionnaire
5,609
IT professionals
January - February, 2023
±5%

Career Level % Experience %

Director 3% 0 - 1 years 6%
1 - 2 years 7%
Manager 11%
2 - 4 years 13%
Team Lead 17%
4 - 6 years 16%
Team Member 66% 6 - 10 years 24%
VP / CXO 3% Over 10 years 33%
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