{"id":2204542,"date":"2023-10-03T09:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T07:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talenti.pl\/?post_type=materialy&#038;p=2204542"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:45:29","slug":"it-salaries-in-2023-how-much-can-you-earn-when-you-start-out","status":"publish","type":"materialy","link":"https:\/\/talenti.pl\/en\/materials\/it-salaries-in-2023-how-much-can-you-earn-when-you-start-out\/","title":{"rendered":"IT salaries in 2023 \u2013 how much can you earn when you start out?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m going to start working in IT and earn loads of money \u2013 there are many myths surrounding salaries in the IT industry. But what is the reality? How much do you earn in IT when you start out? Can juniors expect five-figure salaries? As we did last year, we conducted a survey to find out. We present specific examples, cities and positions. See for yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/talenti.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Okladki-do-artykulow-72-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2204543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talenti.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Okladki-do-artykulow-72-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/talenti.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Okladki-do-artykulow-72-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/talenti.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Okladki-do-artykulow-72-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/talenti.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Okladki-do-artykulow-72-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/talenti.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Okladki-do-artykulow-72-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How much do you earn in IT when you start out?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The IT industry offers high (or very high) salaries \u2013 we&#8217;ve all heard this statement. Is it true? We decided to check the situation regularly. The Mamo Pracuj team conducted its first survey a year ago. Interested in the results? <a href=\"https:\/\/mamopracuj.pl\/zarobki-w-it-ile-zarabia-sie-w-it-stanowiska-miasta-stawki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Check them out<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>#MamoPracujwIT<\/strong> group includes many people who are just considering a career change or who have already started learning a new profession. In an anonymous survey published in the group, we asked about the salaries of those members <strong>who had received their first job offer in IT in the last 12 months.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The responses were collected in the second half of August 2023. In the survey, we asked about: position, scope of responsibilities, starting salary, type of contract, city and size of the company, where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>small company &lt; 50 employees,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>medium-sized company 50-250 employees,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>large company > 250 employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So how much do you earn in IT when you start out?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Salaries in IT \u2013 Software tester<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Software tester<\/strong> \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 5,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: manual testing \u2013 large company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Software tester<\/strong> \u2013 Gda\u0144sk (remote work) \u2013 PLN 5,384 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: software testing, application testing, writing test cases, submitting stories, reporting bugs, customer contact, working with databases \u2013 large company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Software tester<\/strong> \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 6,500 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: manual testing of mobile applications, reporting bugs, writing and executing test scenarios, working in scrum \u2013 large company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Software tester<\/strong> \u2013 Wroc\u0142aw \u2013 PLN 7,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: testing data warehouses \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Testing Analyst <\/strong>\u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 9,200 gross (employment contract), I had experience in UAT testing from the business side in my previous position \u2013 responsibilities: conducting tests, creating test scenarios, preparing test data \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Junior software tester<\/strong> \u2013 Gliwice \u2013 PLN 5,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: testing desktop applications \u2013 medium-sized company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Software tester<\/strong> \u2013 Lublin \u2013 PLN 4,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: testing desktop applications \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Software tester<\/strong> \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 6,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: independent functional testing, reporting errors and retesting, creating test data, writing regression tests, creating documentation, participating in implementations \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Software tester<\/strong> \u2013 Krakow \u2013 PLN 3,750 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: testing web applications \u2013 small company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Junior manual tester<\/strong> \u2013 Krakow \u2013 PLN 5,200 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: manual testing, writing scenarios for automated testing, API testing, SQL \u2013 medium-sized company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Junior Test Engineer<\/strong> \u2013 remote work (Poland) \u2013 PLN 6,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: manual testing and creating automated tests, creating documentation \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Junior Specialist (Software Tester) <\/strong>\u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 5,500 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: writing test scripts, testing mobile and web applications, reporting bugs, retesting and regression testing \u2013 large company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mamopracuj.pl\/poszukaj-wsparcia-i-sie-nie-poddawaj-historia-magdy-tester-oprogramowania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u><strong>Learn about Magda&#8217;s story, who became a Software Tester: Seek support and don&#8217;t give up<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Earnings in IT \u2013 Programmer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Junior Python Developer <\/strong>\u2013 remote work \u2013 PLN 8,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: writing scripts, integrating applications with API, small company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Java Developer <\/strong>\u2013 city in Poland with a population of 350,000 \u2013 PLN 3,800 (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: creating applications in Java\/React technology, small company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Junior Java Developer<\/strong> \u2013 Krakow \u2013 PLN 7,600 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: performing tasks in a sprint for a specific project \u2013 large company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Junior Software Developer<\/strong> \u2013 Krakow \u2013 PLN 25\/hour gross (contract of mandate) \u2013 responsibilities: maintaining systems written in Tcl, refactoring code in Tcl, writing scripts in Python, improving the performance of systems written in Tcl \u2013 medium-sized company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mamopracuj.pl\/pracuje-jako-programistka-bylam-chemikiem-historia-doroty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>I work as a programmer, I used to be a chemist \u2013 Dorota&#8217;s story<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Junior Software Coordinator<\/strong> \u2013 Pozna\u0144 \u2013 PLN 6,200 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: managing implementation projects and ensuring their delivery to customers (standard scope of PM work in IT) \u2013 small company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Fullstack (Java+React) intern <\/strong>\u2013 Krakow \u2013 PLN 24\/hour gross (contract of mandate) \u2013 responsibilities: creating chat applications \u2013 large company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Junior Devops<\/strong> \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 8,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: maintaining infrastructure in Azure, writing automation in Bash, Powershell and Biceps, creating pipelines (ci\/CD) \u2013 large company;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mamopracuj.pl\/pierwsza-szkola-it-dla-kobiet-szkola-programistek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>School of Female Programmers \u2013 the first IT school for women<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Intern .net developer <\/strong>\u2013 Pozna\u0144 \u2013 PLN 4,500 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: self-developer, studying for exams, participating in meetings \u2013 medium-sized company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Front end developer intern <\/strong>\u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 25\/hour gross (contract of mandate) \u2013 responsibilities: building Angular applications for internal purposes, styling, preparing directives, additional components, additional functionalities, filtering, etc. \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>WordPress Developer Intern<\/strong> \u2013 remote work (O\u015bwi\u0119cim) \u2013 freelancing, PLN 15\/hour \u2013 responsibilities: all WordPress Developer tasks, only under the supervision and with the help of a mentor \u2013 small company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mamopracuj.pl\/historia-asi-ktora-sie-przebranzowila-i-zostala-programistka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u><strong>Learn about the story of programmer Asia: After 10 years, I found my career path<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Earnings in IT \u2013 Product\/Project Manager<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Junior Product Manager<\/strong> \u2013 Krakow \u2013 PLN 6,500 net (B2B) \u2013 responsibilities: product management, marketing, UX Research, business development, writing grant applications, sales \u2013 small company (start-up)\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Junior Project Manager <\/strong>\u2013 city with up to 200,000 inhabitants \u2013 PLN 6,500 gross (employment contract), after 3 months PLN 7,500 gross \u2013 responsibilities: project scope management, work progress supervision, arrangements with the client, reporting; projects related to new websites or updates to existing websites \u2013 small company\u2019;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>PMO<\/strong> \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 13,500 net (B2B) \u2013 responsibilities: KP support, budget and resource management for the programme \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>PMO Analyst <\/strong>\u2013 Gda\u0144sk \u2013 PLN 9,500 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: I was previously a PM in another industry \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Junior Project Manager<\/strong> \u2013 Krak\u00f3w \u2013 PLN 7,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: IT project management \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mamopracuj.pl\/moja-pierwsza-praca-w-it-pmo-project-management-office-historia-basi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u><strong>Learn about Basia&#8217;s story: My first job in IT \u2013 PMO (Project Management Office)<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mamopracuj.pl\/moja-pierwsza-praca-w-it-pmo-project-management-office-historia-basi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u><strong>Salaries in IT \u2013 Scrum Master<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mamopracuj.pl\/moja-pierwsza-praca-w-it-pmo-project-management-office-historia-basi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u><strong>\u2018Scrum Master \u2013 remote work (Pozna\u0144) \u2013 PLN 8,000 gross (B2B) \u2013 I changed industries this year, first certificate in January, first job (unpaid internship) in April, B2B employment since July \u2013 medium-sized company\u2019;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mamopracuj.pl\/scrum-master-jak-zaczac-nauka-rekrutacja-i-praca-krok-po-kroku\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u><strong>Scrum Master \u2013 how to get started? Learning, recruitment and work step by step<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u><strong>Salaries in IT \u2013 UX Researcher<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>\u201cJunior UX Researcher \u2013 remote work \u2013 PLN 5,300 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: conducting UX research \u2013 mainly usability tests, in-depth interviews \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>\u201cUX Researcher \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 3,000 net (employment contract) \u2013 medium-sized company\u201d;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u><strong>Salaries in IT \u2013 Business Analyst<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>\u2018Business Systems Analyst \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 6,300 net (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: implementing applications in a construction company, acting as a liaison between users and programmers, analysing problems that may arise in business when using applications, testing implemented solutions \u2013 large company\u2019;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>\u2018Business Analyst \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 13,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: expanding documentation \u2013 Confluence, writing requirements \u2013 Jira, organising meetings to prepare for release \u2013 large company\u2019;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>\u2018Business Analyst \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 7,500 gross (employment contract), after 3 months PLN 9,000 gross \u2013 responsibilities: process modelling and gathering business requirements from stakeholders \u2013 large company\u2019;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>\u201cJunior IT Analyst \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 9,000 gross (employment contract) after a raise, starting at PLN 7,500 gross a year ago \u2013 responsibilities: writing specifications, gathering requirements, managing backlog \u2013 medium-sized company\u201d;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>Business Analyst \u2013 Krakow \u2013 PLN 12,000 net (B2B) \u2013 responsibilities: gathering stakeholder requirements, compiling US \u2013 large company;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>Junior Data Analyst \u2013 Pozna\u0144 \u2013 PLN 6,099 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: converting data into reports on which the business makes business decisions \u2013 medium-sized company;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>\u201cData Analyst Specialist \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 4,500 gross (contract of mandate) \u2013 responsibilities: data processing\/analysis mainly in Excel, simple JQL, Jira \u2013 medium-sized company\u201d;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>\u2018Trainee Business Analyst \u2013 Bydgoszcz \u2013 PLN 5,000 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: requirements management, defect resolution \u2013 large company\u2019;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u><strong>Other<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>\u201cBusiness Intelligence Intern, now Associate Data &amp; Analytics Consultant \u2013 Warsaw \u2013 PLN 28\/hour net \u2013 responsibilities: working with data, databases, SQL, DAX, Power Query M, creating reports in Power BI, maintaining created reports \u2013 working on projects \u2013 medium-sized company\u201d;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>\u201cJunior Salesforce Consultant \u2013 remote work (Krakow) \u2013 PLN 6,500 gross (employment contract) \u2013 responsibilities: mainly manual testing, business analytics \u2013 large company\u201d;<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u><strong>\u201cI\u2019m changing jobs to IT\u201d \u2013 FREE e-book<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>Are you taking your first steps in IT? This material will be your guide!<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mamopracuj.pl\/ebook\/zmieniam-prace-na-it\/?fbclid=IwAR1QwSt6eGzEwfbh1AbAQ3j_g7DVfQWiomofXebnoTA5nIXucw3284C5r00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u><strong>Download the FREE e-book entitled \u2018I&#8217;m changing jobs to IT. How to change careers step by step\u2019<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong><u><strong>. Take advantage of the knowledge and experience of experts and people who have already been down this path! The e-book was developed by a team from Nokia and the #MamoPracujwIT programme.<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u><strong>Ready to take the next step? 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