According to the study conducted by RUSSOFT, over the past 5 years, a little more than 100 stable enterprises engaged in software development appeared in Russia every year.

The emergence of new software companies was most active in 2006-2010. During this period, an average of 209 enterprises were established every year.

The boom of startups in software development continued until 2011 (in 2011, approximately 220 companies were established). Then the number of new companies began to decline: in 2012-2016, the average number of new companies was 155, and over the last 5 years it has decreased even more - to 100 companies.

The data were obtained based on the analysis of questionnaires of 622 companies surveyed by RUSSOFT as part of the annual survey from 2016 to 2021. A total of 4200 enterprises specializing in software development operate in Russia.

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According to the study conducted by RUSSOFT, over the past 5 years, a little more than 100 stable enterprises engaged in software development appeared in Russia every year.

 
 The emergence of new software companies was most active in 2006-2010. During this period, an average of 209 enterprises were established every year.

 
 The boom of startups in software development continued until 2011 (in 2011, approximately 220 companies were established). Then the number of new companies began to decline: in 2012-2016, the average number of new companies was 155, and over the last 5 years it has decreased even more - to 100 companies.

 
 The data were obtained based on the analysis of questionnaires of 622 companies surveyed by RUSSOFT as part of the annual survey from 2016 to 2021. A total of 4200 enterprises specializing in software development operate in Russia.

Over 100 stable enterprises engaged in software development appeared in Russia every year in the past 5 years.

The dynamics of emergence of new software companies in Russia

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On November 1, an experiment began to initiate the use of open-license software, algorithms, databases and documents, including those belonging exclusively to the Russian Federation. Previously, the experiment was expected to start on May 1, but the decree was signed only on October 10. During the experiment, which will last until the end of April 2024, the national open-source software repository will be created.

 
 Among the participants are the Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr), the Russian Information Technology Development Fund (RFRIT) and other organizations. Open-license policy will allow to commercialize or close the reused source code without additional approval.

 
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Experiment to Create National Open-Source Software Repository is Launched in Russia

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has tasked the Ministry of Digital Development with preparing the draft law on the preferential use of domestic software, hardware and software systems, telecom equipment and radioelectronic products by November 1. The document is supposed to set requirements for preferential use of these products by all subjects of critical information infrastructure.

 
 The Ministry of Digital Development is to submit another draft law on requirements for highly significant projects stipulating the execution period, technology readiness level and commercialization parameters. The government expects the draft law by September 30.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/zakonoproekt-o-preimushchestvennom-ispolzovanii-otechestvennogo-po-razrabotaiut-k-noiabriu/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

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 Documents on the topic:

 
 <a href="http://government.ru/orders/selection/401/46589/" target="_blank">Tasks</a> after strategic session “Presentation of import substitution products picked by competence centers for sectoral scaled development”.

The Russian Government

Draft Law on Preferential Use of Russian Software to Be Developed by November

Ministry of Digital Development is working on an initiative to oblige software developers included in the domestic software register to adjust their products for Russian operating systems based on Linux.

 
 Alexey Smirnov, head of the board of directors of Basealt SPO (developer of Alt Linux) says, “now a significant part of the software in the register can run only on foreign operating systems, the new version of the government decree prohibiting the admission of foreign software to public procurement provides for a note in the register about mandatory compatibility of the software product with domestic operating systems”. Alexey Smirnov believes the requirement should be introduced in stages for various classes of software, since “for cybersecurity tools, office software and database management systems, it can be introduced immediately without loss, but for production automation systems it will take about two years”.

 
 The initiative is supported by the Astra, Red Soft and MyOffice companies. According to the sources of Kommersant, the share of Linux-based devices is growing mostly due to the supplies to state institutions, the public sector and some state corporations. The developers of application software have been developing software for corporate segment on the basis of Windows and Oracle since establishment, because these “were and still de-facto are the basic standards in the sector”.

 
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Kommersant

Developers Included in Register of Domestic Software May Be Required to Adjust Products for Russian OS

11 sectoral testing centers for Russian software will be created in Russia by the end of the year. The centers will be involved in testing the software for compatibility with other solutions and compliance with the specified functions. Ten centers will deal with specialized solutions, and the center based at the Voskhod Research Institute will test system-wide solutions, hardware and software systems.

 
 The centers will select priority types and classes of foreign software products that require replacement in different sectors of the economy. The specialists in the centers will also formulate the terms of reference for Russian vendors for the development of products for these purposes. It is assumed that the mark indicating the successful product test will be displayed both on the marketplace and in the register of Russian software managed by the Ministry of Digital Development.

 
 A center for technological expertise and certification of industry testing centers has already been created based on the Voskhod Research Institute. The specialists of the Competence Center for Import Substitution in the field of ICT will develop basic software testing methods and provide methodological support, while Voskhod will serve as a technology center for software testing and a developer of testing methods for hardware and software.

 
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11 Software Testing Centers to Appear in Russia by End of 2022

35 industrial competence centers have been formed to replace foreign sectoral digital products and solutions. The centers will compose the procurement of software solutions for various economy sectors.

 
 According to the source of <a href="https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/11/07/2022/62cadbf99a7947e7359e7362" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RBC</a>, the centers will determine the areas, types and classes of software that must be replaced, indicate the priority of development, and also manage the distribution of state support.

 
 The government is assumed to finance two competing solutions for each type of industrial and system-wide software. 80% of the required amount may be co-financed, but the specific amount will be determined by the Ministry of Digital Development. In total, the government plans to allocate 37.1 billion rubles until 2024 to co-finance the replacement of foreign software. The funds will be distributed by the Fund for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (Bortnik Fund), Skolkovo and the Russian Information Technology Development Foundation.

 
 According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, the developed software should be universal so that multiple customers could use them. Competence centers will be headed by executives of sectoral companies.

 
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35 Industrial Competence Centers for Software Import Substitution Formed in Russia

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According to RUSSOFT analysts, in 2019 the value of investments in Russian software companies amounted to at least 50 billion rubles (approximately $773 million). Nevertheless, external financing accounts for only about a fifth (18%) of the total &nbsp;amount of investments. The main sources of investment in the software industry are the funds of companies and their owners. At the same time, software developers estimate that the need for effective investments is 60% higher.

According to the forecasts, in 2020&nbsp;the amount of investments from various sources will decrease slightly, and in 2021 it will grow sharply. The proportion of external financing will reach 74% in 2021, and it will cover 84% of investment needs.

The proportion of external financing will reach 74% in 2021, and it will cover 84% of investment needs.

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Investments in Russian software companies in 2019

Report

NTI_Platform

The study was conducted with the support from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation within the framework of the “Human Resources for the Digital Economy” federal project. The compiles of the ranking analyzed more than 7,500 current job vacancies published on job search platforms HeadHunter, Superjob and Career.Habr.

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	<li>The most in-demand job is Java developer - 11.7% of the total number of jobs vacancies in “remote work” IT sector. The first half of the Top 50 ranking also includes developers of such programming languages as C#, PHP, Kotlin, Python, Golang (Go), Objective-C and Ruby. 1C developers became seventh in the ranking, and 1C Bitrix developers occupied thirtieth place.</li>
	<li>In addition to specialists in specific programming languages, the top twenty most in-demand jobs were data analysts, support specialists, product analysts, system administrators, system analysts, business analysts, technical support engineers, CRM analysts and product managers.</li>
	<li>Employers are often ready to ensure remote development and implementation of IT products: jobs in this area accounted for 58% of the total. There is a high demand for remote developers (more than 15 jobs in the field of programming in different languages), specialists in game design, machine learning, 3D modeling and artificial intelligence are also in demand.</li>
</ul>

11.7% of the total number of jobs vacancies in “remote work” IT sector are for Java developers.

National Technological Initiative Platform (NTI Platform)

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Top 50 in-demand IT jobs to work remotely

Research

Ozon

Leading&nbsp;multi-category online platform in Russian, Ozon surveyed&nbsp;more than 700 IT specialists from all over the country&nbsp;to find out how they came to the profession.&nbsp;Survey results showed that one third of developers are self-taught and only 30% have specialized higher education.

Only 21% of IT professionals are women. The most popular profession is a developer: 3 out of 4 respondents are programmers. 6% of respondents called themselves testers, and a little more than 2% are engaged in project management.

One third of developers in Russia are self-taught and only 30% have specialized higher education.

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IT specialists Survey

Performance_Lab

A study conducted by Performance Lab of the software testing industry in various market segments of the Russian Federation provides the following data:

<ul>
	<li>The majority of respondents (71%) understand the importance of the mobile application testing procedure and conduct it.</li>
	<li>Agile methodologies are already applied&nbsp;in most organizations (in banking organizations, these methods are used by 91% of respondents).</li>
	<li>The majority of respondents (80% of participants) consider the main task of QA to be to improve the quality of IT products.</li>
	<li>The main indicator of the success of QA teams is the reduction in time to market. Testers are often required to have Soft skills.</li>
	<li>39% of market players use QA outsourcing services (this indicator reached its maximum in financial structures - 75%)</li>
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71% of respondents understand the importance of the mobile application testing and conduct it.

The dynamics of emergence of new software companies in Russia

Investments in Russian software companies in 2019

Top 50 in-demand IT jobs to work remotely

IT specialists Survey

Russia Quality Report 2020-2021