Who rose and who went down: High-tech wages in 2019 in Israel

How much did a QA worker earn? What is the salary of a senior software developer? And in what area is there a surge in demand for quality employees? Polina Gurevich runs a recruitment center at Experis IT, summarizing the past year in Israeli high-tech

2019 was a good year for Israeli high-techers, who experienced high demand and flourishing in certain areas of the industry (Photo: ShutterStock)

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The year 2019 ends and so does the decade. It has been a decade in which the digital revolution has shifted and become dominant in new areas of life. Technological developments, applications and websites have changed the way we fly overseas, hear music and invite taxis and provide new options and capabilities to industries such as medicine, industry and security. The engine behind these massive changes are the high-tech and startup companies developing new technologies day in and day out.

2019 was a good year for Israeli high-techers, who experienced high demand and flourishing in certain areas of the industry. "We recruit hundreds of employees a year for a variety of high-tech and startup companies and base the salary survey based on the hiring contracts of those employees we have recruited," says Polina Gurevich, director of a recruitment center at Experis IT, "the annual salary survey indicates trends Growth in the software, cyber and data world. Today there are more and more companies holding Data Scientists, more and more companies consuming cyber services, which was not obvious until a few years ago. "

The average salaries of new QA employees were NIS 10-16,000, depending on the type of job, while more seniors earned NIS 18-25,000 a month. "Because of the accessibility of the profession and its ability to acquire it relatively easily, QA's roles are for many the gateway to the software world," says Gurevich. "Therefore, the balance of supply and demand in the field between candidates and jobs is towards the candidates, which means there is more supply than demand. Today there is a situation where companies can afford to pay a little less because there are more candidates. In addition, developments in the automated testing world require less manual QA testing. Manuals won't go extinct because of automation, but the changes are definitely causing a drop in demand. "

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"We are seeing a steady and stable demand for experienced software developers. Over the past year we have seen an increase in demand for server side and automation developers in Python and Full Stack developers with Node.JS and React. Gurevich, "The demand from applicants in these areas is increasing and wages continue to rise. More paying companies. More and more companies in cyber, startups with related products for the autonomous automotive industry and with these changes are increasing the demand for those in need in these areas."

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"In the world of hardware and multidisciplinary products that include robotics, electronics and hardware, there is stability with cues to slow down," Gurevich adds. In contrast, an area that is growing and the number of jobs and wages rising is the field of Data Science. "There is very high competition for good candidates and especially for those with experience," says Gurevich, "We are at a stage where the market is very significant in terms of its existing jobs. There is a high demand from many companies and there is a demand for quality candidates in the field to lead the same companies forward. Experienced employees are becoming expensive and we see that candidates allow themselves to apply for salaries that exceed senior executives' wages. "

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Beyond the growing demand in technological fields such as Python or Node.js and the flourishing of Data Science, 2019 announced the continued strengthening of its cyber domain and market share. "Feel that cyber startups are evolving, and new information security technologies are emerging every day," concludes Gurevich, "Our lives are increasingly reliant on the Internet of Things, smart home, autonomous cars and everything else in the world for data and communications technologies, It is also expanding into this area to make the devices we all have at home safer. These areas are expected to be the leaders in the high-tech and technology market in 2020 as well. "

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