Ігор Вишневський Work 12 October 2026, 12:05

Which IT specialists most often have two jobs and how many of them work more than 60 hours a week. The main thing from DOU analytics

About 14% of Ukrainian IT professionals have two full-time jobs or at least additional part-time employment.

This is evidenced by the data of a study on this topic conducted by DOU.

At the same time, half of IT professionals who have two jobs work 35-45 hours a week, while 26% of specialists spend 45-60 hours a week on work tasks. 8% are forced to work more than 60 hours a week.

Interestingly, according to statistics, IT professionals living abroad are more likely to work two jobs than IT specialists living in Ukraine: 17,1% versus 12,8%.

In terms of specializations, the second jobs most often have specialists in graphic design — 28,9%, marketing — 23,5%, or system administration — 22,5%.

Meanwhile, sales specialists (9.3%), project managers (9.4%) and HR specialists (9.6%) can rarely afford a second job.

As for titles, Architect (23.4%), Principal (20%) and Tech Lead (16.8%) are the most likely to have a second job. The research also suggests that experienced IT professionals are more likely to have a second job: among specialists with a second job, the most are those with over 10 years of experience. At the same time, a second job among juniors is a rare phenomenon.

The study used data from the DOU salary survey, which was conducted in May-June 2026 and contains responses from 14,000 respondents in Ukraine and abroad.

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