May 27, 2011 (Powerhomebiz.com) The volume of Russian web-development and site support market totaled 9.72 billion rubles in 2010. This figure is 35% higher than during the same period last year. These figures are taken from the new study of CMS Magazine analytical portal and Rating Runet Project.
The study is based on a survey conducted by CMS Magazine among the leaders of 400 Web Studios, and the data collected within Rating Runet Project. The main topics of them are market volume of web development, site development costs and the levels of specialists’ salaries.
According to this research there are about 2,300 web studios that work in Russia. Most companies are concentrated in capital cities and regions with high penetration of broadband Internet access. 32% of all web developers’ offices are located in Moscow, 11% of companies are registered in St. Petersburg, 5% in Yekaterinburg, 4% in Novosibirsk and 2-3% (or 40-60 web studios) are located in other Russian cities millionaires.
Compared with last year the average cost of site development services has slightly decreased. According to experts, there are 2 main reasons for this. Firstly, after the crisis in the market the number of companies focused on work at the lowest prices has increased. This category has always been present in the market, but price sensitivity of customers, which had increased after the crisis 2009, significantly increased the number of dumping studios. Secondly, in 2010, many market participants have adjusted their price-lists, designating as official positions those quotations, which in 2009 had been made ”off the record” in the form of significant discounts on initial prices.
At the same time, the majority of respondents (60%) expect increase of prices for web development services in the near future.
According to forecasts of the survey participants, the market for web development in Russia in 2011 could grow by 40% to 13.65 billion rubles. This may happen by the increase of average check for site development, as well as due to the growth of individual economics segments, which gradually return to pre-crisis level and will increase the budgets for the development of new and ongoing Internet projects.
Full version of research in Russian is available at Rating Runet site: http://www.ratingruneta.ru/research/web2010 , and its data can be analyzed with the help of a convenient interactive tool: http://www.ratingruneta.ru/research / webanalytics2010 .
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