Link Group MarketView: Tech Salary Insights
See how the market values skillset
- salary benchmarks across roles and experience levels
- insight into growing demand areas
- what employers value in today’s IT market
Rate Benchmarks
Market Signals
Practical Takeaways
What’s inside
Market-based pay benchmarks for tech professionals
Detailed salary ranges based on role, seniority, and tech stack — designed to support confident, data-backed career decisions.
Key tech demand in 2026
A clear view of which skills, frameworks, and roles are driving hiring
Perspectives on AI adoption across the IT market .
Check what others in tech really think about using AI in their workflow — and whether it's worth your time.
The report is organized by domains and specializations so you can find what matters fast. Each domain includes rate ranges, market context, and a clear takeaway.
Pick a domain → see the ranges → understand the “why.”
Why Link Group
Top insights from the Report
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How rates changed between 2024 and 2025?
In the report, you’ll find rate changes across the 18 most in-demand IT domains, broken down by seniority level. Download it to benchmark offers and plan your hiring more effectively. -
How do median rates scale with seniority?
The charts for each technology show not only the minimum and maximum rates expected by specialists, but also the median rates, which best reflect market reality. -
Which Area of AI Has Transformed Your Teams’ Work So Much That They Can’t Imagine Operating Without It?
Explore survey results showing how technical experts and managers in IT currently use AI — and how their approaches compare.
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Expert insights behind the data
“Organizations are especially seeking RPA Developers who can not only build automation solutions but also understand business processes”
Bożena Dąbrowska
IT Recruitment Team Leader at Link Group
“AI is being added to thousands of existing Node.js backends, driving demand for skilled Node.js engineers who can integrate AI without destabilizing mature systems.”
Łukasz Wielgus
Tech Lead AI Platform at Lemonlight
“Specialists with experience across more than one cloud platform can expect significantly higher interest from employers.”
Piotr Cygan
Senior IT Recruitment Consultant at Link Group
“While today’s tools make it technically possible to automate a wide range of processes, the real limits of automation and AI rarely appear on the “happy path.”
Agnieszka Styła
Copilot Studio Developer
“Candidates who can design robust, scalable pipelines in real cloud environments and leverage them for AI or ML have a clear advantage and demonstrate the strategic value of these skills for modern organizations.”
Sylwia Ugolik
Senior IT Recruitment Consultant at Link Group
“Developers are expected to build stronger security awareness and understand how seemingly small coding decisions can turn into serious production issues.”
Piotr Kucharski
Cloud Security Engineer
“Specialists ask where AI can make a difference, what can be automated, how security needs to evolve - and whether shifting from people-centric teams to service-based models always creates real value.”
Agata Gajcy
Senior Team & Business Operations Manager at Link Group
“AI should not be used to provide final decisions; it should do the research and present explainable results.”
Rafał Jaworski
AI Tech Lead - Tax AI development at PWC
“Companies increasingly need people to work with data even at an entry level. It clearly shows how important data, analysis, and drawing business conclusions have become for organizations.”
Julia Baraniecka
IT Recruitment Manager at Link Group