After two consecutive years of decline, the IT job market showed its first signs of stabilization in 2025. The number of job postings published on the justjoin.it platform reached 110 996, representing an increase of 8.42% compared to 2024. While symbolic in scale, this uptick is significant: the market has stopped contracting.

To fully understand the scale of these changes, it is worth taking a broader view. The year 2022 was record-breaking – 175 610 job postings were published on the platform, marking a 182% increase year over year compared to 2021. This was the peak of the IT boom, when employers were hiring developers en masse and the industry resembled a true Eldorado. However, 2023 brought an abrupt slowdown: the number of listings fell to 129 836, a year-on-year decrease of 26%. The following year saw further cooling. In 2024, 99 363 job postings were published, representing another decline of 23.5%.

The year 2025 closes this phase of consolidation. A year-on-year increase of just under 8 615 job postings may seem modest, but after two years of uninterrupted declines, it marks the first positive signal for the market. The number of listings has stabilized at around 100-110 per year: well below the 2022 peak, yet still more than one and a half times higher than in 2021.

This stabilization has several implications for IT professionals. First, the market has matured: the era of easy money and mass hiring is over. Second, employers have become more selective, while still actively seeking highly skilled candidates. Third, competition for jobs is higher than in 2021–2022, but far from crisis-level–it is better described as a return to normality.

For junior candidates, who account for just 4.79% of all job postings, the market remains demanding. Entering the industry now requires strong preparation, a solid project portfolio, and persistence. For mid-level and senior specialists, who represent 43.73% and 51.48% of postings respectively, the market continues to offer a broad range of opportunities. The key, however, is to focus on developing competencies in areas where demand remains high, such as AI/ML, JavaScript, and DevOps.

The landscape of the Polish IT market in 2025 remains largely unchanged compared to the previous year, although there has been a shift at the very top of the popularity ranking.

Data has taken the leading position, accounting for 10,78% of all job postings, narrowly overtaking JavaScript (9.57%) and Java (9.46%). Together, these three categories make up nearly 30% of the entire market, highlighting the extent to which they dominate the Polish technology sector.

The second tier of the ranking is occupied by categories with shares in the 5-7% range: DevOps (6.83%), Testing (6.75%), Python (5.67%), PM (5.89%), .NET (5.80%), and Analytics (5.70%). Notably, Testing and Python continue to hold strong positions, underscoring the growing importance of software quality and data analytics.

The AI/ML category, with a share of 4.74%, remains within the top ten, although its presence does not yet reflect the level of media attention surrounding artificial intelligence. ERP (4.66%) and Admin (3.85%) further demonstrate that companies continue to seek specialists in enterprise systems and infrastructure.

At the lower end of the ranking are niche yet stable specializations: Mobile (2.92%), Security (2.75%), UX/UI (1.51%), as well as more highly specialized technologies such as Go (1.27%), Ruby (0.61%), Scala (0.40%), and Game Development (0.36%). While their overall market share is relatively small, these areas often offer the most attractive compensation for experienced experts.

The year 2025 brought stabilization across all work models offered to IT professionals.

The total number of job postings increased, with remote work accounting for the largest share, i.e. 73 997 postings in total. This represents a 13% year-on-year increase compared to 2024, confirming that remote work remains the preferred model for both employers and specialists.

Hybrid work recorded the strongest growth, with the number of postings increasing by 29% (from 25 316 to 32 736). This trend reflects growing interest in flexible work arrangements that combine the advantages of office-based work and home office.

On-site work remains a niche option. Only 3 700 postings (+7% year on year) offered a fully office-based model, representing just 5.65% of all job ads. This is more than one percentage point lower than in 2024 (6.98%), further reinforcing the ongoing shift away from purely office-based work.

The proportion between remote and hybrid roles has remained almost unchanged-together, they still account for over 94% of all IT job postings. For professionals, the message is clear: workplace flexibility is no longer a perk, but an industry standard.

The proportions between junior, mid-level, and senior roles have remained virtually unchanged since 2024. Data from justjoin.it shows an almost identical distribution year on year.

Senior roles continue to dominate, accounting for 51.48% of all job postings, while mid-level specialists represent 43.73% of the market and junior roles 4.79%. The changes are marginal-no more than 0,03 percentage point in any category.

These minimal shifts are more telling than dramatic swings. After years of rapid change, the IT job market has finally reached a state of natural equilibrium. Companies now have a clearer understanding of the profiles they need, and the demand structure has stabilized at a level that reflects real business requirements.

The dominance of experienced professionals is no coincidence. In times of more cautious hiring, companies favor "safe bets"-candidates who deliver value from day one, require minimal onboarding, and can independently solve complex problems. Senior specialists represent an investment that pays off quickly.

Mid-level professionals, who make up nearly 44% of the market, occupy a stable middle ground. They offer a balance between experience and growth potential: skilled enough to lead projects, yet still developing and relatively cost-flexible.

Junior candidates face the greatest challenge. With their share remaining below 5% of all postings, entering the industry today requires not only solid technical foundations, but also persistence, a well-prepared portfolio, and the ability to stand out in a crowded candidate pool.

The IT job market is far from uniform. Each specialization forms its own micro-ecosystem with distinct proportions of junior, mid-level, and senior roles. The choice of technology can determine whether a junior candidate has dozens of opportunities-or competes for just a handful of positions nationwide.

The clear outlier is Data, with 11 231 job postings, 6714 of which were targeted at senior specialists. This is more than the combined total of entire categories such as Go, Scala, or Game Development.

JavaScript, with 9 882 postings, ranks second. Architecture illustrates a market overwhelmingly dominated by senior roles-79.7% of postings required a high level of experience, while only 18 junior-level opportunities were available. A similar situation can be observed in Go, where junior candidates had just three postings to choose from.

At the opposite end of the spectrum is Support, where 20.7% of job postings-513 listings annually-were aimed at juniors.

For mid-level specialists, the broadest range of opportunities was found in HTML and Support, where more than half of all job postings targeted candidates with intermediate experience. Admin and Testing also offered a stable selection of mid-level roles.

Senior professionals were most dominant in Architecture, Go, and Scala, where over two-thirds of postings were addressed to the most experienced candidates.

This highlights an important conclusion: choosing a specialization is not only about technology or earning potential. It also determines access to the job market at each stage of one's career.