{ "name": "Jobcardo Software Outsourcing Rate Index", "title": "Software Outsourcing Rate Index", "url": "https://jobcardo.com/datasets/software-outsourcing-rate-index/", "csv": "https://jobcardo.com/datasets/software-outsourcing-rate-index.csv", "markdown": "https://jobcardo.com/datasets/software-outsourcing-rate-index/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-19", "license": "https://jobcardo.com/terms", "headline": "The median published figure in the Software Outsourcing Rate Index is 26 USD across 2 sources' own pages (range 22 to 30 USD), read 12 September 2026.", "quotes": [ "The median published figure in the Software Outsourcing Rate Index is 26 USD across 2 sources' own pages (range 22 to 30 USD), read 12 September 2026.", "2 of the 18 named sources read in full publish a figure; 16 publish none, read 12 September 2026." ], "citation": "\"Jobcardo Software Outsourcing Rate Index\", updated 2026-10-19, https://jobcardo.com/datasets/software-outsourcing-rate-index/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "USD", "n": 2, "median": 26, "min": 22, "max": 30, "p25": null, "p75": null, "mean": 26, "units": { "USD": 2 }, "published_sources": 2, "named_sources": 19, "read_sources": 18, "not_published": 16, "published_share": 0.111 }, "by_axis": {}, "rows": [ { "source": "Codebridge outsourcing rates", "url": "https://www.codebridge.tech/articles/software-development-outsourcing-rates-costs-and-trends", "figure": "$30", "value": 30, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "Spotlight on Codebridge: Codebridge’s senior teams start at $30/hour, combining AI-enabled workflows, dedicated DevOps automation, and transparent rate cards that clearly break down the cost to outsource per role and per sprint.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "6171977550dbc5e5c8e14cda1c7a91d4a9d12a8cf8422e10dcc015b848921382" }, { "source": "Acquaint Softtech India rate card", "url": "https://acquaintsoft.com/blog/software-development-rates-india", "figure": "$22", "value": 22, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "Our hire remote developers and staff augmentation rates start at $22/hr for mid-level developers and $35/hr+ for senior developers.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "3a8f440c13c0f3d25f2628ff93febd5e8b28ca0201a7cebcd5871c900d534bc5" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "ScalaCode rate card", "url": "https://www.scalacode.com/rate-card/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Arc.dev software development rates", "url": "https://arc.dev/freelance-developer-rates/software-development", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "FullStack Labs software development price guide", "url": "https://www.fullstack.com/labs/resources/blog/software-development-price-guide-hourly-rate-comparison", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Clutch software development pricing", "url": "https://clutch.co/developers/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Techreviewer software development company rates research", "url": "https://techreviewer.co/research/software-development-company-rates-in-2026", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Saigon Technology dedicated team pricing", "url": "https://saigontechnology.com/blog/dedicated-team-pricing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Qubit Labs offshore rates guide", "url": "https://qubit-labs.com/average-hourly-rates-offshore-development-services-software-development-costs-guide/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "DECODE nearshore rates", "url": "https://decode.agency/article/nearshore-software-development-rates/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "N-iX/Ncube nearshore rates in CEE and LATAM", "url": "https://ncube.com/the-secrets-of-cost-saving-nearshore-software-development-rates-in-cee-and-latam", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "STS Software hourly rates guide", "url": "https://stssoftware.com/blog/software-development-hourly-rates/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Cleveroad software consulting rates", "url": "https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/software-consulting-rates/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "South software development pricing", "url": "https://www.hireinsouth.com/post/software-development-pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "BEON.tech nearshore rates", "url": "https://beon.tech/blog/nearshore-software-development-rates/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "DistantJob offshore developer rates", "url": "https://distantjob.com/blog/offshore-developer-rates/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "eSparkBiz developer hourly rate", "url": "https://www.esparkinfo.com/software-development/hire-software-developers/hourly-rate", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Weber Melon dedicated team cost", "url": "https://webermelon.com/blog/cost-to-hire-dedicated-development-team/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.scalacode.com/rate-card/", "label": "ScalaCode rate card", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://arc.dev/freelance-developer-rates/software-development", "label": "Arc.dev software development rates", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.fullstack.com/labs/resources/blog/software-development-price-guide-hourly-rate-comparison", "label": "FullStack Labs software development price guide", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://clutch.co/developers/pricing", "label": "Clutch software development pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://techreviewer.co/research/software-development-company-rates-in-2026", "label": "Techreviewer software development company rates research", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.upwork.com/hire/software-developers/cost/", "label": "Upwork software developer cost guide", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://saigontechnology.com/blog/dedicated-team-pricing/", "label": "Saigon Technology dedicated team pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://qubit-labs.com/average-hourly-rates-offshore-development-services-software-development-costs-guide/", "label": "Qubit Labs offshore rates guide", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://decode.agency/article/nearshore-software-development-rates/", "label": "DECODE nearshore rates", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://ncube.com/the-secrets-of-cost-saving-nearshore-software-development-rates-in-cee-and-latam", "label": "N-iX/Ncube nearshore rates in CEE and LATAM", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.codebridge.tech/articles/software-development-outsourcing-rates-costs-and-trends", "label": "Codebridge outsourcing rates", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://stssoftware.com/blog/software-development-hourly-rates/", "label": "STS Software hourly rates guide", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://acquaintsoft.com/blog/software-development-rates-india", "label": "Acquaint Softtech India rate card", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/software-consulting-rates/", "label": "Cleveroad software consulting rates", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.hireinsouth.com/post/software-development-pricing", "label": "South software development pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://beon.tech/blog/nearshore-software-development-rates/", "label": "BEON.tech nearshore rates", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://distantjob.com/blog/offshore-developer-rates/", "label": "DistantJob offshore developer rates", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.esparkinfo.com/software-development/hire-software-developers/hourly-rate", "label": "eSparkBiz developer hourly rate", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://webermelon.com/blog/cost-to-hire-dedicated-development-team/", "label": "Weber Melon dedicated team cost", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 18 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 16 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 130 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the median, minimum and maximum published hourly rate per country per role and seniority across every agency and marketplace that publishes one, beside the share that publishes at all; the nearshore-versus-offshore spread against the onshore rate for the same role, and the discovery-phase price as a share of project budget, are the figures a buyer cannot get without reading twenty rate cards", "embed": "

26 USD

median published figure, Software Outsourcing Rate Index, across 2 sources, read 12 September 2026

Source: Jobcardo Software Outsourcing Rate Index
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