DALLAS, June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In the past year, growth of the global services market, which comprises global revenues of US$198 billion, remained modest overall?5 to 7 percent in 2017 as compared to 6 to 8 percent in 2016. However, some key pockets are growing faster than the overall market: nearshore and onshore, in-house models, digital services, and engineering services being key examples, according to Everest Group, which published this week its annual report on the global services locations.
Global services delivery is increasingly being characterized by nearshoring. While Asia Pacific has been the global services location leader in terms of revenue, nearshore geographies, particularly Nearshore Europe, are growing rapidly due to availability of complex skills, increased regulatory oversight and multi-lingual skills. The share of Nearshore Europe in terms of revenue reached 14 to 19 percent in 2017, up from 8 to 13 percent in 2014. Ireland, Poland and Scotland are the top delivery locations, followed by Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Portugal.
Also, reshoring continues to grow amidst the increasing needs for data protection and portfolio optimization. In fact, 52 percent of the setups of the top 20 global service providers were onshore in 2016-2017, as compared to 32 percent in 2012-2013.
"Two more global services trends worthy of note are the shifts we're seeing in functions and sourcing models," said Anurag Srivastava, vice president and director of the Global Sourcing practice at Everest Group. "At a functional level, engineering and R&D services and especially IT services dominated the global services industry across all geographies, with Nearshore Europe showing significant growth in this regard. Specifically, the percentage of new center setups in Nearshore Europe for engineering /R&D services jumped from 18 to 25 percent from 2014 to 2017, while the percentage of setups for IT services jumped from 41 percent to 56 percent.
"With respect to sourcing models, global in-house centers are taking center stage, representing US$48-52 billion and employing more than 1.2 million FTEs in 2017," continued Srivastava. "For the first time since 2014, GICs surpassed service providers in terms of new center setups, accounting for 53 percent of all new center setups. This is being driven primarily by the digital delivery mandates of enterprises, including small and mid-sized enterprises, who are leveraging GICs for digital services such as analytics, social media, mobile, cloud, artificial intelligence, service delivery automation and blockchain."
Since 2014, the total number of new center setups for digital services (including setups by GICs and service providers) has jumped 105 percent, from 91 in the 2014-2015 period to 187 between 2016 and 2017.
Looking to 2018 and beyond, Everest Group expects the market to remain in flux and offers these predictions:
Additional research findings and predictions are discussed in "Global Locations Annual Report 2018: Service Delivery Portfolios in a Disrupted World," a comprehensive guide to understanding the nuances of the global services locations landscape and interpreting locations-related developments. This research offers insights into the size and growth of the global services market, updates of locations activity, changes in risk profiles of locations, and an analysis of the relative maturity, arbitrage and potential of locations for multiple functions.
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About Everest Group
Everest Group is a consulting and research firm focused on strategic IT, business services, engineering services, and sourcing. We are trusted advisors to senior executives of leading enterprises, providers, and investors. Our firm helps clients improve operational and financial performance through a hands-on process that supports them in making well-informed decisions that deliver high-impact results and achieve sustained value. Our insight and guidance empower clients to improve organizational efficiency, effectiveness, agility and responsiveness. What sets Everest Group apart is the integration of deep sourcing knowledge, problem-solving skills and original research. Details and in-depth content are available at http://www.everestgrp.com.
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