SuperJob, a prominent high-paying job search service, identified the most lucrative offers in July by examining 53,000 open positions in major cities with populations between half a million and one million. The insights are available to readers of socialbites.ca.
In July, vacancies for senior and middle managers, sales directors, programmers, engineers, drivers, and skilled trades topped the charts for top salary offers.
The highest paying vacancy in July was for a DevOps / MLOps Engineer, with a salary range of 200,000 to 240,000 rubles. The report notes they are willing to pay 200,000 rubles to the director of information technology in Izhevsk and an orthodontist in Tomsk.
In Vladivostok, medical doctor positions lead in highest compensation, while in Tomsk and Khabarovsk, in Yaroslavl and Lipetsk, pharmacy leadership roles command top salaries. For instance, an anesthesiologist-resuscitator in Vladivostok is offered 90,000 to 120,000 rubles. In Tomsk, an orthodontist position offers 200,000 rubles, and a dental therapist role begins at 150,000 rubles. An orthopedic dentist in Khabarovsk is also listed with a salary above 150,000 rubles. In Ulyanovsk and Ryazan, the most lucrative postings relate to financial management, while in Khabarovsk and Tomsk, personnel management roles appear with offers starting at 120,000 rubles and 80,000 rubles respectively. In Saratov, a category E driver is among the best paid at around 100,000 rubles, in Yaroslavl a sales manager position starts from 150,000 rubles, and in Ryazan the deputy director of economy and finance begins from 150,000 rubles, signaling a noticeable gap in compensation bands.
The labor market index stood at 0.98 points, slightly below the average HR activity levels observed in the same periods from 2017 to 2019. Over the week, HR activity remained almost flat (a drop of 0.02 points), and vacancies declined by about 2%. Delivery services demonstrated the strongest growth, with vacancies rising by 20%. Insurance demand advanced by 12%, while retail and supply sectors rose by 6% each. Marketing and tourism sectors showed similar gains of around 6% each. In the technology sector, demand for personnel grew by 6%. Other notable gains occurred in agriculture (up 5%) and the transportation sector (up 4%). Administrative staffing requirements increased by 3%, and vacancies for lawyers rose by 1% over the week. Overall, demand for personnel in the industrial, service, and financial sectors remained stable.
Earlier reports noted that nearly half of Russians expressed dissatisfaction with their holidays this year.