Salaries of computer nerds have increased by 10 000 lev for six years. If in 2008. one IT spec was receiving an average of 17,000 lev annual salary, then at the end of last year the salary has increased to 27 500 lev This is an average of 2,300 lev per month.
Impressed that branch, women are significantly disadvantaged from the charge. Yoy difference in wages between men and women in the IT sector has over 5,000 lev at the end of last year the wages of men were 19 400 lev, while that of women was 13,474 lev
The sector employed nearly 40 000 people, of which 62% are men. Since 2008, the number of IT experts has increased by 17 220. According to representatives of the industry in the IT sector has jobs for at least 20,000 professionals.
"We are currently talking about a serious shortage of staff. Year end 2,000 people, and we need 6000 ", said the President of the Bulgarian Association of Software Companies (BASCOM) Yavor DZHONOV. To cope with the shortage of IT personnel in government relaxed the procedure for issuing "blue cards" that hire experts from outside the EU.