2011 to see increase in IT outsourcing

by paystream.co.uk

Limited company contractors working in the UK’s IT sector could notice a growing demand for their services over the next 12 months.

The Information Technology Industry Development Agency has forecast that IT outsourcing will rise significantly over the next year, techeye.net reported.

Indeed, the organisation has claimed that the sector could increase the number of outsourced projects in the country by 600 per cent during the period.

Commenting on the figures, Eric Simonson, managing partner at the Everest Group, told the news provider: "The European global sourcing market has assumed an increasing significance over the past few years, spreading across countries, verticals and services.

"The potential is huge; we estimate the European global sourcing opportunity to be US $250-300 billion (£155-186 billion)."

This could come as a further boost to contractors working in the industry after a report by JobsAdWatch.co.uk revealed that demand for such workers has increased over the last three months.

Figures for the previous quarter have shown that the number of job adverts for IT contractors increased by 13.3 per cent.

Tags: development, IT, offshore, outsourcing, software

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