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A CEO's Guide to the AI Specialist Market in CEE

The AI Talent Frontier

This report is for you if:

    • You are a CTO, CEO, or Head of Engineering looking to scale your AI capabilities and build a competitive, world-class tech team.
    • You are an HR Director or Talent Acquisition Leader tasked with finding and attracting top-tier AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science specialists in a competitive global market.
    • You are an Investor or Market Analyst evaluating the innovation potential and financial viability of the CEE technology ecosystem.
    • You are a Startup Founder or a Software House Manager aiming to leverage a highly skilled talent pool to accelerate your product development and gain a market edge.
    • You are looking for a recruitment agency specializing in AI and Data Science hiring.

Who uses our data and reports?

  • CTOs, Tech Leaders, and Talent Acquisition Managers building top engineering teams.
  • Global decision-makers and scale-ups planning European expansion.
  • Leaders shaping CEE nearshoring strategies for a talent advantage.
  • Hiring managers benchmarking AI salaries to craft competitive offers.

Planning to hire an AI, ML, or Data specialist?

Entrust recruitment to the experts from Next Technology Professionals:

    • We have access to unique market data and a wide base of candidates active in the AI/ML/Data industry.
    • We build high-impact teams: We successfully recruited the NLP team that created a chatbot automating 60% of customer inquiries for a major e-commerce client.
    • We understand the roles you need: We have a proven track record of placing specialists like Machine Learning Engineers, Data Scientists, and AI Architects in key automation and data prediction projects across Europe.
    • We helped create a survey and collect data for the “State of Warsaw AI 2024” report. Our CEO, Dominik Jurek, provided two expert comments for this publication. Moreover, we also write about AI in our 2025 Report in a separate chapter.
    • In July 2025, we also published a comprehensive report on the job market and salaries in AI, Data, and Machine Learning in Poland, available here.

    What will you find in our guide?

    • CEE vs. California Salary Benchmark: exclusive comparison for key AI roles

    • CEE Talent Pool & Top 10 Cities

    • AI Talent Quality & English Proficiency

    • The CEO’s Playbook: strategic guide for entering the CEE market

    • A concrete cost-savings analysis