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IT salaries, e-commerce, IT services exports and Central Asia venture market.

  • IT trends in Kazakhstan 2026
  • IT salaries: statistics
  • IT specialist shortage
  • Professions disappearing by 2030
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Stories of Kazakh startup founders, mistake analyses, investment advice.

  • Kazakh startup success stories
  • How to attract first investments
  • Common founder mistakes
  • Finding a mentor
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B2B IT case analysis

Implementing ERP, CRM and AI agents in Kazakh business. Numbers, ROI, mistakes.

  • ERP implementation in Kazakhstan
  • How to choose CRM
  • Outsourcing vs in-house IT
  • Migration to 1C 8.3
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Kazakhstan IT salaries 2026

Fresh data on junior–senior brackets and AI specialists.

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Top Kazakh startups

Kaspi, Choco, Higgsfield and others — who's moving the market now.

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Attracting investments

Pre-seed, seed, series A: how Kazakh founders close rounds.

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ERP implementation

Real cases: 1C, SAP, Bitrix — timelines, prices, typical failures.

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Choosing sales CRM

Comparing Bitrix24, AmoCRM and foreign solutions for Kazakh business.
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+What are IT salaries in Kazakhstan in 2026?
By HR agency and DOU.kz community reviews: junior developer — 350–700 thousand tenge, mid-level — 700–1,500 thousand tenge, senior — 1,500–3,000+ thousand tenge. AI/ML specialists earn 20–40% more than base market. Remote work for foreign companies ($2,500–6,000) is the highest tier.
+Which IT professions will disappear by 2030?
Professions with routine, automatable tasks: manual testing (replaced by automation + AI), basic first-line support (AI agents), data entry, basic HTML markup, simple copywriting. New roles: prompt engineer, AI ethics specialist, AI red team, MLOps engineer.
+How to attract first investments in an IT startup in Kazakhstan?
Basic route: 1) Get Astana Hub residency. 2) Apply for pre-seed grants from QazTech Ventures, MOST Ventures, ECDF. 3) Look for angels through the community (Demo Day, meetups). 4) Make a strong 10–12 slide pitch deck. Don't apply for Series A without an MVP and users.
+What are the most successful Kazakh IT startups?
By capitalization/revenue — Kaspi (fintech, LSE IPO), Choco/Choco Up (foodtech), Avtoelon.kz, Krisha.kz. Among younger ones — Doc24 (telemedicine), Higgsfield (AI video, US exit), inDriver, SmartSatu. Astana Hub has 1500+ residents in total.
+What's more profitable: outsourcing or in-house IT?
Depends on stage and task regularity. For one-off projects outsourcing is 2–3x cheaper. For ongoing development on 12+ months — in-house is economically justified. Hybrid model: core (tech lead + 2–3 key developers) — in-house, peaks — outstaffing. This reduces burnout risk.
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