Krakow IT Market · 2026

Two Markets, Moving in Opposite Directions

Cooling

  • High volume, process heavy roles
  • Back office and entry level hiring
  • Cost first location decisions
  • Work that automation now does cheaper

Growing

  • AI and machine learning
  • Cloud architecture
  • Cybersecurity
  • Advanced analytics
  • Centres of Excellence with real decision making

The same city is shedding one kind of role and creating another, further up the value chain.