Even as the employment market looks bleak in many sectors, software developers from across the globe continue to see favorable hiring prospects.
Data from oDesk shows increasing demand for roles such as Facebook developers and PHP developers to work on a variety of projects.
In a column on InternetEvolution.com, Xuefei (Michael) Peng describes how China is gaining on India in the realm of outsourced software development services.
The market for software outsourcing in China could reach $9 billion by 2012, and the industry has grown more than 40 percent over the past three years, Peng writes.
However, some of the challenges faced by the country’s software outsourcing providers in the next few years include managing quality, maintaining talent levels and handling growth, he adds.
The Chinese government recently announced some additional financial incentives meant to help boost the nation’s outsourcing industry and bring more business from abroad.
Over the past year, government-backed initiatives have seen software outsourcing organizations expand from Beijing and Shanghai into other cities including Shenyang, Chengdu and Jinan, according to Peng.