In Kazakhstan, the IT sector is experiencing steady growth in services and demand for specialists.

The volume of computer programming, consulting, and other related services from January to September 2023 reached 734.5 billion tenge, representing a 43.5% increase in value compared to the same period in 2022. The previous year saw a growth of 46.8%.

The volume of services in this sector has been growing for seven consecutive years, averaging 35.7% annually. Moreover, the total volume of computer programming, consulting, and other related services for the entire year of 2022 amounted to 772.2 billion tenge, which was only 5.1% higher than the volume recorded in the first nine months of 2023.

Half of the sector's service volume was accounted for by Almaty: 369.1 billion tenge. The volume of services provided in Astana amounted to 39.8%, or 292.3 billion tenge. The remaining regions collectively accounted for 9.9% of the total volume of services in the sector.

Significant volumes were also recorded in IT consulting and practical services, software maintenance, and information and communication infrastructure management activities within the framework of developing and maintaining state electronic information resources and systems.

The average monthly nominal salary in the sector in the third quarter of 2023 reached 816,400 tenge, which is 2.3 times higher than the average across Kazakhstan.

Source: finprom.kz