Outsourcing to Pakistan
oConomy: Live info and charts on global outsourcing trends in Pakistan. View trends by skill, industry growth and popular IT and admin providers.
Pakistan is a hot new offshore information technology destination because of a combination of favorable economic circumstances. Funds invested into building educational institutions in Pakistan (when there were not enough jobs to absorb all the graduates from those institutions) are paying off as Pakistan begins to field a modern, highly productive labor force that is the envy of more prosperous but less tech savvy nations elsewhere in the region. Pakistan has a large English-speaking population and a huge community of emigres with experience in technology. It has a culture that values education and hard work. Pakistan may face a shortage of IT workers. Over 75,000 people work in the sector today, and the government believes a further 7,000 will be needed each year to keep the industry growing at current rates.
| Total Providers: | Average Hourly Rate Charge: | Average Feedback Score: |
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| 11,218 | $10.60 | 4.45 |
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- Population:
- 164 Million
- National:
- Urdu (156M speakers)
- Official:
- English (15M speakers)
- February 5
- National Solidarity Day
- March 23
- Pakistan Islamic Republic Day
- May 1
- Labour Day
- August 14
- Independence Day
- September 6
- Defence Day
- November 9
- Birthday of Sir Muhammad Iqbal
- December 24
- Christmas Eve
- December 24
- Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam
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mariaumar 29 posts - Pakistan - Joined Jan 16 2009
Whatever you do please don't start with "Great job, Pakistanis" or something similar. This is pathetic. Just compare the feedback score with the hourly rate and you'll know what I mean. The blue line is wayyyy below the red line in the rate graph. There are assignments that state in their qualification criteria they'll work with people who bid between $1 and $3 an hour and what's even more awful is that providers flock to bid many of them being from here. If you guys don't raise the bar for your services I really don't see how the rate graph is ever gonna go up. I don't want to sound judgmental and it's great we can work at lower rates and be fighters and all that blah blah but it's about time we gave ourselves a little more credit than $1 an hour of a job so well done the buyer can't help but give us all stars.