This article presents a study of psychological predictors of proactive behavior of specialists in the field of information technology. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were set: to analyze the literature data on the activities of IT - specialists, to study predictors of proactive behavior of IT-specialists, to analyze the literature data on the problem of motivation; to study the profile of professional motivation of specialists in the field of information technology. As the methods of study were used the author's biographical questionnaire, the method of "The possibility of realization of motives" (V. I. Dominiak, E. A. Rodionova), questionnaire Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) (R. Schwarzer and M. Erusalem, adapted by Romek V. G.), the method of " Assessment of job satisfaction " (V. A. Rozanova), the method of "Life aspirations as the personality construct" (E. Deci and R. Ryan, adapted by T. D. Vasylenko) and Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS, Diener et al., in the adaptation of Aspen and L