The total number of employees in the sector grew by 51% between 2011 and 2015, from 26.8 thousand to 40.4 thousand people. The number of people employed in the IT sector makes up 6% of all employed people in the city and 62% of the people employed in the entire ICT sector in Sofia.
Over half the people working in the sector are young, between 25-34 years; another 28% are between 35 and 44. The sector offers salaries that are above the average for the city and four times the national average. The average monthly salary in the sector is 2,688 BGN (latest NSI data). The highest paid were senior developers at 3,372 BGN a month in 2015. The lowest paid were web portals employees at 1,306 BGN.
State and Development of the IT Industry in Sofia Report contains data about the share of the IT sector in the economy of Sofia Municipality, the segmentation in the sector, profile of the companies and the employees, average wages and productivity rate, investments in the IT sector and future trends for development of the industry in Sofia.
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