Quarterly report · Q4 2026

The Polish job market, Q4 2026: offers and salaries

On 13 October 2026 Apply4Me's job index held 19,583 active job ads for 19 common occupations in Poland's 5 largest cities. 49.7% of them stated a salary. The highest median was for software developer roles in Warsaw (21,000 PLN gross a month), the lowest for consultant roles in Kraków (4,850 PLN).

Active job ads: 19,583
With a stated salary: 49.7%
Highest median: 21,000 PLNSoftware developer, Warsaw
Lowest median: 4,850 PLNConsultant, Kraków

As of 13 October 2026

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Key findings

Software developer is the occupation with the most ads: 3,945, or 20.1% of the dataset.
Warsaw accounts for 43.4% of all ads in the dataset (8,491).
49.7% of ads state a salary range. It is most common for driver roles (64.4%) and least common for engineer roles (34.5%).
The city matters most for graphic / ux designer roles: the median is 7,500 PLN in Poznań and 15,000 PLN in Kraków.
Apply4Me can send an application automatically to 55.8% of the ads in the dataset.

Offers and median salary by occupation

Active ads across the five cities together, and the median monthly gross salary in each city. The median is the amount half of the ads with a stated salary pay less than.

Job ads and median gross salary (PLN a month) by occupation and city, as of 13 October 2026
Occupation	Ads	With salary	Warsaw	Kraków	Wrocław	Poznań	Gdańsk
Software developer	3,945	51.3%	21,000	20,160	19,900	19,000	20,160
Driver	1,836	64.4%	7,275	7,000	8,350	8,500	7,500
Cashier / sales assistant	1,493	53.7%	5,275	5,095	5,097	5,104	5,275
Project manager	1,208	43.7%	17,000	15,700	16,287	14,000	19,160
Sales representative	1,156	35.6%	7,000	7,000	7,000	8,000	7,250
Customer service	1,139	53.9%	5,544	5,940	5,376	5,208	5,000
Accountant	1,037	45.5%	7,960	6,600	6,800	7,000	7,500
Engineer	967	34.5%	10,000	8,000	9,000	9,000	6,850
Marketing	963	45.2%	8,750	8,000	8,000	7,505	8,000
Tester / QA	926	56.0%	15,120	15,120	15,120	15,560	18,480
Office worker	836	45.2%	5,500	5,242	5,500	5,208	5,208
Waiter / barista	720	41.8%	5,275	5,208	5,208	5,242	5,275
Consultant	718	50.3%	5,000	4,850	5,000	5,000	4,950
Cook	596	48.2%	6,720	6,000	5,880	6,050	6,000
Warehouse worker	575	52.2%	5,500	5,695	5,677	6,000	5,748
Mechanic	476	51.3%	7,500	6,925	7,000	8,000	6,500
Data analyst	379	49.6%	20,160	17,640	15,000	n/a	19,160
Electrician	375	56.5%	8,000	7,500	8,500	8,568	7,308
Graphic / UX designer	238	58.0%	13,440	15,000	11,760	7,500	14,500

n/a: fewer than 10 ads with a salary, too few for a median.

Salary spread by city: quartiles and median

For each occupation in each city: p25 (a quarter of the ads pay this or less), the median, and p75 (three quarters pay this or less). The occupation links open the live listings (in Polish).

Warsaw

Warsaw: gross salaries (PLN a month) by occupation, as of 13 October 2026
Occupation	Ads	With salary	p25	Median	p75
Software developer	1,714	937	17,601	21,000	24,000
Driver	571	390	6,000	7,275	10,000
Cashier / sales assistant	741	401	4,810	5,275	6,000
Project manager	608	272	10,875	17,000	21,840
Sales representative	372	135	6,000	7,000	9,000
Customer service	521	257	5,000	5,544	6,560
Accountant	515	216	6,000	7,960	10,000
Engineer	394	142	8,000	10,000	13,000
Marketing	467	164	6,475	8,750	12,425
Tester / QA	401	238	11,760	15,120	18,480
Office worker	453	193	5,000	5,500	6,216
Waiter / barista	330	149	5,208	5,275	6,000
Consultant	344	173	4,810	5,000	6,750
Cook	247	128	5,670	6,720	7,800
Warehouse worker	210	104	5,275	5,500	6,413
Mechanic	176	90	6,500	7,500	9,000
Data analyst	191	95	16,800	20,160	21,840
Electrician	123	64	7,000	8,000	11,250
Graphic / UX designer	113	59	7,560	13,440	17,400

Kraków

Kraków: gross salaries (PLN a month) by occupation, as of 13 October 2026
Occupation	Ads	With salary	p25	Median	p75
Software developer	751	362	16,800	20,160	25,200
Driver	320	197	5,500	7,000	10,000
Cashier / sales assistant	242	129	4,810	5,095	5,376
Project manager	175	73	12,000	15,700	21,000
Sales representative	193	62	6,000	7,000	8,000
Customer service	181	110	5,000	5,940	7,000
Accountant	166	80	5,000	6,600	9,000
Engineer	144	51	6,000	8,000	11,000
Marketing	165	82	6,200	8,000	10,000
Tester / QA	148	91	10,774	15,120	20,160
Office worker	123	58	4,843	5,242	6,000
Waiter / barista	171	57	5,208	5,208	5,500
Consultant	102	49	4,806	4,850	5,700
Cook	153	68	5,376	6,000	7,140
Warehouse worker	80	43	5,376	5,695	6,518
Mechanic	101	54	5,202	6,925	9,558
Data analyst	65	28	7,000	17,640	21,097
Electrician	66	43	5,940	7,500	11,250
Graphic / UX designer	46	27	7,780	15,000	17,400

Wrocław

Wrocław: gross salaries (PLN a month) by occupation, as of 13 October 2026
Occupation	Ads	With salary	p25	Median	p75
Software developer	643	335	16,800	19,900	23,100
Driver	395	250	6,086	8,350	12,000
Cashier / sales assistant	199	107	4,810	5,097	5,376
Project manager	145	63	11,350	16,287	20,160
Sales representative	211	81	6,000	7,000	9,000
Customer service	187	116	4,806	5,376	6,048
Accountant	111	54	5,601	6,800	7,875
Engineer	168	54	8,000	9,000	10,875
Marketing	139	77	7,000	8,000	10,920
Tester / QA	147	72	12,450	15,120	18,900
Office worker	100	48	5,000	5,500	6,413
Waiter / barista	91	36	5,208	5,208	5,376
Consultant	95	54	4,806	5,000	6,552
Cook	87	40	5,351	5,880	6,765
Warehouse worker	134	77	5,335	5,677	6,100
Mechanic	80	37	5,700	7,000	10,000
Data analyst	49	25	10,000	15,000	18,900
Electrician	60	32	6,000	8,500	13,580
Graphic / UX designer	29	21	6,000	11,760	16,800

Poznań

Poznań: gross salaries (PLN a month) by occupation, as of 13 October 2026
Occupation	Ads	With salary	p25	Median	p75
Software developer	371	167	15,060	19,000	23,050
Driver	304	181	6,500	8,500	12,000
Cashier / sales assistant	136	66	4,806	5,104	5,804
Project manager	108	44	9,825	14,000	20,370
Sales representative	204	70	7,000	8,000	9,750
Customer service	144	74	4,806	5,208	6,085
Accountant	153	71	5,568	7,000	9,000
Engineer	125	38	8,000	9,000	10,750
Marketing	103	58	6,000	7,505	10,000
Tester / QA	86	40	11,940	15,560	18,900
Office worker	92	44	4,807	5,208	5,464
Waiter / barista	53	22	5,208	5,242	5,376
Consultant	105	49	4,806	5,000	5,544
Cook	59	26	5,376	6,050	7,000
Warehouse worker	63	36	5,382	6,000	6,500
Mechanic	48	26	7,000	8,000	10,000
Data analyst	23	8	n/a	n/a	n/a
Electrician	47	29	6,720	8,568	15,000
Graphic / UX designer	26	13	6,000	7,500	10,000

Gdańsk

Gdańsk: gross salaries (PLN a month) by occupation, as of 13 October 2026
Occupation	Ads	With salary	p25	Median	p75
Software developer	466	224	16,800	20,160	23,520
Driver	246	165	6,000	7,500	10,000
Cashier / sales assistant	175	98	4,810	5,275	5,700
Project manager	172	76	15,960	19,160	21,840
Sales representative	176	64	6,375	7,250	9,500
Customer service	106	57	4,806	5,000	6,000
Accountant	92	51	6,000	7,500	8,500
Engineer	136	49	5,000	6,850	9,000
Marketing	89	54	6,650	8,000	10,690
Tester / QA	144	78	14,460	18,480	20,790
Office worker	68	35	4,853	5,208	5,500
Waiter / barista	75	37	5,200	5,275	5,500
Consultant	72	36	4,806	4,950	6,025
Cook	50	25	5,000	6,000	6,552
Warehouse worker	88	40	5,288	5,748	6,500
Mechanic	71	37	5,000	6,500	7,500
Data analyst	51	32	15,405	19,160	21,840
Electrician	79	44	5,544	7,308	13,440
Graphic / UX designer	24	18	8,125	14,500	16,800

n/a: fewer than 10 ads with a salary, too few for a median.

Cities compared

Job ads and salaries by city, as of 13 October 2026
City	Ads	Share of dataset	With salary	Highest median	Lowest median
Warsaw	8,491	43.4%	49.5%	Software developer, 21,000 PLN	Consultant, 5,000 PLN
Kraków	3,392	17.3%	49.1%	Software developer, 20,160 PLN	Consultant, 4,850 PLN
Wrocław	3,070	15.7%	51.4%	Software developer, 19,900 PLN	Consultant, 5,000 PLN
Poznań	2,250	11.5%	47.2%	Software developer, 19,000 PLN	Consultant, 5,000 PLN
Gdańsk	2,380	12.2%	51.3%	Software developer, 20,160 PLN	Consultant, 4,950 PLN

Who hires the most

Employers with the most ads in the dataset. We count the top eight employers of every occupation and city pair; an ad filed under two occupations or cities counts in each.

Employers with the most job ads, as of 13 October 2026
Employer	Ads	Occupations
EPAM Systems	259	Software developer, Tester / QA
Link Group	229	Software developer, Project manager, Tester / QA, Data analyst
EduGO P.S.A.	172	Cashier / sales assistant, Customer service, Consultant
Hebe - Jeronimo Martins	128	Cashier / sales assistant, Consultant, Warehouse worker
Upvanta sp. z o.o.	120	Software developer, Project manager, Tester / QA, Data analyst
emagine Polska	119	Software developer, Project manager, Tester / QA, Data analyst, Graphic / UX designer
Edge One Solutions Sp. z o.o	107	Software developer, Tester / QA, Graphic / UX designer
ASTEK Polska	94	Software developer, Project manager, Tester / QA, Consultant, Data analyst
B2Bnetwork	87	Software developer, Project manager, Tester / QA, Data analyst, Graphic / UX designer
DCG	79	Software developer, Project manager, Tester / QA, Data analyst

Methodology

Data source: Apply4Me's job index, which collects ads every day from 50+ job boards and company career pages. The figures come from Apply4Me's public API (GET /seo-jobs), backed by a view refreshed daily at 03:30 UTC. This edition shows the state on 13 October 2026.
What counts: Ads active on the snapshot date and located in Poland, for 19 occupations and 5 cities (95 occupation and city pairs). The occupation is matched on words in the ad title. The same ad posted on several boards counts once (same title, same employer).
Salaries: Computed from the lower end of the salary range in the ad, converted to PLN a month, so the medians are conservative. Amounts outside 2,000 to 100,000 PLN a month are dropped (usually a data entry error). Quartiles and the median are shown only where at least 10 ads state a salary.
Limits: An ad with several locations counts in each of those cities, and an ad matching two occupations (say, tester and developer) counts in both, so totals of different rows can overlap. Contract types are not separated: for B2B contracts the amount in an ad is usually the net invoice rate. The dataset covers ads published on job boards, not the whole labour market.

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The CSV file has 95 rows (occupation and city) with the number of ads, ads with a salary, the quartiles and the median. It is published under CC BY 4.0: you may reuse it, commercially too, with credit to Apply4Me.

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Citing this report

Apply4Me, "The Polish job market, Q4 2026: offers and salaries", data as of 13 October 2026, https://www.apply4me.io/en/job-market-report, licensed CC BY 4.0.

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