PHP Development in India to Become the Most Sought After Services
A recent study shows that the number of PHP developers originating from India has been steadily growing in the last three years and soon the industry of
PHP development in India will outgrow any other market in the world in terms of the developer workforce and updated skill set.Clearly the open source technology platform is gaining popularity as the Internet giants such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, YouTube, and Wikipedia are adopting the open source technologies such as PHP, MySQL, Linux, and Apache (LAMP). More PHP developers and PHP development companies are being hired to deliver timely and inexpensive dynamic web applications and websites. And the PHP communities have started to flourish around the web, powered by the hype it has received in the recent times.
The study says that the US accounts for 11.83% of the total number of the PHP developers. India follows closely with 10.47%. The third and fourth markets for PHP development are far away with Brazil at 5.22% and Germany at 4.66%. PHP development in India is steadily increasing as the US market is close to saturated and is showing no signs to revive. The study draws a conclusion from the fact that not more than a few years back the
PHP developers in India were just 3% as compared to the massive 20% of the counterparts in the US.
Trying to understand this trend is not easy, but the fact that developing fees are almost half of what US or EU companies charge might be a good explanation for what is happening right now on the market. Actually, it’s very logical, since the cost of life in the US or EU is very high, and salaries are also held at a higher mark. This is not felt in India, because of its developing economy status that has made it possible to provide an educated workforce at lower costs than other countries.
Some people may argue this, saying that Indian developers are solely regarded as work-horses and not programming gurus, performing all the simple and repetitive tasks in PHP development projects. On a list of innovations carried out by the PHP development fraternity, the USA lead the top with 342 points, followed by Brazil and Italy, with 206 and 168 points, respectively. India is ranked only eighth, with 122 points. But even skeptics can’t ignore the fact that India has lately led the 2009 top ten with 47 points, followed by the US with 35.
Clearly the PHP development in India market is booming under the recession as the companies worldwide are coming to Indian shores for inexpensive yet high quality web development services. PHP being and open source technology aides the developers by providing a wide community for technical support and cost effective solutions for any business, irrespective of the size and industry.
