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Capability Creativity Maturity

14 September 2011

Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgarian Association of Software Companies (BASSCOM)

Bulgarian IT Industry

Barometer 2011

www.basscom.org www.basscom.eu

Introduction

Participants

Financial Statistics

Human Resources

Forecasts

Contents


Overview

Bulgarian IT Industry Barometer 2011

• Third edition of the Bulgarian IT Industry Barometer

• Provides statistics for the period 2008-2010, and forecasts for 2011

• Conducted by GOPA Consultants, Germany for the Bulgarian Association of Software Companies (BASSCOM)

• Survey conducted in the period March – May 2011

• Participants: 38 BASSCOM and Bulgarian Web Association (WBA) member companies


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Participants

Barometer participants represent ~1/3 of the Bulgarian software industry

*Data provided by the Bulgarian National Statistics Institute (NSI) for sector Software development (code 62.01) for 2009

** Data provided by Barometer participants for 2009

NSI* Barometer**

Barometer

as % of NSI

Total sales (BGN 000s) 428,809 163,313 38%

# Employees 7,955 2,489 31%


Participants by Stakeholder

• 74% of the companies have a majority of Bulgarian ownership

• 13% of the companies have stakeholder control outside Bulgaria

• The same number of companies (13%) work only for their parent company

Bulgarian 74%

Foreign 13%

Branch 13%


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Average Sales

Average sales per company (BGN 000’s):

• 2.6% increase between 2008 and 2009

• 5.3% increase from 2009 to 2010

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

2008 2009 2010

4,548 4,666 4,911


Average Profit

Average net profit per company (BGN 000’s):

• 3%-increase from 2009 to 2010

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

2008 2009 2010

366 472

486


Export

Export (% of Total Sales)

• ~ 50% of total sales come from exports

• Distribution between Domestic market and Export is rather stable through the years

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2008 2009

2010

Export

Domestic


Export Destinations

Export destinations (% of exports):

• Approx. 60% to Europe (declining)

• Approx. 35% to North America (increasing)

18

16

16

9

11

11

18

17

17

16

16

12

33

35

36

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

2008

2009

2010

German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

Scandinavian countries

UK

Rest of Western Europe

Central and Eastern Europe

North America (USA, Canada)

Rest of the world


Export by Product/Service

Export Product/Service (% of exports):

• Increasing share of software product exports indicates a mature IT industry

25

26

28

72

73

71

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

2008

2009

2010

Software products Software services Hardware products Services for hardware products


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Number of Employees

Number of employees

• NSI – data provide by the National Statistics Institute for sector Software development (code 62.01). No data for 2010.

• Barometer respondents – number of employees remains unchanged from 2009 to 2010.

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

2007 2008 2009 2010

NSI Barometer


Salary Change

Average monthly salaries change (%) :

• +5.9% (2009/08), +2.3% (2010/09), and +8.1% total

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10%

2009/2008

2010/2009

2010/2008

5.9%

2.3%

8.1%


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Sales Projections 2011

Sales projections - expected change in 2011 compared to 2010 (% of respondents)

• Overall positive expectation for sales (domestic market and exports): 81% of companies expect growth in total sales for 2011

• Most (54%) expect a moderate increase of up to 15%

19% 19%

18%

15%

31%

50%

54%

23%

18%

12%

8%

14%

15%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Domestic Market

Export

Total

-25% or more -10% to -25%

Up to -10% Same Level (± 0%)

Up to +15% +15% to +50%

More than +50%


Employee Projections 2011

Expected change in number of employees for 2011 compared to 2010 (% of respondents)

• Majority (70%) expect an increase in the number of employees:

• Most (44%) forecast an increase of up to 10%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

-50% -25% -10% ± 0% +10% +25% +50%

3% 3% 3%

22%

44%

19%

6%


Salary Projections 2011

Change in average salaries in 2011 compared to 2010 (% of respondents)

• IT Specialists

• 87% of companies expect an increase in the salaries of IT Specialists, ¾ forecast increase up to 10%

• Non-IT professions: companies expect less change

NO company expects decrease of salaries.

IT Specialists

Others

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

-50% -25%

-10% ± 0%

+10% +25%

+50%

13%

75%

13%


Expected Impact of External Factors

Most influential factors:

• Economic situation, both global and domestic

• HR Market

47%

44%

38%

19%

38%

28%

47%

53%

75%

63%

25%

9%

9%

6%

Global Economic situation

National Economic situation

HR Market

Intensified Competition

Government policy

Negative (-)

Neutral (=)

Positive (+)

Capability Creativity Maturity

Georgi Zahariev

Board Member,

BASSCOM

Thank you for the attention!

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