Job opening: Shortage of medical professionals and culinary staff in Ekaterinburg
The Sverdlovsk region is facing a shortage of various specialists, with the most scarce job vacancies concentrated in the IT sector and engineering roles related to industrial robotics.
Justmedia.ru reported that the region has allocated 235 million rubles for the training of medical specialists, expected to produce nearly 200 new medical professionals. However, the demand for doctors, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals remains high, with a ratio of resumes to vacancies at 0.5 to 1, while the norm is 4 resumes per vacancy.
In the IT and robotics sectors, around 2,000 vacancies per month are reported, with high demand growing for programmers, system analysts, auto testers, and Java developers. The market particularly values highly qualified temporary IT professionals, with hourly wages averaging ₽3,491 and top specialists like product managers earning up to ₽5,115 per hour.
The shortage is especially critical because while enterprises are introducing industrial robots to improve productivity, there is a simultaneous lack of adequately skilled personnel to develop and maintain these technologies. The most scarce roles include circuit engineers, design engineers, automation engineers, commissioning/service engineers, electronic engineers, process engineers, software engineers, mechanical engineers, and researchers.
Companies in the Sverdlovsk region are implementing strategies to attract the best specialists. There is a growing preference for temporary or contracted specialists, which allows companies to reduce costs and access highly specialized experts not available in full-time staff. Companies offer attractive hourly wages that reflect the skills and qualifications, with a premium on senior and highly specialized roles.
The government quotas for foreign workers, including 4,343 spots allotted to Sverdlovsk for 2025, indicate that companies may also rely on international labor to fill critical shortages. Building a positive image as a reliable and attractive employer is important for attracting the best specialists. The stronger the corporate culture, the easier it is to build a brand and attract the best talent.
In addition to the IT and healthcare sectors, other positions in high demand include store directors, sales consultants, turners, milling machine operators, grinding machine operators, cleaners, commodity specialists, fitters, plumbers, painters, confectioners, bakers, and cooks. Candidates are interested in the experiences of former employees, the company's treatment of employees, and the feelings of current employees about their work.
The personnel shortage in the Sverdlovsk region is expected to persist until 2030. Contributing factors include the demographic crisis, aging population, and outflow of migrants. Companies will have to find new ways to attract personnel to meet the demands of the growing economy.
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- To address the crucial personnel shortage, the Sverdlovsk region plans to invest in training health-and-wellness professionals, including doctors and pharmacists, with the aim of producing nearly 200 new medical professionals.
- Recognizing the need for diverse specialists, companies in the region are also focusing on development and maintenance of fitness-and-exercise technologies, particularly seeking skillful software and mechanical engineers.
