Rising demand for data processing IT specialists in Belarus

The demand for IT specialists, who can work with large amounts of data, is on the rise in Belarus, BelTA learned from Alexander Martinkevich, Deputy Director of the Administration of the Belarusian Hi-Tech Park (HTP).

In his words, due to the advance of technologies and the increase in digital data the demand for specialists capable of handling the data is rising. The demand for such specialists increases by 25-30% every year, he said.

According to Deputy Director of the Hi-Tech Park Administration, the Applied Math Faculty of the Belarusian State University can train such specialists. The official believes that the demand for IT specialists capable of working with large amounts of data will skyrocket in a couple of years and now is the time to start training them.

Alexander Martinkevich also mentioned the demand for designers for making computer games and 2D and 3D computer graphics specialists. Belarusian companies need people to design a computer game from the technological point of view, he explained. “Unfortunately, unlike Italy and Sweden Belarus has no design school, but we have outstanding mathematicians and software programming engineers. Work is now in progress to find computer design and graphics specialists abroad, who could teach in Belarus,” said Alexander Martinkevich.

In January-September 2013 resident companies of the Hi-Tech Park exported $307.9 million worth of software development services. HTP residents cater to customers in 56 countries. Western Europe accounted for 45% of the total. It was followed by the USA with 40% and the CIS states with 12%. The main importers of HTP services were the USA, Russia, Germany, the UK, and Czechia.

The Hi-Tech Park is home to 134 companies. Of them 60 companies have been created by Belarusian investors, 74 ones have been created with assistance of foreign investors. The latter include 43 companies with 100% foreign registered capital and 31 joint ventures.

As of 1 October 2013 the total number of people employed in the Hi-Tech Park exceeded 16,000 people. In January-September 2013 as many as 1,386 new jobs were created.