The basis of the country's scientific and technological development is in the following branches of Ukrainian economy: aircraft industry, shipbuilding, missile and tank engineering (Ukraine is among the five countries in the world with a closed cycle of tank manufacturing), bio-technologies, radio-electronics, low temperatures physics, nuclear physics, communication and telecommunication. The Ukrainian aerospace and defense industry, which includes more than 500 military enterprises and research institutes, is known for its state-of-the-art technology and production of reliable equipment.
About IT Industry Market at Ukraine.
The Ukrainian IT-Export Industry Market Overview
Source:
AVentures /
Market-Visio /
Gartner
There are about 300 companies in
Ukraine involved in
IT-export business.
30% of them have been established during last three years. 30% of
Ukrainian IT companies have been working in the
IT-export industry for about 10 years. Around 20-25 of Ukrainian companies are "public" (or known) and are mainly located in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk. There are around 200 small companies and independent
software developers' groups, whose market share amounts to
50%. Practically in
Ukraine there are no development centers for large corporations, but there are plenty of development centers for smaller companies, which are often not incorporated as such.
The volume of Ukrainian IT-services exports in 2003 is estimated to be $70M. It has increased by 40% in comparison with 2002.
In Ukraine, the average monthly salary of production personnel involved in IT-services and products exports software production ranges from $300 to $1,500, and the management salaries range from $500 to $2,500.
Taking into account salaries growth dynamics in Russian companies involved in IT services and products export business, we can say that in Ukraine average salary in the companies engaged in the export business is 30-50% lower compared to Russian companies.
Also Ukraine possesses competitive advantage in costs comparatively with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which will be joining European Union in 2004.
