Odesa

Odesa is located in Southern part of Ukraine. Odesa is one of the biggest cities in Ukraine, its population is more 1 mln people. Odesa is big tourist center of Ukraine. This is the largest maritime trading port of the country. Odessa is one of the most important transport hubs in Ukraine and has a well-developed transport infrastructure. IT headcount in Odesa is about 5000 people. Also, there is Odesa IT Cluster. The mission of IT Cluster is the development of Odessa as a comfortable and attractive for IT business of the city because Odessa is not only the capital of humor on the Black Sea but also a city of information technologies and startups. The most famous Odesa IT companies are Luxoft, Lohika, Provectus, Intersog, Beetroot Resources, Elephant Head Software.

The cost of office rent depends on district and availability of furniture in the office. In Odesa, the rental payments vary between $6/m² to $30/m².

Odesa is the fifth largest IT hub in Ukraine. Over 30 IT outsourcing companies and 23 R&D centers founded by major tech players are located in Odessa employing over 8,000 specialists which amount to nearly 5,5% of the total Ukrainian IT pool. Odesa has its own IT CLuster, the mission of which is the development of Odessa as a comfortable and attractive for IT business of the city because Odessa is not only the capital of humor on the Black Sea but also a city of information technologies and startups. The most famous Odesa IT companies are Luxoft, Lohika, Provectus, Intersog, Beetroot Resources, Elephant Head Software.

According to different, approximately 1K students annually graduate from Odesa educational institutions. 5 main public schools provide technical training for future software engineers:

• I.I. Mechnikov Odesa National University
• Odesa State Environmental University
• Odessa National Polytechnic University
• Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies
• O.S. Popov Odesa National Academy of Telecommunications

Amidst the major training courses for future software engineers and developers are:

• Fabryka
• Hillel International
• School of professional programming
• Lits IT School
• Brain Academy
• Step Computer Academy

Average salaries in Odesa are high compared to Kyiv. Their distribution according to the experience in the industry is as follows:

• Junior Software Developer – $650
• Middle Software Developer – $1650
• Senior Software Developer – $3350
• Technical Lead – $4100

Besides being a beautiful city, Odesa is also the biggest seaport in Ukraine. Odesa International Airport is another means of commute of the city with other Ukrainian cities and abroad. There are two daily flights to Kyiv Boryspil KBP and two to Kyiv Zhuliany IEV. As to international flights, there are also daily flights to Vienna Airport, Warsaw and Istanbul, and several flights per week to Athens, Baku, Batumi, Chisinau, Riga, Tbilisi, St Petersburg, and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion. Also, there are two main bus stations: Pryvoz Bus Station, Central Bus Station, and two railway stations.