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PREFACE
It's time to step into intensive intellectual competition.
From the first outbreak in March 2020 to the present, the IT market as well as the recruitment demand for
the information technology industry has gone through many stages, from difficulties to adaptation, then
recovery and development rehabilitation. With serious awareness and preparation from the previous wave
of digital transformation, accompanied by a positive & adaptable change from government policies,
businesses' initiative and relentlessly competitive market background, we are all at a good state of control
and balance, with enough sanity to cope with survival and development. As evidenced by many major
positive market & social-economic indexes, Vietnam still maintains a positive growth momentum despite
the impacts of Covid-19.
However, that is the end of the story and a new chapter has opened right away. As the world has gradually
recovered, new policies and strategies have begun to be implemented in every corner. Previous
achievements need to be shelved to set the stage for the upcoming intensive race - a genuine intellectual
competition, involving all individuals, organizations, communities and government. It is also where we
need to put aside default mindset, instead focus on scenarios to watch out for and "new-normal" terms &
phenomenons in the topic of conversation about business and technologies. Taking advantage of the
available superiority & the golden opportunities seized in the past, plus adapting to new trends with
sensibility to the market situation, we should choose the right strategies for every action of each
individual, each enterprise and government departments.
While surrounding uncertainty exists, synergies among positive growth minds can really help, to turn
"threats" into "opportunities", "potentials" into "capabilities" and "intellect" into "weapon" in the scope of
global technology digital transformation race.
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CONTENTS
VIETNAM OVERVIEW
THE “NEW NORMAL” STATE
Social-economics figures, businesses situation,
impact & transformation after 1st year of Covid-19 & IT JOBS MARKET
ICT Industry growth SALARIES, DEMANDS & TRENDS
3 IT recruitment targets reset in 2021 after 1st year of the
Covid-19. Developers’ salaries and IT personnel
demands in the “new normal” era.
DEVELOPER PROFILE 15
HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN 2021?
Vietnam Developers’ demographic & main behaviors
insights. Vietnam Developers Rank Worldwide IT RECRUITMENT STATE
CANDIDATE PERSONAS & 2021 TRENDS
8 The fluctuations in IT recruiting targets, numbers and
plans in 2021 after the Covid-19’s impact. Developers’
salaries and IT recruiting behaviors.
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OVERVIEW
THE “NEW NORMAL” STATE
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SOCiAL-ECONOMiCS
POPULATION GDP GDP PER CAPITA
97.58M (Est. 2020) $261.9B (2019) $2,779 (2020)

96.46M (2019) GROWTH RATE 2.91% (Est. 2020) MORE $64 COMPARED TO $2,715 (2019)
2 largest cities: Ho Chi Minh City (8.6M) & Ha Noi GROWTH RATE 7.02% (2019) DOUBLED COMPARED TO $1,331 (2010)
City (4.67M) Top 40 largest economics in the world & 4th in
ASEAN.
The 2020 is considered as a year of difficulties and challenges for the world economy in general,
LABOR FORCE AGED LABOR FORCE
including Viet Nam. The world economy is forecasted to experience the most serious recession in
FROM 15 YEARS AND OVER IN THE WORKING AGE history, the growth of major economies has declined deeply due to negative effects of the Covid-19
54.6M 48.3M
pandemic. However, Viet Nam’s economy still maintained growth with GDP growth recorded to
(Est. 2020) (Est. 2020) increase by 2.91%. With China and Myanmar, Viet Nam is one of only three countries in Asia which
DECREASED BY 1.2M COMPARED TO 2019 DECREASED BY 849,500 COMPARED TO 2019
has positive growth rate in 2020.
EMPLOYED POPULATION AGED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX (GII)
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15 YEARS & OVERWORKING OF LABOR FORCE AT WORKING AGE (↑3)
53.4M 2.26% 2.51%
(2020)
(Est. 2020) (Est. 2020) (Est. 2020) UP 3 RANKS COMPARED TO 2019

URBAN 3.61% - RURAL 1.59% URBAN 1.68% - RURAL 2.93% 1ST RANK INNOVATION ECONOMIES IN LOWER
MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMICS GROUP
ACCORDING TO WIPO 2019
The labor and employment situation in the fourth quarter of 2020 showed many signs of prosperity compared to the previous quarter, but
due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the unemployment and underemployment rate for the whole year 2020 were higher than in HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
2019. In 2020, although the life of the people across the country faced many difficulties in effecting of natural disasters and epidemics
Covid-19, with the attention of all levels, sectors from central to the local level and due to the strength of the population, people’s lives were 0.704 (2020)
generally stable.
for the first time, Vietnam was included
in the group of countries with highly
human development and ranked 117
out of 189 countries and territories.
Source: General Statistic Office (gso.gov.vn) / The Global Innovation Index 2020 (GII) - WIPO https://www.wipo.int › 2020 / UNDP Human Development Index (HDI) http://hdr.undp.org
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SOCiAL-ECONOMiCS
NEWLY REGISTERED ENTERPRISES EXPORT TURNOVER OF GOODS TOTAL IMPORT & EXPORT TURNOVER OF GOODS
134,940 $281.5B
(2020)
(2020)
DECREASE BY 2.3% COMPARED TO 2019 INCREASED BY 6.5% OVER 2019
$543.9B (2020)
INCREASED BY 5.1% OVER 2019
Average each month, 14.9 thousand newly established enterprises and re-operated
enterprises.
With the determination and efforts of the Government and the

business community in the face of the negative effects of the IMPORT TURNOVER OF GOODS THE TRADE BALANCE OF GOODS 2020
Covid-19 pandemic, the business registration situation in 2020 had
remarkable results. In 2020, the whole country had 134.9 thousand $262.4B (2020) $19.9B
newly established enterprises, a decrease of 2.3% compared to last INCREASED BY 3.6% OVER 2019
year but the average registered capital of an enterprise reached
16.6 billion VND, an increase of 32.3%. The year 2020 recorded strong efforts of import and export activities in the context of domestic as well as the
world economy negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the global trade disruption. Total import and
CEASED ENTERPRISES export turnover of goods in 2020 was estimated at 543.9 billion USD, increased by 5.1% over the last year. Of
101,700
which, export turnover of goods reached 281.5 billion USD, a rise of 6.5%, import turnover of goods gained 262.4
(2020) billion USD, rose by 3.6%. The trade balance of goods in 2020 saw an estimated trade surplus of 19.1 billion USD.
INCREASING BY 13.9% COMPARED TO 2019.
Average each month, there was nearly 8.5 thousand enterprises withdrawing from
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT RANKED
In 2020, there was 101.7 thousand enterprises ceased for a certain $28.5B (2020) 8TH
period of time, temporarily ceased and awaited dissolution TOP 20 BEST COUNTRIES TO INVEST IN
procedures, completed dissolution procedures, increasing by 13.9% ACCORDING TO US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
over the previous year, of which: The number of enterprises ceased
for a certain period of time was 46.6 thousand enterprises, As of November 2020, there were 109 countries and territories with investments in Vietnam. Singaporean firms
increasing by 62.2% compared to 2019; nearly 37.7 thousand have invested US$8 billion in the country, the largest, beating South Korea from last year. South Korean firms
enterprises temporarily ceased and awaited dissolution procedures, came second (invested capital US$3.7 billion), followed by China (investment capital US$ 2.4 billion). In addition,
a decline of 13.8%; nearly 17.5 thousand enterprises completed multiple firms from Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan are also active in the country.
dissolution procedures, an increase of 3.7%. Average each month, By 2025, Vietnam’s digital economy could expand to US$52 billion. Sub-sectors of the digital economy such as
there were nearly 8.5 thousand enterprises withdrawing from the e-commerce, digital banking, and online gaming represent nascent and high-growth areas of consumer demand
market. that investors could target. Therefore, while the Vietnamese consumer remains a driver of FDI, it is possible that
the routes foreign firms need to take to reach the consumer could change.
Source: General Statistic Office (gso.gov.vn) / https://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/fdi-in-vietnam-year-in-review-and-outlook-for-2021.html/

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ViETNAM YEAR AFTER COViD-19
TOP 5 COUNTRIES IMPACT OF THE COVID-19
HAVING BEST RESPONSES TO COVID-19 AS OF MARCH 2021 ON EMPLOYMENT STATUS AMONG PEOPLE IN VIETNAM AS OF JANUARY 2021
0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Vietnam 2,603 cases, 35 deaths
Not impact at all 44%
Singapore 60,381 cases, 30 deaths
Temporary salary reduction/ Job loss 29%
Iceland 6,205 cases, 29 deaths
Reduced salary at the present 20%
New Zealand 2,201 cases, 26 deaths
Unemployment/ Job loss 7%
Taiwan 1,030 cases, 10 deaths
Share of respondents
44% responded that the Covid-19 had no significant impact on their employment situation. On the other
Cases & Deaths / Reported on April 1st, 2021
hand, the rest of the respondents reported experiencing salary reduction or losing their jobs temporarily,
having reduced salary at the moment, or being unemployed.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE VIETNAM Unemployment Rate %
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2.8 LABOR FORCE SIDE
2.73 Labour force continues to rise in line with the recovery stage in Quarter III-IV/2020 following big changes
in first quarter of 2021, however, the number has yet to resume its original point before the pandemic.
2.6 (2.37% in Jan 2021 compared to 2.19% in Jan 2019)
2.5
2.4 ENTERPRISES SIDE
2.37 In total, 87.2% of enterprises participated in the survey said that they are negatively affected, 11% are not
and only 2% recorded positive growth rates. Businesses that have been operating for less than 3 years,
2.2 small and micro-enterprise are struggling the most.
2.22
2.19 2.17 2.17
2.16 2.15
In addition, to withstand the pandemic, 35% of private enterprises and 22% of FDI enterprises have had
to lay off their employees. In which, 36% of small and micro private enterprises, 26% of medium-sized
2.0
enterprises and 32% of large-scale enterprises implemented this measure.
Jan 2019 July 2019 Jan 2020 July 2020 Jan 2021
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Results of the business tendency survey of manufacturing GROWTH RATE OF GDP QUARTER I/2021 GROWTH RATE OF GDP QUARTER I
enterprises in the first quarter of 2021 showed that: 29.6% of IN PERIOD 2017 - 2021 (%)
enterprises assessed that the business production situation in
the first quarter of this year was better than fourth quarter of 4.48% (Q1/2021) 7.45
6.82
2020; 31.4% of enterprises faced difficulties and 39% of Gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2021 is
enterprises said that the business production situation was estimated to increase by 4.48% over the same period last year, 5.15
stable. For expected outcome of the second quarter of 2021, higher than the growth rate of 3.68% in the first quarter of 4.48
51% of enterprises presented that the tendency would get 2020, despite being affected by the Covid -19 in some 3.68
better; 14.9% of enterprises predicted that it would be more localities.
difficult and 34.1% of enterprises said that the business
production situation would be stable. In which, the foreign Global ranking increases in various subfields of the industry
direct investment sector was the most optimistic, 86.2% of have been the proof of this contribution. The post rose from the
enterprises forecasted a better the business production 57th position to 49th, ICT from 108th to 77th, e-government
situation in the first quarter of 2021 and expected to remain from 89th to 86th, and cybersecurity from 100th to an
impressive position of 50th. The number of businesses in the 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
stable.
field has witnessed a development of 28 percent. Other
significant achievements of the industry include a successful VIETNAM TARGETS TO REACH 100,000
ICT TOTAL REVENUE ICT EXPORT 5G technology pilot, an entrance into the list of top-10 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES BY 2030
countries with the latest generation of Internet protocol.
$120B ↑ 7.1%
$84.45B 1.5M
Companies Employees
120,000 1,500,000
(2020)
More importantly, Vietnam now stands at the second position
Increased by 7.1% over 2019 in the world as to mobile phone and parts manufacturing, and
1,400,000
↑ 7.1%
100,000
(2020 VS 2019)
the tenth position regarding electronic parts production. These 1,200,000
ICT exports account for two have helped the ICT become the industry with the largest 80,000
IN WHICH: about 30% of the total export surplus in the Vietnamese economy.
1,000,000
100,000
national export value and 60,000 700K 800,000
HARDWARE 3% of global ICT exports The draft of National Strategy on Vietnam's digital technology
$107B
600,000
70,000
companies by 2030 clearly state to concentrate on developing 40,000
4 types of digital technology companies in Vietnam, including:
45,000
50,000
(2020) 400,000
INTERNET ECONOMY 20,000

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 200,000
SOFTWARE GROWTH RATE Companies developing Companies developing 0 0
core technologies digital technology products 2018 2020 2025 2030

$5B (2020) 17% (2020)
and services N. of digital technology companies
According to the Draft, by 2025, Vietnam is expected to have

N. of total employees (not only developers)
The highest in Southeast

Asia GROUP 3 GROUP 4 70,000 digital technology companies with 1.2 million people
Companies developing Digital technology working in this sector. By 2030, Vietnam sets the target to have
digital technology solutions start-ups. 100,000 digital technology companies; 1.5 million digital
workers.
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PROFILE
HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN 2021?
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DEMOGRAPHIC /PERSONAS
Nowadays, most of the developers belong to the Millennials generation - employers need to pay attention to age, interests and insights to adjust their recruitment plan to suit the current multi-generational
recruitment trends nowadays. This is a generation that desires a better balance, a healthy lifestyle, more information about the company, its products and wants to be highly involved in the product
development process. They also expect the product to have the ability to serve them and their community. Millennials with a fast-paced way of living require an active and flexible lifestyle. The recruiters
also need to prepare for the Centennials (GenZ), following Millennials. GenZ’s mindset and how to interact with them are becoming much more different.They are projected as a new wave which would
change service and entertainment industry context, recruitment and ICT are not exemptions, certainly.
AGE 8.8% YEARS OF EXPERIENCE LEVEL OF QUALIFICATION
15-19 8.24% 0-1 24.9%
40%
20-24 28.47%
2-3 27.6%
35%
25-29 26.3%
4-5 17.4%
30-34 16.29%
35-39 10.01% 6-7 10.1%

17%
40-44 5.69% 8-9 7.7%
45-49 2.94% 8%
10-11 5.5% The number of senior developers over 5 years of
50+ 2.06% experience accounts for about 30% while those with
12-15 4.0% less than 3 years of experience represent 52.5%.
The age dominating this survey is from 20 to 34 years old. Junior Middle Senior Lead
Numerous developers started coding early and about 8.24% of 16+ 2.8% https://topdev.vn There is a large number of developers with only a few
them started coding before 20. At present, the number of
developers in Vietnam at a young age accounts for the majority years of experience but having Senior / Lead
with 54.76% aged 20 - 29 years old. expertise. In contrast, some having many years of
experience but only being reviewed as Junior or
Middle-higher positions.
LOCATION 4.9% GENDER Others
5.8% 0.10%
Ho Chi Minh City Da Nang Male still dominates the gender of developers or
Ha Noi Others Female people working in the technology sector with more
7.85% than 92.05%. Females constitute a minor number of
34.2% 55.1% 7.85%, however, the proportion of women has also
increased significantly, especially those having 2
Male years of experience or more. Also, compared to last
92.05% year, the number of females working in the IT sector
saw considerable growth.
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DEMOGRAPHiC /POPULAR TECHNOLOGiES
React, MySQL, Spring, Laravel, Sass, Django and Django are the most popular technologies in their respective tech stacks.
Javascript Java .NET/ C#

PHP
1. React 34.11% 1. Spring 55.96% 1. .NET Framework 56.93% 1. Laravel 61.21%

2. Node.js 30.19% 2. Struts 18.47% 2. .NET Core 39.60% 2. Symfony 34.17%
3. Vue 19.08% 3. Hibernate 18.03% 2. ASP.NET Core 25.15% 3. CodeIgniter 28.38%
4. Angular 18.26% 4. JSF 12.37% 4. ASP.NET MVC 22.04% 4. Yii 12.89%
5. Express 10.82% 5. Vaadin 5.77% 5. Xamarin 8.35% 5. CakePHP 5.89%
SQL CSS Python Mobile Development
1. MySQL 53.11% 1. Sass 75.33% 1. Django 35.22% 1. Java 45.06%

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2. SQL Server 20.66% 2. Less 64.37% 2. Falcon 20.96% 2. Swift 35.19%
3. PostgreSQL 18.77% 3. Stylus 50.20% 3. Pyramid 6.50% 3. Objective-C 34.21%
4. MongoDB 13.87% 4. PostCSS 39.85% 4. Flask 4.40% 4. React Native 31.12%
5. Redis 10.47% 5. SCSS 18.62% 5. Bottle 2.10% 5. Flutter 12.56%
JavaScript is the most popular language together with other IT skills. In which, React, Nodejs & Vue are the top 3 choice of Javascript frameworks, while React & Node.js quite share the same popularity
among developers. Top choice to work with Java is Spring (more than 55%) then Struts & Hibernate respectively. There hasn't been much change in .NET/C# list in which .NET Framework, .NET Core &
ASP.NET Core top the list. Laravel remains the most popular framework in the PHP tech stack with more than 61%, followed by Symfony (34.17%) & CodeIgniter (28.38%). MySQL keeps leading the SQL tech
stack with more than 53%. However, the level popularity among SQL systems doesn't vary that much while Top 5 (MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB & Redis) contribute respectively the same
importance of database functions in every development. Top 5 CSS preprocessors places belong to Sass, Less, Stylus, PostCSS & SCSS. Python - one of the hottest ‘player’ recently in technologies world - show
significant gap in popularity among choices, in which Django framework choice accounts for 35.22% while the 5th rank (Bottle) just share 2.1%. Among Mobile Developers, Java, Swift & Objective-C take the
places on top 3 list of programing languages choice. Meanwhile, new "players" - React Native and Flutter have experienced dramatic increase in popularity in recent years.
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DEMOGRAPHiC /LEVEL & SKiLL
TOP POPULAR TECHNOLOGIES BY SENIORITY MOST DESIRED INDUSTRIES CHOSEN BY DEVELOPERS
80%
AI/Cloud/Enterprise Infrastructure 43.5%
Senior Middle Junior/ Fresher
70% FinTech/Payment 32.4%
eCommerce/ Retail 22.9%
60%
Cybersecurity 21.9%
Business Service/ SAAS 19.9%
50%
Gaming 14.5%
40% Crypto 13.0%
Robotics 9.2%
30%
Agritech 8.5%
20%
Answer to the question: What industries do you think will grow in 2021? The response of the
10% developers participating in the survey shows that AI & Cloud engineering industry will take the
lead, followed by Fintech/ Payment and ranked 3rd by eCommerce/ Retail. It is not surprising
that Cloud Engineering, Fintech, e-Commerce, Cybersecurity and Business Service are at the
0%
forefront. That is because in 2020, the trend of digital transformation takes place in all aspects
Javascript C#/ .NET Java PHP Python C++
of daily life as well as at the workplace. The growth of online shopping, online management and
the importance of cybersecurity have made these industries more attractive than ever.
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2021
Answer to the question “What new technologies do you want to work with or learn in 2021?”.
DevOps 38.5%
Compared to 2 years ago, top interest in technologies has had some significant shifts. Most
Cloud 26.5% 20.5% notable one is increasing interest in DevOps and Cloud technologies, which are fueled by digital
Big Data/Data Science 21.0% transformation and new problems arised by pandemic era. Following the list are the names that
are always popular in the technology race, including Big Data/ Data Science, Machine Learning/
Machine Learning/AI 19.5% Artificial Intelligence. As advanced data technology gradually provides optimal solutions for
Cybersecurity 16.7% current life as well as better and more accurate predictions of future forecasts and trends (both
risks and threats), IT talents have more desire to apply these technologies to their products and
Mobile Development 14.7%
programming works. The next indispensable tech is Cybersecurity, the pandemic has formed a
UX/UI Design 13.9% lot of new behaviors, needs and shifts, from offline to online, from onsite to remote, has posed
Business Intelligence 11.4% many problems in management, security, stability and level of data/ system privacy. Since then,
many motivations and needs have been formed for developers who want to learn and have more
IoT/Robotics 10.1% opportunities to practice related to Cybersecurity. The remaining list such as Mobile
Game Development 8.9% Development, UX/ UI Design, Business Intelligence, IoT/ Robotics and Game Development are
still attractive topics that developers want to try in 2021.
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DEMOGRAPHiC /BEHAViORS
HOW DEVELOPERS UPDATE TECH NEWS? 70% of developers claimed that they mainly update their knowledge through blogs rather than other
media channels. Unlike international developers - updating knowledge through Twitter, Vietnamese
developers shall choose programming fanpages as well as Facebook communities (Fanpages &
Tech blog 70.0% Groups) of those expertising in specific programming languages.
Tech Fanpages
37.8%
Facebook Groups 32.0%
Tech Events 30.3%
StackOverFlow/Hackernews
/FreeCodeCamp 23.3%
Medium/Reddit/Quora 17.5%
Others 9.3%
PASSION FOR CODING
Developers genuinely love & appreciate what they do—and this passion continues to extend. 52.5% of respondents said their primary motivation for learning a new technology is simply because they enjoy
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it. When asked about what attracted them to start career as developer, 75% said “passion for technology, programming & computer”, followed by 63% of “Attractive salary & prospective career development”
and 55% of having “Good logical & computer background”.
Developers also like to contribute to open source projects. 39.3% have contributed to open source software a few times, while 5.3% do so frequently. Open source projects are an activity that software
developers enjoy doing in their personal time.
28.4% of developers contribute to open source simply because it’s fun. Lack of economic opportunity, unemployment and social issues are the top 3 problems developers want to solve through coding.
Especially this pandemic situation, there have been many social projects contributed by developers to keep track on positive Covid-19 cases, travel schedule or real-time alert/ monitor cases surrounding,
which attracted so many IT talents & organizations to support.
For the majority of developers, coding isn’t just something they do at workplace or in working hours. 76.2% of respondents said they code outside of work. About 51.4% of developers spend 1 hour for personal
projects. Nearly 43.2% of developers spend 2-5 hours for personal projects.
Following the movement of the market, most developers still use Windows, 29.7% using MacOS, the rest is for Linux-based & others.
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HOW DID DEVELOPERS START HOW HAVE DEVELOPERS LEARNT NEW PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE?
TO LEARN PROGRAMMING?
2019 2020
Official Documentation 60.1%
We do a survey of developers about
48%
42%
where they start with learning to YouTube 59.6%

code.
Online courses 45.2%
The top 2 in the list are the formal Personal projects 35.4%
training systems in Information
28%
27%
Technology at Universities (42%) and Tech books 23.2%

Colleges (27%).
Open-source projects 22.1%
Followed by intensive coding
16%
Offline courses 8.3%
14%
courses (shorter than 24 months).
11%
11%
And last on the list is the Vocational Coding contests 7.1%
Education and Training program.
Others 2.7%
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i ve rsity nce M ajor g cours d u catio
Un r Scie (I T n
codi months
) lE Up to 60% of the responses mentioned official documentation as well as Youtube
u te o l l ege s i ve c a t i ona ing
p
(Com major)
C n
Inte than 2
4 Vo Train sources. 45.2% of developers learn through online courses. Followed by personal
(les s projects (35.4%). Personal projects are also a good way for developers to have
environments of experiment, diversify approaches, update new technologies, create
Every few months Once a year Every few years their own products and make the highlight on their working experience profile. Some
80% https://topdev.vn other popular resources for learning programming include: technology books,
70%
open-source projects, offline courses and coding contests.
60% MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING NEW THINGS FROM DEVELOPERS BY AGE

With the question: How often do you actively learn new knowledge?, we received answers with
50% many age differences. More than 50% of developers under 30 years old usually try to learn
something new within a few months. This figure for beginners/freshers (15 - 24 years old) is up to
40% 80%. For developers over 35 to 45 years old, the frequency of spending time learning new
knowledge is once a year. And this motivation for developers over 45 years old decreases even
30%
more, often they will learn new technology within a few years. It is undeniable that the
20% information technology industry is a dynamic and rapidly changing industry. This requires
developers to stay up to date with new technologies to stay competitive and keep evolving in the
10% industry. Fresher/Junior with the advantage of learning ability as well as a relatively comfortable
time, they can update new technology trends every few months. As for developers over 35 years
0% old, most of them have identified their expertise and focus to become an expert in that stack, so
15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-40 40-44 45+ their priority will no longer be to expand their knowledge horizontally but in depth instead.
years old
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ViETNAM DEVELOPERS RANKiNG
600,000 IT PERSONNEL DEMAND IN VIETNAM 2018 - 2022
(SOFTWARE INDUSTRY ONLY)
IT ENGINEERS IT STUDENTS 500,000
530,000
In the past 5 years, the demand for IT personnel in Vietnam has continuously
IN GRADUATE ANNUALLY 400,000
450,000
increased. Based on TopDev's 2020 IT market report and the growth rate of the
400,000
SOFTWARE INDUSTRY (SOFTWARE MAJOR) number of developers in Vietnam, in 2021 Vietnam needs 450,000 IT workers.
350,000
300,000
320,000
(*)
However, the total number of developers currently in Vietnam (as of Q1/2021)
(*)
430,000 55,000 200,000 is 430,000, which means 20,000 developer positions will not be filled in the
near future. This shortfall comes from the disparity between developers’
150,000
100,000 qualifications and business requirements. Notably now only about 16,500
(*) Based on 2019 report from MOET with estimated growth students out of a total of 55,000 students majoring in Information Technology
rate in annual general universities/ colleges enrollment quotas. 0 meet business requirements. Also from here, the Ministry of Information and
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Communications has focused on training the Information Technology industry
through the Draft on Development Orientation of the Information and
Need Lack
Communication Industry in 2021.
ViETNAMESE DEVELOPERS’ ViETNAM iN THE GLOBAL INDEXES OF THE WAVE OF STRONG TECHNOLOGY
COMPETENCE iN GLOBAL TECH SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND ICT iNVESTMENT
ASSESSMENT PLATFORMS OUTSOURCiNG Currently, Vietnam has about 45,500 enterprises in the ICT industry,
including foreign-invested enterprises with an estimated total revenue of
about 126 billion USD (according to the Ministry of Information and
SKILLVALUE GLOBAL SERVICES LOCATION INDEX Communications). Thanks to policies to attract foreign investment and a
29TH 5TH clear national digital transformation strategy from the Vietnamese
Government, thanks to competitive costs, good infrastructure with many
Worldwide in Developer Skills Charts of Skillvalue’s In 2019 Kearney Global Services Location Index, only after India,
Report 2019 (The only one of SEA region in Top 30) https://topdev.vn
China, Malaysia & Indonesia (Global Outsourcing Ranking - 4 main factors:
information technology parks, high-tech parks Vietnam has become an
attractive destination for technology and ICT investors.
Financial attractiveness, People skills & availability, Business Environment, Digital
resonance)
At the Conference on Investment in Vietnam's ICT industry at the end of
2020, Mr. Thieu Phuong Nam, General Director of Qualcomm Vietnam - Laos
HACKERRANK TOP 50 DIGITAL NATIONS - THOLON and Cambodia, committed that in the coming time, Qualcomm Vietnam will
23RD 13TH continue to expand investment in Vietnam related to research and
development (R&D), strengthen cooperation, support and share original
Worldwide in Developer Skills Charts of HackerRank’s In TSGI Top 50 Digital Nations all over the world, according to technology, technology copyright and technology platform to help
Report 2016 Tholons Services Globalization Index 2019 (7 main factors: Talent, Skill & Vietnamese businesses, especially start-ups , strengthen capacity and bring
Quality, Busines Catalyst, Cost & Infrastructure, Risk &Quality of Life, Innovation. Digital,
"Made in Vietnam" products to the world market.
Super Cities, Population)
Hindustan Computer Limited (HCL), one of the 3 largest IT companies in

TOPCODER TOP 100 OUTSOURCING DESTINATION - THOLON India (Top 5 outsourcing companies in the world) has opened an office in
TOP 6 18 TH
Hanoi in January 2021 and started its development journey in Vietnam.
Vietnam market. In the investment plan from here to 2025, Deputy Director
Worldwide in Developer Skills Charts of TopCoder’s In the Tholons Top 100 Outsourcing Destination 2016 with Ho Sanjay Gupta presented the construction of an organizational structure
Report 2016 Chi Minh City (18th) & Hanoi (19th) with 8,000 employees; at the same time, emphasize the cooperation
program on training high-quality ICT human resources with universities
and colleges.
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IT RECRUITMENT TARGET 2021 /HR /DEV
IT RECRUITMENT TARGET IN 2021

Question: How many developers planned to hire in 2021? ((HR-side only) HOW CONFIDENCE OF DEVELOPE WHEN FINDING A JOB?
Question: On a scale of 0 - very hard to 5 - very easy, how do you think you can change jobs as a
developer? (Developer-side only)
0 - 10 28.5%
11 - 50 42.9% 15% Very easy
51 - 100 14.4% 52% Quite easy
101 - 200 7.5% 25% Neutral
5% Quite hard
201 - 500 5.2%
3% Very hard
Over 500 1.5%
With this number, it is estimated that the IT labor market in 2021 will have 117,180 IT jobs, up 36.5% The figure shows that most developers (67%) feel that it is easy for them to change to a
compared to 2020. This growth rate shows a positive signal with an increase of 1.2% (compared new job in the IT industry. While less than 10% (1 out of 10) developers feel a lack of
to the same period in 2020 as in 2019 due to the impact of Covid-19) confidence when changing jobs.
42.5% 41.2% 40.3%

39.2%
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35.2%
Question: Choose top 5 positions you think that it’s hard to find suitable candidates
(HR-side only)
29.2%
26.2% 26.1% 25.9% We asked the above question to HR professionals with IT recruitment experience. Most of
24.0%
the answers mentioned 3 positions: DevOps, Full-stack developer and Back-end
19.3%
18.2%
17.1%
developer.
14.6%
Specifically, nearly half (42.5%) of HR/ Recruiters think that by 2021 they will have a hard
time finding qualified DevOps candidates to join their company's Tech team in the
increasing need of system & architecture management & monitoring.
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DEVELOPER SALARY @TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPER SALARY BY TECHNOLOGIES
(relatively up to 3 years of experience)
$2,000
$1,703 $1,752 $1,687
$1,531 $1,515
$1,500
$1,290 $1,196 $1,151 $1,121 $1,224 $1,195 $1,179
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Top highest-paid tech stacks in the list can be divided into 2 big groups: High tech related to AI/ML trends (Kubernetes, TensorFlows, Python) and Cloud Computing (AWS, GCP, Azure). This is the
consequence of worldwide digital transformation as well as significant impact from Covid-19. Following this list, fundamentals technologies related to web, system & mobile development still take
the considerably high ranks. While there was a considerable decrease in Mobile old-fashioned skills compared to the beginning of 2010 with "mobile first" wave, new platforms for Mobile Development
still claim their value with higher salary base than other common tech stacks.
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DEVELOPER SALARY @LEVEL & INDUSTRY
DEVELOPER SALARY BY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DEVELOPER SALARY BY INDUSTRIES
FRESHER/ JUNIOR $342 - $530

(Under 2 years) #1 Security
MID-SENIOR $525 - $1,161 #2 High Tech
(2 - 4 years)
#3 Fintech
SENIOR $835 - $1,340
(From 5+ years) #4 Software Outsourcing
MANAGEMENT LEVEL
#5 IT Service
(Business Orientation) $1,368 - $2,185 #6 Banking
(From 5+ years)
MANAGEMENT LEVEL #7 Telecommunication

(Technical Orientation) $1,560 - $2,398
(From 5+ years) #8 E-Commerce
DIRECTOR OR HIGHER #9 Business Service/ SAAS

(Business Orientation) FROM $2,200 https://topdev.vn #10 Digital/ Media
(From 10 years)
DIRECTOR OR HIGHER #11 Healthcare

(Technical Orientation) FROM $2,600 #12 Edtech
(From 10 years)
0 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500

#13 BPO
The top 3 industries with high income currently are Security, High
Technology and Fintech. Imported into Vietnam since 2015, High-tech
During the first 5 years, developer salaries ranged from $342 (Fresher) to less than $1,161 for Mid-Senior. For
field (AI, IoT, Cloud computing,...) is considered as the key to bring
developers from 5 years of experience, the difference in salary is mainly based on position and responsibility for
competitive advantage, a mandatory trend in 2021. For Fintech, this is
business operations. Director or higher level will have a salary of at least $2,200. The salary for a technical
considered a really necessary industry for banks and all corporate
management level will be higher than that of a business-oriented manager/ director.
governance systems. Despite being in the top industries with high
salaries, businesses still face challenges when finding personnel for
most IT positions.
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DEVELOPER SALARY @POSiTiON
DEVELOPER SALARY BY POSITIONS
Tech Manangement $5,776 Scrum Master $1,927 $1,215

Game Developer
(CTO, CIO)
Technical Director/ $4,165 Project Manager $1,820 $1,190
iOS Developer
Engineering Manager
Solutions Architect $4,069 Data Engineer $1,737 Android Developer $1,125
Technical Architect $3,959 Cybersecurity Engineer $1,736 Product Manager $1,001
IT Manager $3,768 Embedded Developer $1,715 IT Business Analyst $966
Cloud Architect $3,121 Database Developer $1,701 UX/UI Designer $917
Machine Learning/
$3,054 Big Data Engineer $1,695 Frontend Developer $912
AI Engineer
Bridge System
$2,234 Fullstack Developer $1,348 QA/ QC $706
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DevOps Engineer $2,057 System Administrator $1,338 Tester $508
Data Scientist Backend Developer $1,300 Technical Support $362

$2,032
IT Helpdesk $322
As predicted by the previous reports, highest-paying positions require special skills like Data Analyst, DevOps, Machine Learning or AI. Due to Covid-19 impact which leads to urge for business digital
transformation, the importance of Cloud Service & DevOps has played a critical role in maintaining & developing the business. Therefore, there has experienced dramatical growth in demand for Cloud/
DevOps engineers which follow with those positions increasingly salary base.
CTO, CIO or Tech Management positions which are still considered the highest career goals with more responsibilities & adaptability to “new normal” era, which now is not limited anymore, ranging
from people & performance management, planning & strategies, risk managements, cybersecurity & scalability along with stability. To reach this, managers have to master strong basic skills, handle
management tasks, optimize companies’ technology/ technology-based products & on-time adjustment.
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THE MOST POPULAR VS ON-DEMAND IT JOBS? THE MOST POPULAR VS ON-DEMAND TECH STACKS?
Back-end Developer 54.5% Javascript 70.2%
Full-stack Developer 51.5% Java 47.1%
Front-end Developer 37.1% PHP 42.1%
Android Developer 31.0% C#/.Net 39.2%
iOS Developer 29.4% Python 37.8%
Product, UX/UI Designer 15.9% Swift 18.3%
Tester, QA/QC 15.1% Objective-C 16.5%
Database Administration 10.3% C++ 11.4%
System Administration 10.1% Ruby 5.2%

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DevOps Specialist 8.3% Go 5.1% Popular positions by developers
(*) Each developer can choose many
options to best represent the nature of
Others 5.0%
Scala 4.7% the job of the respondent.
Kotlin 3.4% Popular positions by job posts

Popular positions by developers Popular positions by job posts (*) Each recruiter/ HR can choose many
(*) Each developer can choose many (*) Each recruiter/ HR can choose many options to best represent the nature of
options to best represent the nature of options to best represent the nature of Flutter 2.7% the job description.
the job of the respondent. the job description.
54.5% are Back-end developers, Full-stack Developers ranked 2nd with 51.5%. The dominance of trends Despite some changes to the overall popularity of specific tech stacks in Vietnam &
and web technologies has pushed the number of Web Developers much higher. Meanwhile, demands on region, top 5 IT skills which companies are looking for have remained similar to
these positions have experienced some significant switch when HR really focuses more on Full-stack & previous years. More than 70% of companies are looking for JavaScript developers.
Mobile Developers as well as Product & especially DevOps Specialist.
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CHALLENGES /HR /DEV
IT RECRUITMENT MARKET BECOMES TOUGHER WITH SIGNIFICANT REQUIREMENT CHANGES STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT PLAN 2021
% increase
COMPARED TO 2nd HALF OF 2020
Covid-19 first year 80%
Increase
60%
% increase in recruitment demand 56.0% Maintain

of traditional IT positions
40%
37.0%
20%
% increase in recruitment demand Trim
of advanced/ high-competitive/ flexible IT positions
0%
6.6%
Q1/2019 Q2/2019 Q3/2019 Q4/2019 Q1/2020 Q2/2020 Q3/2020 Q4/2020 Q1/2021 Q2/2021 Q3/2021 Q4/2021 % of responded enterprises
At the moment, the demand for IT recruitment has gradually been on the rise. Despite changes in the recruiting context & social-economics situation, the IT market average salary has endured a slight impact.
However, the market has undergone obvious movements and classifications in IT personnel at different levels. Those who were more flexible and better met businesses’ new strict requirements would receive
faster average salary increases than the market’s. Meanwhile, the demand for this position has increased significantly (more than 20% & increasingly more & more) comparing to the previous period.
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SOFT-SKILL BECOME MORE POPULAR & CRITICAL FOR CANDIDATE EVALUATION
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES SKILLS TO HIGH IN DEMAND
In addition to technical skills, soft skills have become an
important criteria in the process of HR/recruiters
Covid-19 Is Accelerating The Adoption Of Disruptive Technologies
Adaptability 65.5% And Creating Business Opportunity
evaluating IT candidates. Through our survey, top 3
Growth Mindset 62.0% important soft skills for developers include: Adaptability,
IT automation/ Robotics
growth mindset and collaboration/teamwork skill.
Collaboration/Teamwork 58.0%
Cybersecurity
It can be said that IT industry with rapid pace of change Natural language processing
Communication 55.8% as well as Covid-19 disruption have created pressure on
Problem Solving 52.9% the adaptability of each developer and required them to DevOps
have a suitable mindset about development to protect Software development methodologies
Time Management 37.8% them from new trends & technologies elimination.
AI and machine learning
Accountability & Work Ethic 37.1% Good competency of communication & cooperation Cloud Computing
between members of Tech team and with related
Languages 34.5%
departments play a key role in the efficient process of Blockchain
business operation and product development. Data Analysis/ Storytelling
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2021 /HR /DEV
DEV - WHAT MATTERS MOST TO THE DEVELOPER WHEN CONSIDERING A JOB OFFER?
Question: Apart from salaries, choose top 3 main reasons considering a job offer
Technical challenges/ interesting problems to solve 57.9% The results show that technical challenges/ interesting problems that developers will
solve are the factors that motivate them to actively consider new opportunities
Company’s technical stack 48.7% (57.9%).
Promotion opportunities 36.9%
Following 2nd rank (48.7%) is company’s technical stack - the technologies used at the
Company culture and values 21.3% company are also a top concern for developers. Therefore, HR/recruiters need to
communicate clearly about the programming language and ecosystem/ platforms
Passionate/technically brilliant colleagues 18.2%
used by the company with the candidates.
Training/continued education opportunties 12.4%
The third most important factor for developers is the promotion opportunities for
Company financial stability 10.3% developers (accounting for 36.9% of the answers).
Remote working options 6.1%
From understanding these developer insights, HR/Recruiter can focus on candidate
Company mission 4.5% concerns and devise effective strategies.
Social & health benefits 4.3%
DEV - REASONS FOR DEVELOPERS TO STAY AT CURRENT POSITION

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Question: Choose top 3 main reasons staying current position & workplace
45.7% Growth opportunities

40.1% Colleagues
36.3% Future salary potential
Based on the answers of developers participating in the survey. The top factors that help the company
retain IT talents include growth opportunities, colleagues & future salary potential. 36.2% Leaders & Managers
35.6% Promotion opportunities
In which, 45.7% of the responses mentioned growth opportunities; followed by Colleagues with
40.1%, 36.3% is Potential Future Salary, 36.2% is Leaders & Managers & 35.6% for Promotion 24.1% Great benefits
opportunities.
23.1% Current salary
19.4% Tech stack
15.8% Work-life balance
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JOB SEARCH BEHAViOR
JOB SEARCHING TIMELINE CHANNELS OF FINDING IT JOBS
Question: When do you think about moving new company? Question: Where you usually find new jobs, choose max 2 options
11.3% Currently looking for new jobs

9.5%
15.9% Having a plan to move/ find new jobs in next 6 - 12 months Personal Network 11.3% Job sites
Hackathon 13.7% 51.2% IT Communities

/Blog
35.7% Not until 1 more year working at same company Company Career 21.4% Social Media
Page (Facebook, LinkedIn)
Tech Events
/Conferences
22.3% 29.3%
15.4% Not until 2 more years working at same company
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Not until more than 3 years working at same company The results show that job sites are their preferred channels (51.2% of the answers), followed by
IT community (29.3%) then social media (Facebook, LinkedIn) (22.3%) and the Company Career
Page are also among the top popular job search channels for developers. Hackathon or personal
1 in 4 developers will become active candidates in the next 12 months. network are not as popular but are also channels that employers can consider when they want to
approach and find IT candidates.
Only 11.3% of developers are actively looking for a new job; 15.9% plan to move/ find a new job
in the next 6-12 months. The rest (72.8%) do not plan to find a new job. In which, up to 35.7% of Sometimes, a successful recruitment doesn't often go through formal hiring processes, they
developers answered that they would spend another year at their current company. usually come from employer network (Referral). Recruitment process should be using a standard
approach to find and evaluate candidates based on their skill sets. In other words, every referral
The rest spend 2 to more than 3 years to continue with the current company. It can be seen that candidate should go through the same rigorous evaluation & interview process as other cand
developers actively looking for work account for a relatively small proportion of total number of dates. The interview panel should not be influenced by the referral system solely. As a result, by
developers in Vietnam, which makes it more difficult for IT recruiters to approach & convert into focusing on the candidates’ skills rather than introduction, there will be less biases which can
potential candidates. help expand the talent pool significantly in the future.
19.4%
15.8%
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iT RECRUiTMENT PROCESS
WHAT DO YOU DISLIKE ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS? TOP REASONS DEVELOPERS REJECT JOB OFFERS
Being recommended with irrelevant jobs

(JD & salary) 52.8% #1 Unsuitable offer (role, responsibilities & salary)
Irrelevant/ Uncomfortable technical 35.1%
#2 Company Compensations & Benefits
interview assignment/ questions
#3 Lack of growth/ contribution opportunities
HR/ Recruiter without tech knowledge or 28.9%
company products/ scopes #4 Undesirable tech stack
Salary negotiations 26.7% #5 Not enough clarity on role & responsibilities
Lack of information/ update about #6 Lack of working flexibility opportunities
25.1%
interview process from companies
#7 Undesirable business or technical problem
Too many interviews 14.5%
#8 Company reputation
With the IT recruitment market becoming more and more competitive today, candidate https://topdev.vn Top 3 reasons why developers reject a job offer: Unsuitable offer (role, responsibilities
experience is one of the top factors to help businesses attract and retain talent and enhance & salary), compensations & benefits policy and lack of growth/ contribution
Employer Brand at the same. opportunities at the company.
Candidate experience covers the different stages of the hiring process. Based on the survey Some other issues that employers should also pay attention to: Undesirable Tech
results, up to 52.8% of candidates have a bad experience with being recommended with stack, unclear roles & responsibilities of the position, lack of working flexibility,
irrelevant jobs (JD & salary). 35.1% of developers don't like it when they have to perform undesirable business/ technical issues and ultimately the company reputation.
inappropriate technical interview questions or assignment/test.
The fact that HR/Recruiter specialists do not have background knowledge about technology or
products/service of the company also creates a bad feeling for developers. Experiencing salary
negotiation without being provided with enough information about the hiring process or having
too many rounds of interview also make for a bad experience for candidates.
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HR/ iT RECRUiTER CONCERNS
HR - WHAT ARE MAIN CHALLENGES WHEN RECRUITING DEVELOPER? HR - WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO INVEST IN/ DEVELOP IN 2021 FOR
CANDIDATES (HR SIDE)
Finding qualified candidates 61.5% Employer Branding in Tech Community 53.4%
Understanding IT positions' hiring
requirements 45.4% Expanding IT Talent Pool 49.9%
Fulfilling the IT recruitment targets Candidate Experience 49.5%

within tight time frames 39.1%
Recruitment Marketing 34.3%
Standing out & competing employer
branding from other companies 32.3%
Talent Retention 30.2%
Matching the appropriate candidate
20.4% HR Technology & Tools 30.1%
with the right jobs
Knowing developers' mindset/ HR/Recruitment Analytics 18.9%

17.5%
behavior to engage with them
Evaluating candidates without 16.2%

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The fact that the number of trained programmers each year is not enough to meet the increasing
demand for IT personnel has created many challenges and competition for the IT recruitment The survey results revealed that the top priority of IT HR/Recruiters in 2021 is to build employer
industry. The HR professionals who participated in the survey mentioned most difficulties when brand in the technology community (accounting for 53.4% of the answers).
in charge of recruiting developers. Specifically, up to 61.5% of HR/Recruiter answered that they
had difficulty in "Finding qualified candidates", followed by “Understanding IT positions hiring Among the top 3 priorities also includes: Expanding IT Talent Pool and Improving Candidate
requirements" (45.4%) and “Fulfilling the IT recruitment targets within tight time frames” (39.1%). Experience. In addition, some HR really focus on improving Recruitment Marketing, Talent
retention plans and leveraging HR technology /tools together with hiring data analysis.
Other challenges are also mentioned such as: “Standing out & competing employer branding
from other companies”, “Matching the appropriate candidate with the right jobs”, “Knowing
developers' mindset/ behavior to engage with them” and “Evaluating candidates without
technical skills”.
The truth is that the supply of human resources in IT field still doesn’t meet the needs of
demands and the expected growth rate of the industry. In 2021, technology companies should
continue to compete much harder to fill an increasing number of IT positions in shorter time.
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The past time has brought not only challenges and a series of new behaviors of experimenting and CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE
lessons learned for all fields. In a context where change is the only thing that remains constant, Poor candidate experience negatively impacts your employment brand.
adaptability is arguably the most influential skill any employer needs to hone and develop.
75%
of candidates never hear back from a company after sending an
application
TECHNICAL/ PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS/ METHODOLOGIES
60%
of candidates say they’ve gone for interviews and never hear back from the
Question: Which kinds of technical assessment tests do you think are acceptable as part of company
the tech recruitment process?
42%
of disgruntled candidates will not apply for any positions at the company
FORMATS TOOLS again
22%
will tell others not to apply to the company and 9% will ask others to
Assessment tests with real-life problems/ projects
boycott products/ service
Live/ Onsite coding interviews
Make sure you’re hiring to fill a real need Give candidates information about what to
Pair Programming Session Write clear job descriptions expect at in-person interviews
Make it easy for candidates to apply to your Give candidates your full attention during
Competitive technical contest with challenges/ games jobs interviews
Early and often follow-up Tell candidates if you’re no longer
Whiteboard coding tests Communicate with (and thank) candidates considering them, as soon as you can
Take-home assessment tests
https://topdev.vn during each step of the hiring process If you want to keep certain candidates in
mind for future openings, keep track of them
Be open to giving (and receiving) feedback
Some popular personality tests: MBTI, 16Personalities, Enneagram.
SOCIAL RECRUITING
The process of using social networks to find, attract and recruit potential candidates.
MOBILE JOB SEARCHING
Companies/ Platforms should optimize performance on mobile devices via career websites, job As of 2021, up to 70% of the population in Vietnam uses social networks and this number is still increasing in the
postings, application process. future. Embracing this trend, recruiters have quickly implemented plans to reach candidates through social media
channels: Facebook, Youtube, major forums and recently Tiktok. However, with relatively low costs and no restrictions
on recruiters, recruiting on social media is increasingly popular and competitive. TopDev will suggest you some tips
when recruiting through Social Media that any size or type of business will need:
JOB SEEKERS JOB SEEKERS JOB SEEKERS Build a content strategy checklist Hashtags: Why not?
think that mobile devices play a search for jobs daily on their save a job from company Ask questions to clarify and determine the right Livestream - A formidable weapon
critical role in the job-searching mobile devices career page/ job sites from Social Media strategy Build a two-way conversation with the
habit their mobile device and Build and maintain interactions with candidates candidate. Build a content strategy checklist
later on apply Keep a close eye on your competitors.
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EMPLOYER BRANDING GENERATION ISSUE:
Make Employer Branding as key opinion leader to express your company value & integrity. GEN Z & MILLENNIALS - MAJOR LABOR
FORCE GEN Tech-savvy
Useful programming knowledge Real case studies from the company It's no surprise that generally, Gen Z is more tech-savvy Doesn't like risk
than any other generation. They were born in the era of An independent
the Internet boom with the beginning of the World Wide generation
Lessons learned and inspiration from In-depth technical sharing from the dev team as
industry leaders well as the working environment and culture… Web and its continuous development, so Gen Z using the Competitive mind
Internet as a tool to work, research and connect with Honesty appreciation
To promote the Employer Brand, companies also need to pay attention to attracting other people is obvious.
passive candidates. And Digital Channels won’t be missed, ranging from Blog, Company
Page, Email marketing to Social Media channels. When using these channels, the first
thing is to gather & target the right candidate audience. The second point that MiLLENNiALS & GEN Z
employers need to pay attention to is the creation of attractive content. To have
successful employer branding campaigns, businesses need to balance the two factors
If in the world in the next 5 years, Millennials will account for ¾ of the global workforce, then in
above. In addition, businesses can also make recruitment brands through technology Vietnam, also in the next half decade, up to ¼ of the national workforce will belong to the Z2
events - where a large number of potential candidates converge. generation. So it's no wonder that these two generations' huge pool of candidates make up more
This is the time when businesses take advantage of opportunities and efforts to bring than a third of the workforce (38%) and are projected to grow to 58% over the next 10 years. A future
their brand image to the outside, giving developers feeling of closeness and friendliness where younger generations will dominate the workplace doesn't seem far away.
and helping them know better about the company and development opportunities given Although Millennials and Gen Z bring a lot of positive value and potential for the company's growth,
by the company.
many businesses still find it difficult to attract developers of these two new generations, such as: they
easily notice that the job opportunities offered do not match their needs, recruiters failure to
Tech Events/ Conferences Hackathon/ Contest/ Games
communicate with the candidates about the cooperation, the lack of investment in training and
career development for them, etc.
Vietnam Web Summit Vietnam Mobile Day TechFest
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Code Tour
Employer Branding orientation changes Mindset and habits at workplace Teamwork Level of commitment with the
Millennials and Gen Z Teamwork is one of the businesses
People are looking for resources and ways to deal with the pandemic, so engagement "transform" every day in a world clear evidences showing The majority of young employees
with Covid-19 posts from companies has been significantly higher than with regular defined by two words "change". the difference between like Millennials and Gen Z have a
posts. That engagement has also increased over time as people pay more and more Changes in technology, employer Millennials and Gen Z. If lower level of commitment to
attention to what companies are saying and doing about the Covid-19 situation.
requirements, etc motivate them opportunities for the company than previous
It can be said that the above situation is an opportunity for employers to show their
responsibilities and support not only to current employees but also to future talents. to continuously improve cooperation and teamwork generations, they are more loyal
While no one can accurately estimate how long the current upheaval will last, themselves to maintain their are always welcomed by to individuals such as superiors
expressing solidarity, empathy, and concern for employees in a genuine way will help competitiveness, thereby not Millennials because they or colleagues than to the
build a recruiting brand. echoes, positive feelings about the business. being overshadowed by other follow the motto “Two are company they work for. In
Carefully considering the Employer Branding in relation to industry changes. Old candidates. In addition, their always better than one. addition, they also value the
messages may change and will be no longer effective, leading to a refinement in the IT "inquisitiveness" and well-honed themselves", Gen Z believes balance in their personal and
talent recruitment strategy. “What do my business need to change? How can we tell our
story differently?” shall be some recommended questions for you to consider.
skill groups, which are the result that if you want to get the work lives, deadlines and leisure,
Take a close look at the candidate's behavior and new trends, see how these behaviors of independent and self-directed job done effectively, it's as well as the comfort level of
vary and consider whether it's a long-term trend or not, because this will change a lot learning, have proven their best to "self-advocate". the work environment.
about how the strategy works in the upcoming recruitment schedules. outstanding ability to managers.
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SURVEYED DATA/ REPORT FOUNDATiON
METHODOLOGY
DEVELOPERS TopDev conducted a survey & research to find out more about developers’ demographic, skills, work experience and job
45,201
search behaviour as well as IT Recruitment Market in Vietnam. A total of 53,219 people took part in survey and more
Full-time Developers 75% than 100,000 IT jobs data analyzed seperately from August to December 2020 via TopDev ecosystem, in which 6,718
responses & 15.3% data were invalid due to irrelevant experience or low creditability in IT industry.
IT candidates Data was anonymised in accordance with GDPR guidelines and is stored separate and only used for reports analysis.
IT Students 9% Percentages may not always add to 100% due to mutliple choices & different responding behavior. All salary data stated
in this report refers to gross salary before tax and excludes other benefits like overtime, bonus, etc.
Unemployed 2% REFERENCE DOCUMENTS:
Press release: Socio-Economic situation in Quarter IV and 2020 (December 27, 2020) by the Vietnam General Statistics Office
100,000 Freelancer/ Self-employed 6% INFOGRAPHIC GROSS DOMETIC PRODUCT IN DECEMBER AND 2020 (December, 2020) by the Vietnam General Statistics Office
Press release socio-economic situation in the First quarter of 2021 (March 29th, 2021) by the Vietnam General Statistics Office
analyzed Report on National accounts statistics mission (March 19th, 2021) by the Vietnam General Statistics Office
job data Part-time Developers 8% The World Bank | Vietnam Data https://data.worldbank.org/country/vietnam (2019)
2018 White Paper on Information and Technology of Ministry of Information and Communications
Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Industry and Trade.
HR The world economy outlook of IMF released on 13/10/2020
REFERENCE LINK:
2,300 Talent Acquisiton 14%
https://www.gso.gov.vn/en/data-and-statistics/2021/01/viet-nam-economy-in-2020-the-growth-of-a-year-with-full-of-bravery/
https://www.gso.gov.vn/en/data-and-statistics/2021/01/-
IT press-conference-to-announce-the-report-on-social-and-economic-situations-in-the-fourth-quarter-and-2020/
https://www.gso.gov.vn/en/data-and-statistics/2021/01/-
Employers Talent Acquisiton (Leader/ Manager) 2% press-release-socio-economic-situation-in-the-fourth-quarter-and-the-whole-year-2020/
https://www.gso.gov.vn/en/data-and-statistics/2021/01/infographic-gross-dometic-product-in-december-and-2020/
HR General 26% https://www.adb.org/countries/viet-nam/economy
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/economy/low-
est-in-10-years-vietnam-2020-growth-among-world-s-highest-4212565.html
Recruiter 23% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Vietnam#cite_note-IMFWEOVN-4
IT Recruiter
https://topdev.vn
18%
https://tradingeconomics.com/vietnam/gdp
https://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/fdi-in-vietnam-year-in-review-and-outlook-for-2021.html/
https://nhandan.com.vn/nhan-dinh/vi-the-va-co-do-kinh-te-viet-nam-631311/
https://knoema.com/atlas/Viet-Nam/High-technology-exports
Employer Branding Executive 3% IMAGES CREDITS TO:
https://unsplash.com/photos/75rWOqdKCdM by @peterng1618 (Peter Nguyen) / Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/photos/soYzQJvctKI by @peterng1618 (Peter Nguyen) / Unsplash
Sourcer 4% https://unsplash.com/photos/AAf4oiuiCCE by @tronle_sg (Tron Le) / Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/photos/m0aNGouc1W4 by @tronle_sg (Tron Le) / Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/photos/9rxmQKfHz0E by @randomlies (Ashim D’Silva) / Unsplash
Learning & Training 1% https://unsplash.com/photos/Cj9YgIWSpTs by @minhbach (Minh Bách Trương) / Unsplash
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/digital-cyberspace-and-data-network-connections_9285251.htm - Premium licence from Kanawatth -
Freepik.com
Admin/ Office Staff 2% https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/programming-code-abstract-technology-background-of-software-developer-and-computer-script_21096
54.htm - Premium licence from Acidj - Freepik.com
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/virtual-assistant-voice-recognition-service-technology-ai-artificial-intelligence-robot-support-chatbot-be
HR (Leader/ Manager) 7% autiful-female-face-vector-illustration_8597874.htm - Premium licence from Luckystep - Freepik.com
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/programming-code-made-with-binary-code-coding-or-hacker-background-digital-binary-data-and-strea
ming-digital-code_8063678.htm - Premium licence from Iuriimotov - Freepik.com
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/programming-code-made-with-binary-code-coding-or-hacker-background-digital-binary-data-and-strea
ming-digital-code_8063678.htm - Premium licence from Iuriimotov - Freepik.com
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/abstract-digital-technology-background-with-network-connection-lines_8562962.htm - Premium licence
from Starline - Freepik.com
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/programming-code-abstract-technology-background_2109653.htm - Premium licence from Acidj -
Freepik.com
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VIETNAM iT MARKET REPORT

Developers Recruitment State

SURVEYED DATA | REPORT FOUNDATION

97.58M (Est. 2020) $261.9B (2019) $2,779 (2020)

(Est. 2020) (Est. 2020) (Est. 2020) UP 3 RANKS COMPARED TO 2019

With the determination and efforts of the Government and the

Source: General Statistic Ofﬁce (gso.gov.vn) / https://www.vietnam-brieﬁng.com/news/fdi-in-vietnam-year-in-review-and-outlook-for-2021.html/

INTERNET ECONOMY 20,000

SOFTWARE GROWTH RATE Companies developing Companies developing 0 0

core technologies digital technology products 2018 2020 2025 2030

According to the Draft, by 2025, Vietnam is expected to have

The highest in Southeast

35-39 10.01% 6-7 10.1%

Find Top IT Jobs </> Hire Top Developers 9

Javascript Java .NET/ C#

1. React 34.11% 1. Spring 55.96% 1. .NET Framework 56.93% 1. Laravel 61.21%

SQL CSS Python Mobile Development

1. MySQL 53.11% 1. Sass 75.33% 1. Django 35.22% 1. Java 45.06%

PASSION FOR CODING

where they start with learning to YouTube 59.6%

Technology at Universities (42%) and Tech books 23.2%

courses (shorter than 24 months).

60% MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING NEW THINGS FROM DEVELOPERS BY AGE

Hindustan Computer Limited (HCL), one of the 3 largest IT companies in

IT RECRUITMENT TARGET IN 2021

11 - 50 42.9% 15% Very easy

51 - 100 14.4% 52% Quite easy

101 - 200 7.5% 25% Neutral

42.5% 41.2% 40.3%

FRESHER/ JUNIOR $342 - $530

MANAGEMENT LEVEL #7 Telecommunication

DIRECTOR OR HIGHER #9 Business Service/ SAAS

DIRECTOR OR HIGHER #11 Healthcare

0 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500

Tech Manangement $5,776 Scrum Master $1,927 $1,215

Technical Architect $3,959 Cybersecurity Engineer $1,736 Product Manager $1,001

IT Manager $3,768 Embedded Developer $1,715 IT Business Analyst $966

Cloud Architect $3,121 Database Developer $1,701 UX/UI Designer $917

Data Scientist Backend Developer $1,300 Technical Support $362

Back-end Developer 54.5% Javascript 70.2%

Full-stack Developer 51.5% Java 47.1%

Front-end Developer 37.1% PHP 42.1%

Android Developer 31.0% C#/.Net 39.2%

iOS Developer 29.4% Python 37.8%

Product, UX/UI Designer 15.9% Swift 18.3%

Tester, QA/QC 15.1% Objective-C 16.5%

Database Administration 10.3% C++ 11.4%

System Administration 10.1% Ruby 5.2%

Kotlin 3.4% Popular positions by job posts

% increase in recruitment demand 56.0% Maintain

DEV - REASONS FOR DEVELOPERS TO STAY AT CURRENT POSITION

45.7% Growth opportunities

11.3% Currently looking for new jobs

Hackathon 13.7% 51.2% IT Communities

Being recommended with irrelevant jobs

Fulﬁlling the IT recruitment targets Candidate Experience 49.5%

Knowing developers' mindset/ HR/Recruitment Analytics 18.9%

Evaluating candidates without 16.2%

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