By MOTIFE Insights, 23 June 2026
According to the 2026 Krakow IT Market Report, Krakow’s main sector clusters include: IT Consulting and IT Services, Software, Telecommunications and Networking, Finance, Engineering and Manufacturing, Travel and Aviation, Automotive, Retail and Ecommerce, Consumer Goods, and Energy.
For foreign employers, this industry mix is important. Krakow-based IT specialists often bring experience from global delivery centers, software product companies, financial institutions, telecom providers, engineering organizations, ecommerce platforms, and industrial technology teams. This gives the market access to developers, QA engineers, DevOps specialists, cloud experts, data professionals, and product-oriented talent with practical domain knowledge.
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Headcount: 2 150 engineers and IT professionals (out of 6 500 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Telecommunications, Networking
Country: United States
Krakow office setup year: 2012
Headcount: 1 700 engineers and IT professionals (out of 5 000 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Financial Services
Country: United Kingdom
Krakow office setup year: 2010
Headcount: 1700 engineers and IT professionals (out of 2 500 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Software
Country: Poland
Krakow office setup year: 21993
Headcount: 1 700engineers and IT professionals (out of 2 900 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Telecommunications, Networking
Country: United States
Krakow office setup year: 21998
Headcount: 1 550 engineers and IT professionals (out of 1 900 employees in Krakow)
Industry: IT services, IT consulting
Country: India
Krakow office setup year: 12007
Headcount: 1 500 engineers and IT professionals (out of 1 700 employees in Krakow)
Industry: IT services, IT consulting
Country: United States
Krakow office setup year: 2011
Headcount: 1 300 engineers and IT professionals (out of 1 600 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Travel, Aviation
Country: United States
Krakow office setup year: 2000
Headcount: 1 300 engineers and IT professionals (out of 5 000 employees in Krakow)
Industry: IT services, IT consulting
Country: France
Krakow office setup year: 2003
Headcount: 1 200 engineers and IT professionals (out of 2 500 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Automotive
Country: United States
Krakow office setup year: 2011
Headcount: 1 000 engineers and IT professionals (out of 3 000 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Software
Country: United States
Krakow office setup year: 2005
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Headcount: 8990 engineers and IT professionals (out of 3 800 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Financial Services
Country: Switzerland
Krakow office setup year: 2008
Headcount: 950 engineers and IT professionals (out of 1 000 employees in Krakow)
Industry: IT consulting, IT services
Country: France
Krakow office setup year: 2011
Headcount: 890 engineers and IT professionals (out of 1 100 employees in Krakow)
Industry: ITelecommunications, Networking
Country: Sweden
Krakow office setup year: 2003
Headcount: 770 engineers and IT professionals (out of 1000 employees in Krakow)
Industry: IT consulting, IT services
Country: Switzerland
Krakow office setup year: 2010
Headcount: 770 engineers and IT professionals (out of 1 200 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Energy
Country: Japan
Krakow office setup year: 2019
Headcount: 620 engineers and IT professionals (out of 850 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Telecommunications, Networking
Country: Finland
Krakow office setup year: 2010
Headcount: 620 engineers and IT professionals (out of 2 000 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Consumer goods
Country: Netherlands
Krakow office setup year: 2012
Headcount: 600 engineers and IT professionals (out of 1 850 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Financial Services
Country: Switzerland
Krakow office setup year: 1997
Headcount: 570 engineers and IT professionals (out of 830 employees in Krakow)
Industry: Telecommunications, Networking
Country: United States
Krakow office setup year: 2011
Headcount: 520 engineers and IT professionals (out of 1 350employees in Krakow)
Industry: IT consulting, IT services
Country: Ireland
Krakow office setup year: 2013
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Not only software and IT companies hire engineers here. Krakow being a major business services hub in Europe, many companies started by employing non-IT personnel and then expanded to hire technology specialists. These non-IT companies are primarily financial institutions, such as HSBC (United Kingdom) which employs over 2 000 engineers/IT specialists and is de facto the 2nd largest employer of IT talent in Krakow.
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