The most popular professions on the online education market in Russia have been named

According to the results of the study, the professions of greatest interest in the IT field are:

programmer-developer, tester and systemanalyst - these areas are chosen by 41%, 24%, 17% of respondents. Fewer users chose professions: project manager in development (11%), product manager in development (9%), architect (9%), DevOps developer (7%), technical director (5%). 

Among the various areas in the development andIT respondents most often chose web development, Python and Java - 31%, 30% and 26% respectively. At the same time, 19.1% of respondents were going to study artificial intelligence.

The design profession is in demand among27% of respondents. The respondents also considered professions: art director (10%), project manager in design (9%), product manager in design (8%), computer graphics artist (8%), design director (7%).

Among the various directions in designthose of greatest interest were web design (31%), graphic design (26%) and 3D modeling (22%). In marketing, respondents most often preferred the professions of marketer (23%), SMM manager (21%) and online advertising specialist (18%).

Most in User Marketingplatforms  interested in Internet marketing, targeted advertising and web analytics - 30%, 24% and 17% of respondents expressed a desire to develop in these areas.

What other directions are chosen by the respondents

Among the additional areas in whichrespondents would like to develop in 2022; users noted intelligence and memory, psychology, innovative technologies - they were chosen by 31%, 30% and 28% of respondents, respectively. Over the year, interest in them has grown significantly - by 5%, 9% and 3%, respectively. At the same time, in 2023, the top 3 areas in demand among the audience, in addition to psychology and intelligence, also included the creation and development of business - 36% were interested in this area in 2023, which is 9% more than in 2022. 

A significant increase in interest was noted in the fieldart (18% in 2022 compared to 24% in 2023). In addition, over the year, interest in the development of personality and relationships increased by 6% and 5% - in 2023, 33% and 19% of respondents would like to develop in these areas, respectively.

Learning objectives

Every fourth respondent (26%) in 2023The main goal of training was to master a new profession (26%). Every tenth person named an additional source of income (part-time job) as their main goal  — 10%. 

Interestingly, in 2022, 9% of respondentssought to completely change the field of activity, while in 2023 this goal was mentioned 3% less often. At the same time, in 2023, platform users were 2% more likely to want to find their first job with the help of training.

To study right after school

The majority of respondents, both a year ago and in 2023, want to start online learning in the near future: this was noted by 46% and 47%, respectively. 

In addition, over the year there has been an increase in the numberplatform users who view training as a starting education. Thus, the number of school graduates among respondents increased by 4% (12% in 2022 and 16% in 2023). There are also significantly more college graduates among platform users - their number increased from 16% to 21% over the year. 

It is also interesting that while already at school, users are considering learning on the platform - the number of respondents who have not yet completed school has increased from 5% to 9% over the year.

Portrait of respondents

More than 338,000 people took part in the surveyrespondents aged 18 to 55 years. Among them, 52% are men and 48% are women. The main age group interested in online education is people from 20 to 30 years old (36%). 

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