As a part of DC tech community we feel it is our obligation to bring some value in return and help local companies stay ahead of the competition. We have spent several months going through numerous Gartner reports, pulling data from a number of global indexes and creating a weighted scoring model for top R&D locations across the globe. We have analysed pricing from more than 60 software service providers world-wide and hired a graphics designer to created a visual tool that helps C-Level executives make the right decisions for them. You are able to see and compare such indicators like attrition rates, billing rates, compatibility issues and other vital parameters world-wide. Alex Kalinovsky CEO @AgileEngine Vlad Kitaynik VP of Solutions @AgileEngine

1. GLOBAL TALENT MAP
MARKET STUDY COMPARING TOP WORLD TECHNOLOGY
HOTSPOTS FROM US PERSPECTIVE
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Will be the average time to hire a senior developer if your
company name is not Google or Facebook.
3-5 months to hire
To increase your chances of hiring great
people you may consider perks like:
• Free food
• Bowling nights
• Company cruise
• Sign-on bonus
But…
… you will still struggle to find
local people

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Loaded cost for a good us
developer can be more
than $90 per hour.
Can you afford it?
So building local development team is
an expensive adventure.

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Finding talent
Outsourcing some of the work globally
can be solution to both:
Controlling costs.AND

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That’s how many IT companies in US outsource.
Total number of U.S. jobs outsourced in 2011 - 2,273,392
Percent of IT Companies in US that outsource - 43%
Almost Half
44%
34% 31% 28%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Reduce or control costs Gain access to IT
resources unavailable
internally
Free up internal
resources
Improve business or
customer focus
TOP 4 reasons why companies outsource
Sources: Statistic Brain; Deloitte.

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Gartner’s list of leading locations to offshore IT services
TOP 30 Outsourcing Locations
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Mexico
Peru
Uruguay
Source: Gartner, Inc.
Bangladesh
China
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Ukraine
Mauritius
Morocco
South Africa
Turkey
Americas Asia/Pacific Central & Eastern
Europe
Africa & Middle
East

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We built a weighted model based Gartner research and World Indexes. We added IT-
specific metrics like Attrition Rate, Time Zone Overlap, Graduates in Science and
Engineering and Education Quality.
Evaluation Model Criteria
Source: Gartner, Inc.

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Environment and Infrastructure
Source: The Global Innovation Index 2013
Political
Environment, %
Business
Environment, %
Education
Quality, %
Infrastructure, %
US 79.3 84.2 61.1 52.5
Brazil 56.9 36.6 30.3 37.2
Mexico 50.3 75.8 31.9 35.5
Argentina 59.8 49.1 36.7 35
Colombia 47.7 74.9 26.8 42.2
China 39.2 55.5 40.6 39.8
Philippines 42.5 42.6 18.1 29.5
India 44.4 47.7 21.7 27.5
Malaysia 64.3 76.6 39.7 43.1
Poland 78.9 69.7 37.6 38
Hungary 72 67.8 40.2 44.1
Russia 42.9 68 44.1 37.2
Ukraine 47.2 47.3 37.9 26
Romania 59.5 60.1 29.5 42.8
Czech Republic 83.2 68.1 45.7 49

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Culture Compatibility and English
proficiency. Education and Privacy/Security.
Sources: The Global Innovation Index 2013; English Proficiency Index 2012; Gartner Research; InformationWeek; Big Four
accounting firms, Hay Group; Outsourcing Institute; NearshoreAmericas; Global Outsourcing Information Inc
Graduates in
science and
engineering, %
English Proficiency
Index
Cultural
Compatibility
Data and IP Security
and Privacy
US 15.5 98 4 4
Brazil 11.3 46.8 3 1
Mexico 25.4 48.6 3 3
Argentina 13.5 55.4 2 1
Colombia 22.3 45 2 1
China 11.3 49 2 0
Philippines 24.3 60.1 3 1
India 11.1 57.4 3 2
Malaysia 36.7 57.9 2 1
Poland 15.7 59 3 2
Hungary 15.6 60.3 3 2
Russia 28.1 52.7 2 1
Ukraine 26.3 58.7 3 2
Romania 17.1 47.1 2 2
Czech Republic 23.4 59.9 3 3

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Attrition Rate
Sources: Hay Group; Outsourcing Institute; Nearshore Americas; Global Outsourcing Information Inc; The Malaysian
Employers Federation (MEF), etc.
54% of Indian workers are seriously considering
leaving their jobs and 66% of whose who under
age 24 are looking to leave, despite being highly
satisfied with their organization
Attrition Rate, %
Brazil 15
Mexico 12
Argentina 25
Colombia 18
China 26.6
Philippines 19
India 26.9
Malaysia 15.9
Poland 15
Hungary 14.8
Russia 10.2
Ukraine 11.1
Romania 15.6
Czech Republic 14.8
Hiring of wrong employee can cost your business
up to $60,000.

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Labor Pool of Software Developers
Sources: LinkedIn Corp, Wall Street Journal
75% of engineering graduates in
India are globally unemployable.
While in China only 10% of
qualified Chinese engineers could
be considered globally employable.
Java .NET Mobile TOTAL
US 238 000 101 000 71 000 1 420 000
Brazil 16 000 6 200 2 900 129 000
Mexico 3 000 1 600 600 30 000
Argentina 4 800 2 800 900 26 000
Colombia 1 200 600 200 16 000
China 8 500 2 100 2 400 101 000
Philippines 2 800 1 100 700 62 900
India 154 000 53 000 22 000 1 128 000
Malaysia 1 800 700 300 17 000
Poland 6 700 2 900 1 400 28 300
Hungary 5 700 1 900 1 400 6 500
Russia 14 300 6 200 3 900 32 500
Ukraine 5 800 3 900 2 000 26 100
Romania 4 800 2 300 1 100 23 800
Czech Republic 2 300 1 100 550 10 100

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Hourly Bill Rates
Source: Data is taken based on research made on more than 60 companies world-wide.
Junior Developer Middle Developer Senior Developer
Average
US $45 per hour $68 per hour $105 per hour
Brazil $38 $44 $50
Mexico $26 $35 $44
Argentina $40 $45 $51
Colombia $41 $45 $58
China $16 $20 $25
Philippines $15 $21 $26
India $16 $20 $24
Malaysia $20 $22 $25
Poland $29 $36 $44
Hungary $27 $35 $41
Russia $27 $31 $40
Ukraine $27 $36 $41
Romania $29 $37 $44
Czech Republic $28 $37 $42

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Time Zone Overlap
Source: http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
AM PM
Time to
coop.
Eight to Six EST
East Coast 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
West Coast 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7
Nine to Five for Latin America
Brazil 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8
Mexico 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8
Argentina 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8
Colombia 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8
Ten to Six for Asia
China 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0
Philippines 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0
India 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2
Malaysia 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0
Ten to Six for Eastern Europe
Poland 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 5
Hungary 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 5
Russia 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3
Ukraine 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 4
Romania 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 4
Czech Republic 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 5

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Scenario #1.
Fixed requirements and cost matters most.
If you have a well-defined project without necessity in daily communications and low
cost is most important, then India, China and Malaysia are best choices.
Evaluation Criteria Weight
Education Quality 2
Cost 10
Time Zone Overlap 1
Political Environment 1
Business Environment 1
Graduates in science and
engineering,
2
Infrastructure 2
Developers available 6
Cultural Compatibility 1
Attrition Rate 1
Data and IP Security and
Privacy
1
English Proficiency Index 2

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Scenario #2.
Agile process and outcome matters most.
If you use agile development with daily communications in a location with well-
educated engineers who stick around, then your best choices are Mexico, Czech
Republic and Ukraine.
Evaluation Criteria Weight
Education Quality 5
Cost 6
Time Zone Overlap 8
Political Environment 1
Business Environment 1
Graduates in science and
engineering,
7
Infrastructure 1
Developers available 5
Cultural Compatibility 6
Attrition Rate 10
Data and IP Security and
Privacy
3
English Proficiency Index 5

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Asia has the lowest cost and largest population, but attrition rate is high and
challenges with communication.
Highest overall score: India. Cost savings – 65-75%
Cheapest but highest per cent of turnover, inconvenient time zone for agile
communications.
Asia winners
India is #2 (after US)
among all countries in
Global IT IQ Report.
Walmart alone
outsources $1 billion in
IT contracts to India.

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Latin America presents the best time zone and geo proximity but does not have a very
mature technology market yet and is not high on innovation.
Highest overall score: Mexico. Cost savings 55-65%
Best time zone and reasonable billing rates but recently experienced some violence.
Latin America winners
Expect just a 3 to 6
hours flight when visiting
your Mexican team.
Mexico is part of NAFTA
which makes it easy to
do business with

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Eastern Europe is close culturally and has highly skilled and innovative developers,
but the timezone allows only half-day interaction.
Highest overall score: Czech Republic and Ukraine. Cost savings – 50-60%
Middle of the road timezone and highest quality developers but not the lowest rates.
Eastern Europe winners
IBM chose Prague as the
location for its HQs from which
it would direct its activities in
Central and Eastern Europe.
Ukraine is the 2nd Most Master
Level Certified Nation after US
according to Brainbench.

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Reach out to us at
info@agileengine.com
if you have any questions.

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References
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020340550457
6603073952835408.html
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http://www.statisticbrain.com/outsourcing-statistics-by-country/
4. Deloitte’s 2012 Global Outsourcing and Insourcing
Surveyhttp://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/2012/09/18/outsourcing-
becoming-standard-business-strategy-for-many-companies/
5. Gartner Reports
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/1500514
6. Gartner Says Alternative Offshore Locations for IT Services
Are Emerging as Global Delivery Models
Evolvehttp://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2177915
7. Computer Weekly
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/outsourcing/2012/09/in
dias-dominance-as-offshore-it-location-being-diluted.html
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http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/freepublications/en/econ
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despite-the-graduate-glut/
11. Outsourcing Institute
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overseas
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http://www.haygroup.com/in/press/Details.aspx?ID=37383
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http://www.humanresourcesonline.net/news/31092
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http://www.mef.org.my/library/MC_MEFinthenews/SunStar120
219a.pdf