“One of the most striking trends in the IT segment in the current economic situation is import substitution.

IT specialists will become more involved in the development of domestic programs, the creation of applications and the automation of business processes.

For 2023, we can make cautious forecasts for changes in the salary expectations of programmers,” the expert noted.

A business that will face the need to optimize costs in hiring will, as before, “prefer middles, but may start looking towards juniors,” he noted.

“The trend can also be facilitated by employment in foreign companies of highly qualified developers who have previously moved from the country.

This can lead to an increase in competition among mid-level specialists, and, accordingly, an increase in the salary gap for them, ”Popov said.

Among the most sought-after specialists in the field of IT, in his opinion, are specialists in Java development.

“They solve most of the business tasks for interacting with the end user: supporting corporate software, creating applications, including banking ones, servicing cash desks.

Such specialists are needed in a large number of various projects not only in the IT sector, but also in other areas,” he added.

Also, as the interlocutor of RT noted, developers in C ++ and C # are in demand.

“One of the main functionalities of these languages ​​is writing complex software for production.

In addition, specialists are engaged in supporting search engines, games, graphics engines, applications, programming Internet of things devices, ”the expert said.

Python developers are another category of in-demand professionals.

“Programmers can use the language to write web applications, neural networks, and process automation.

In addition, Python can be useful in creating games and bots in social networks,” Popov emphasized.

In addition, specialists such as Data Scientist are popular, he said.

“This is a collective term for all professionals who work with data.

Thus, analysts and data engineers are engaged in collecting, processing and analyzing data, testing hypotheses and building predictive models.

Their tools help businesses make effective decisions and develop strategies,” the expert added. 

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the country is open to highly qualified foreign specialists in the IT field.