Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Western Europe’s Outsourcing Trends

Western Europe, the second largest outsourcing market after the US, is characterized by a pretty diverse behavior in terms of software development outsourcing habits. The latest trends and key similarities and differences in ITO engagement were recently highlighted in a report by an independent IT outsourcing (ITO) research and advisory company IT Sourcing Europe. The report is based on a comparison analysis of corporate outsourcing behaviors in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Austria.

Below are some thought-provoking findings for nearshore and offshore software vendors:

1. Regarding the most popular outsourcing destinations in 2010, the majority of the UK and Dutch companies (23% and 29% respectively) outsource their software/web development offshore (i.e. India, China, Philippines, Pakistan, etc.), while most of Danish (34%), German (37%), Swiss (41%), and Austrian (32%) companies prefer nearshoring when it comes to outsourcing software development (Eastern Europe and the Baltic states are among the most popular destinations).

2. Regarding the future outsourcing destinations, the equal number of the UK outsourcers (28% and 28% respectively) will place their software development function nearshore and offshore; the majority of Dutch companies will be sourcing nearshore (27%), while Danish, German, Swiss, and Austrian companies will continue outsourcing nearshore (25%, 31%, 32%, and 30% respectively).

3. Regarding the actual savings from the outsourced development, most of the UK (36%) and Danish (27%) companies save 40% to 59% of their operating costs, while majority of Swiss (35%), German (38%), Dutch (28%), and Austrian (31%) companies manage to save 10% to 24% from their outsourced development.

More interesting findings will be available in the European ITO Intelligence Report 2010 to be released in December 2010.

Source: IT Sourcing Europe

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