{"id":3460,"date":"2019-08-22T13:42:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T13:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techsylvania.com\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2023-08-23T07:31:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T07:31:19","slug":"this-is-eastern-europes-tech-momentum-over-8-in-1000-inhabitants-are-professional-developers-in-these-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techsylvania.com\/this-is-eastern-europes-tech-momentum-over-8-in-1000-inhabitants-are-professional-developers-in-these-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Eastern Europe\u2019s tech momentum. Over 8 in 1,000 inhabitants are professional developers in these countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a strong workforce, not influenced by migration and a positive attitude among professionals, Eastern Europe established itself as a powerful tech ecosystem in the last years. For example, in Romania, home of Techsylvania, there are 6 developers to every 1,000 inhabitants. In total, the country famous for Dracula\u2019s stories has 116.100 developers, according to\u00a0Atomico\u2019s fourth \u2018State of the European Tech\u2019 report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Impressive, right? Well, Poland is doing even better with 279.800 developers in 2018 and a significant growth from 2017 (254.500). Also, Ukraine has an amazing number of professional developers, 4 in every 1,000 inhabitants.<\/p>\n

46,6% of the IT workforce is concentrated in Kyiv. The capital is attractive for large and small businesses and has a developed business culture. The government is supporting the development of IT industry and encourages cooperation with international companies. Furthermore, Kyiv is the most popular location in Ukraine for opening an R&D center. Companies such as Microsoft, Samsung Electronics, Wargaming, Boeing, eBay, Siemens, IBM all have offices in the Ukrainian capital.<\/p>\n

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This is no wonder since Europe\u2019s ecosystem is talent-rich all around.\u00a0<\/strong>There are now more than 5.7 million professional developers in Europe, up by 200,000 in the past year. This compares to 4.4 million in the U.S.<\/p>\n

A growing number of startups are opting for Eastern Europe<\/strong><\/h1>\n

With such talent, slowly, but surely, Eastern Europe is rising in the tech ecosystem and is no wonder UK startups are flocking to these countries. According to\u00a0Wired<\/a>, before early-stage startups would fight to be part of London\u2019s buzz, they are now turning to Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania as cheaper, less risky locations to make their mark.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe looked at Romania, Ukraine and Poland,\u201d says Christian Nentwich, founder and CEO of\u00a0Duco<\/a>, a London-based data engineering company that works with financial institutions. They settled on Wroclaw, a small city in the west of Poland. \u201cWe were very impressed with the level of education, language ability and positive references from banks and other tech companies,\u201d says Nentwich.<\/p>\n

Another sign of stability is that from all of Europe, the countries in Eastern Europe are the less dependent on migrant talent. Only 6% of the workforce is composed of immigrants. The UK tech ecosystem is the most heavily dependent on migrant talent: 44% of founders and employees of private tech start-ups are migrants.<\/p>\n

Eastern Europe has an impressive number of fast-growing tech hubs<\/strong><\/h1>\n

In the top 20 fastest-growing tech hubs in Europe by year-on-year growth of attendees to tech-related Meetup you will find a surprising number of cities from the East. Katowice (Poland) has a 101% year-on-year growth and ranks 4 in the overall top. It is closely followed by Sofia (Bulgaria) with a 77% growth and Lviv with a 57% rise.<\/p>\n

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The gender imbalance of the tech communities is less noticeable in Eastern Europe<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Countries in Eastern Europe are far from having a perfect gender balance in the tech communities, but according to\u00a0Atomico\u2019s fourth \u2018State of the European Tech\u2019 report<\/a>\u00a0the top 10 countries for female participation at tech-related Meetup events across the region is dominated by countries from Eastern Europe. Albania is ranked the first with 33% female attendees and is closely followed by Lithuania and Romania with an attendance of 28%. You can see the full list\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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