Mobile Talent - Where are we headed ?

April 2013

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 Summary
Summary

Rapid adoption of smart phones, expanding m-commerce market and adoption of enterprise mobility solutions is
creating significant opportunities in the mobile app space.

The global m-commerce market is expected to touch USD 119 Billion by 2015, a 180% increase from 2012. In
addition, enterprises have increased their adoption of Enterprise Mobility solutions driven by gains in operational
efficiency, employee needs and peer pressure.

Mobile Application Market

 The total number of global smartphone users crossed 1 Billion in 2012. Users are now spending over 2 hours a
day using mobile applications, double the time compared to 2010
 Currently there are over 600,000 apps available in Apple’s App Store and Google Play stores respectively
 Revenues from mobile and tablet apps market in 2012-13 stood at USD 25.2 Billion. App stores recorded 56
Billion downloads with iOS platform having a 75% share followed by Android with 17%

Talent Supply and Demand

 There were about 281,000 registered mobile developers in 2012. 57% of these developers have iOS skills and
32% have Android skills
 However, job posting for mobile developers have doubled over the last two years, while the number of registered
developers has increased by only 13%. This has led to a significant demand supply gap
 Graphic Design, iOS, Android, HTML 5, UX/UI, Windows 8 SDK etc. are some of the key skills that will witness
talent shortages in the next 2-3 years

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 Summary
Summary
What are companies doing to bridge the demand supply gap?

 Companies are following a three pronged approach to bridge talent gap

a) Leveraging Global Talent ‘Hot Spots’ To Tap Key Skills
 Large organizations are leveraging global locations (outside of the US) such as China, Israel and
Europe which have availability of skilled talent for development related activities
 Companies are setting up centers in the APAC region for predominantly testing and other support
work (increase capacity for the core developers)
b) Acquiring For Talent And Capabilities
 Over the last 2 to 3 years leading companies such as Google, Zynga, Facebook, EA etc. have
expanded their product portfolio and services portfolio by acquiring start-ups or smaller companies
 In 2011, the total value of M&A deals in this domain was USD $18.8 billion, a 100% growth from
2010. The number of deals in 2012 grew by 16% compared to 2011.
c) Outsourcing Key Mobile Development To Niche Service Providers
• Companies are outsourcing high end work such as UI/UX design, prototyping etc. to niche service
providers in locations within and outside of the US

Talent Neuron Viewpoint – There is an intense competition for skilled mobile talent across the globe. In addition,
the dynamic nature of the industry is making it difficult for companies to find the right talent with updated skill sets.

Changing job requirements, inability to meet compensation and benefits expectations and location related
constraints are widening the supply demand talent gap.

To mitigate the challenges, companies need to streamline their recruitment processes, provide on the job training to
bridge skill gaps and aggressively use social media and mobile technology forums to reach further into the developer
community
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 Agenda
Topics Covered in the report

1 Trends In Mobile Application Market

2 Top 25 Global Locations For Mobile Talent

Talent and Skill Set Availability For Developing

3
Mobile Applications in Top 25 Global Locations

4 M&A Trends

5 Leading Mobile Development Service Providers

Top Universities Which Offer Mobile

5
Development Courses

Key Challenges And Strategies For Recruiting

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Mobile Development Talent
 Drivers
Mobile Internet and e-commerce
Rapid adoption of smart phones, expanding m-commerce market and adoption of enterprise mobility
solutions is creating significant opportunities in the mobile app space

A Global smartphone users have crossed 1 Billion Rising demand for

B Global Use Of Mobile Vs.
internet on the go Desktop Internet Access
Global Smartphone Users
Smartphone penetration • Mobile app usage was
in Millions
(in Millions)
vs. all mobile phones averaging about 1
US 40% - 45% hour each day in 2010,
CAGR = 23% and it has now
Europe 50% - 55% doubled to more than
China ~ 60% 2 hours

• Global mobile data

• Top 3 global markets for traffic is expected to
smartphone shipments are increase by 66%
China, US and UK annually for the next 5
years

D Rapid adoption of mobile in Enterprises C Mobile e-commerce market is increasing

Of Fortune 1000 companies are either deploying or piloting an exponentially
enterprise mobility solution Global Mobile e-commerce
• Over 50% of the smartphone Market (In Billion USD)
Of Fortune 100 companies have already deployed
users in the US, Brazil,
an enterprise mobility solution
Germany, France and Japan 1.8 x
70% 30% make a purchase at least once
monthly on their mobile
Key Reasons for Enterprise Mobility Adoption handsets
 Cost savings due to increase in operational efficiency,
reduction in infrastructure costs etc. • On the go convenience and
 Increase in productivity levels special discounts and offers
 Employee requests / needs are top reasons for purchasing
 Peer companies are offering it on a smartphone

Source: Talent Neuron research and analysis; IDC World Wide Mobile Phone Tracker 2012; Oracle White paper – Future of Talent Management; Strategy Analysis; PwC 7
 Apps Market
Mobile Application Market
Revenues generated from Mobile and Tablet apps touched USD 25.2 Bn in 2012; Android applications
accounted for about 58% of the mobile downloads

REVENUES IN 2012-13: USD 25.2 BILLION GLOBAL MOBILE AND TABLET APPLICATIONS MARKET: 2012-13

56 Billion
Downloads

14 Billion
Downloads

• 88 out of every 100 apps downloaded in 2013 is expected be from the Google Play Store or the iTunes App
store

Source: Talent Neuron research, ABI research 8

 Apps Market
Mobile Application Market
Apple’s App Store continues to dominate the app market; However with rapidly increasing shipment
of Android handsets, Google Play is expected to dominate the app market in the coming years

200 190 HANDSETS

TOTAL NUMBER
OF APPS SHIPPED IN
Nearly 2 out of every 3
AVAILABLE BY 150 smart phones shipped H1 2012
PLATFORM were Android devices

In Million Units
100
61
50
20 18
8 8
0
iOS Android Windows Blackberry Android iOS Symbian Blackberry Bada Windows

GLOBAL SMART PHONE MARKET SHARE BY OS – Android Popularity of Android Platform Is Expected To Rise
leads the market
Platform 2010 2012 2015

Windows

Blackberry

iOS

Android

Source: Talent Neuron research, Vision Mobile survey, Deloitte, IDC 9

 Key Skills
Mobile Development Skills
Key Mobile Development skills are HTML development and Mobile App development for Android
and iOS platform
% INCREASE IN JOB POSTINGS FOR KEY SKILLS IN 2013

Silverlight Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK Mobile VB (AppForge) Android Market

Windows 8 SDK eVB ActiveSync

Samsung Apps Store
bada SDK SOAP
XAML
C/C++
JDE 3.7 – 4.01 C# VB.NET
iOS SDK Windows CE XML
MS Embedded Visual Studio – eVC
Android SDK
MS SQL Server CE
GSM/CDMA, GPRS Flash
HTTP
NET Compact Framework
HTML 5 Microsoft Smartphone SDK

Apple App Store Java, C/C++

Cocoa Touch Satellite Forms MS Visual Studio .NET 2003 and 2005

Source: Talent Neuron; These skills are based on Talent Neuron’s social media and job positing connectors and have been flagged by intensity 10
 Jobs Demand
Jobs Demand
Job postings for mobile developers have doubled over the last two years, while the number of
registered developers have increased by only 13% which has led to a vast demand supply gap

ONLINE JOB POSTINGS FOR SMARTPHONE OS MOBILE APPS JOB POSTINGS TOTAL MOBILE PROGRAMMER JOBS POSTED

Job Portal 1 Job Portal 2 Job Portal 3

The number of global registered mobile developers is expected to increase

by 13% till 2015 • Mobile development jobs offered on

in ‘000 Elance.com, doubled between the first quarter

of 2012
CAGR 13%
• According to Indeed.com, demand for iOS
developers is growing at 30% and is expected
to increase further in the next 2 years
• LinkedIn job data indicates that the demand
for Android developers is high at 52%

Source: Talent Neuron, Talent Neuron Job Sites connectors 11

 Measures adopted by Companies to Bridge Talent Gap
To bridge the talent gap, companies are leveraging global talent ‘Hot Spots’, acquiring companies
for talent, and outsourcing mobile development to niche service providers

• Large organizations are leveraging global locations outside of the US like

Leveraging Global China, Israel and Europe to bridge talent gap
Talent ‘Hot Spots’ To • Companies are setting up centers in the APAC region for testing and other
Tap Key Skills support work

• Over the last 2-3 years top companies such as Google,

Acquiring For Talent Zynga, Facebook, EA etc. have expanded their products
And Capabilities and services portfolio by acquiring start-ups or smaller
companies

Outsourcing Key • Companies are outsourcing

Mobile Development high end work such as
To Niche Service UI/UX design, prototyping
Providers etc. to niche service
providers

Source: Talent Neuron research, Talent Neuron Monitor 12

 Global Locations
Leading companies with development centers in Americas
Leading mobile development companies have development centers in the US

LOCATION COMPANY

Vancouver EA

Boston Twitter

Google, Facebook, Disney,

Bay Area
Gameloft, Whatsapp

Google, Twitter, Flip board,

San Francisco
Skype, Disney, EA, Pipedrive

Washington Imangi Studios

Google, Twitter, Facebook,

New York
Foursquare Gameloft

Tiburon EA

Mexico City Google

Sao Paulo Google

• Developers in Google center in Sao Paulo, focus on localizing products (such as Google maps) for the Brazilian market
Source: Talent Neuron Platform
Note: List is not exhaustive 13
 Global Locations
Leading companies with development centers in EMEA and APAC
Leading mobile development companies are increasingly leveraging emerging global locations in India
and China for mobile development

LOCATION COMPANY

London Skype, EA

Dublin Facebook

Helsinki and
Google, Rovio
Espoo

Frankfurt EA

Tallinn Skype

Whatsapp Russia

Beijing Opera Mini

Shanghai EA, Rovio

Melbourne EA

Bangalore Google, Zynga

Hyderabad Facebook, EA

Source: Talent Neuron Platform

Note: List is not exhaustive 14
 Global Locations
Global Top 25 locations for mobile development
Locations in EMEA and APAC have majority of the mobile development talent (1/2)
America Cities – 32% EMEA Cities– 42% APAC Cities – 26%

Espoo
Warsaw Moscow
Dublin
Seattle London
Portland Toronto Munich
Madrid Rome Beijing Tokyo
Bay Area New York
Amsterdam Raanana
San Francisco Austin Tel Aviv Shanghai
New Delhi

Bangalore

Sao Paulo

Sydney

• Talent in the APAC region predominantly work on Android platform and the availability of iOS and Blackberry developers in this
region is low
• Over the last 2-3 years Finland, Tel Aviv and Moscow have emerged as key locations for mobile development

Source: Talent Neuron Platform

Note: List is not exhaustive 15
 Global Locations
Global Mobile Talent – Location Maturity
Cities in the US and EMEA region have a matured mobile development ecosystem

Global Location Maturity Map

10 LEADERS
Bay Area
San Francisco
Seattle New York
Toronto Austin
Tel Aviv London
Portland
Suitability for Mobile Development

Sao Paulo
Munich Tokyo
Espoo
Moscow Amsterdam
Sydney CHALLENGERS
5 Madrid
Warsaw
Kiev
NCR
Bangalore Beijing
Dublin Shanghai

Raanana

EMERGING

0 25,000 50,000

Installed Mobile Talent

Leaders– talent is able to undertake high end work such as UX, UI, Product Design, Product Architecture etc. The availability of skills is high and the cities have a mature mobile
development ecosystem
Challengers - talent predominantly works on development and testing activities. The availability of skills for development activities is medium and the ecosystem is maturing
Emerging - talent predominantly works on testing and support activities. The availability of skills is low and the ecosystem is still nascent
Source: Talent Neuron Platform, Primary Interviews, Appcelerator research 16
 Mobile Talent – Global Locations
Global Mobile Talent
Top 25 locations have close to 55% of the mobile application development talent

APAC– 30% (103,910)

EMEA – 25% (86,680)

Americas – 45% (155,910)

Source: Talent Neuron Platform, Appcelerator research 17

 M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquisitions are mainly driven by talent gap; Large organizations are aggressively acquiring small
application development firms for mobile development talent and expand their product portfolio
No of acquisitions Locations of
Company Key Capabilities Added Through Acquisitions
since 2009 Acquired Companies
• Mobile Advertising
• Israel • Photo sharing app
• UK • Social gifting
Facebook • Bay Area
9 • Location app
• HTML 5 Apps

• Canada • Mobile Advertising • Mobile payment

• France • Server Technology service
• Greece • Online video in Google Maps
12 • Israel • Touch typing in Android
Google
• USA • Facial recognition software
• Hand set technology

Twitter 4 • UK • Mobile crash reporting app

• Bay Area • Apps for iPhone and iPad

• UK • iPhone, iPad game publisher

EA 4 • Bay Area • Mobile games development studio
• Australia • Social network creator
• USA • Social games
Zynga 10 China • Video games
• Germany • Music games
• USA • Social games
Disney • China • Video games
10 • UK • Facebook developer
• Argentina • Online magazines

Note: Non Exhaustive

Source: Talent Neuron research, Company press releases, Talent Neuron Monitor, Talent Neuron Public Profiles Connectors 18
 M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
The M&A market for Mobile apps have grown substantially in the last two years

Mobile Apps M&A deals by quarter

• Mobile merger and acquisition activity increased significantly last year and is expected to maintain
momentum in 2013
• In 2011, the total value of the deals grew by 100% from 2010 and stood at USD $18.8 billion

Source: Rutberg & Co, Company Websites, Talent Neuron Monitor 19

 Leading developers
Leading Mobile Development Service Providers - USA
Top companies are outsourcing work to niche mobile app developers (1/2)
Employee
Company City Key Clients
Strength

Sourcebits San Francisco 350+ GE, SAP, Intel, MIT, P&G, Coca-Cola, Knocking, TwitPic

General Electric, Johnson & Johnson

WillowTree Apps Charlottesville 175+

Stanford University, Genentech, Budlight, Safeway,BBC and Lonely Planet

Y Media Labs San Francisco 150+

L'Oreal, Jay-Z, The New York Observer

Fuzz Productions Brooklyn 30+

E&Y, Universal Pictures, Diageo (Guinness), NHS, Jaguar, Land Rover, Bombardier
Intelect Soft Campbell 150+

Tech Ahead Ducati, Porsche, P&G, Hallmark, Malibu,Chicago Bulls, Bumped.In

New York 30+
Software
Johnson and Johnson , McKinsey, US Army, P&G, GeoEye, Euromonitor
LeewayHertz Chicago 150+

AT&T, Toshiba, Asics, The Mayo Clinic, Texas Instruments, Philips, Pearson, GM
Applico Boston 150+

Ebbex Redding 30+ Luness, Rocket Matter, University of Notre Dame

Microsoft
QBurst Kochi 175+

Mobisoft Houston 150+ TCS, Travel Leaders, diestel, Push legal, Gooru

Appek Mobile Mimo, CATA, Yumm Photos

Scranton 30+
Apps

Source: Talent Neuron research, Company Website

Note: Focus on iPhone, iPad, Android 20
 Fresh Talent
Leading Universities – Mobile Development
With increasing demand for mobile development jobs, universities have started offering courses on
mobile application development (1/2)

University Course Offered

The Chang School-Ryerson University Mobile Application Developer

University Of Toronto Mobile Application Development

San Diego State University
Canada Stanford University
University of Chicago
USA University Of California.Irvine
Ipad/Iphone Mobile Application Development
;Android Mobile Application Development
Iphone Application Development Course
Mobile Application Development
Mobile Application Development

The DePaul Mobile Application Development

Johns Hopkins University
Unoversity of Denver
Oakland University
University of Wisconsin whitewater
Mobile Application Development For The
Android Platform
Mobile Application Development (Master's)
Mobile Applications, Services And Development
Apple iOS Developer University Program

UC San Diego Extension Digital Arts Mobile Applications Development

center

Microsoft and Nokia to invest $24 million in three-year AppCampus app development program in Aalto
University at Finland
Source: Talent Neuron research; Talent Neuron University connector, University websites 21
 Fresh Talent
Leading Universities – Mobile Development
With increasing demand for mobile development jobs, universities have started offering courses on
mobile application development (2/2)
Aalto University Mobile App Development Program
Malmo University Mobile Application Development
University of Course: Mobile Application Development
Greenwich
Sweden Finland
Sheffield Hallam MSc Mobile Computing Applications
University
United
The Manchester Mobile Applications Development
Kingdom
College
The Harvard Mobile Operating Systems And Applications
Leeds Metropolitan Msc
university Mobile Device Application Development
The University of Mobile Application Development
Buckingham
University of Bradford Msc Mobile Applications
Glasgow Caledonian Msc Advanced Computing (Mobile Application
University Development/Web Syst…
University of Kent Msc Mobile Application Design

University of South Mobile Applications Development

India Australia
Charles Sturt University Graduate Certificate in Mobile Applications
Development
RMIT University-Australia Mobile Application Development

Deakin University Bachelor of Information Technology

Australia (Mobile and Apps Development)
Monash University Mobile Applications Development
Bharati Vidyapeeth B.Sc. Mobile Application Development
University

Source: Talent Neuron research; Talent Neuron University connector, University websites 22

Talent Neuron View Point - Recruitment Challenges and Strategy
Companies need to adapt quickly and start using social media and mobile technology, fast track
application processes and customized job descriptions to hire top mobile talent
Intense war for talent
• Due to low availability mobile
based skills, there is an high
competition for talent among
companies
RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES
• In addition, due to the dynamic
nature of the industry finding
talent with updated skill sets is
becoming challenging
Compensation and benefits
packages are not structured
well
• Compensation and benefits
expectations of mobile developers
is different from other functions
• Flex times, ESOP’s, part-time work,
rewards based work environment
etc. are some of the benefits that
need to be offered to candidates
at the recruitment stage itself
Source: Talent Neuron Talent Outlook survey 2013, Talent Neuron Monitor ; Simply Hired Mobile Recruiting Outlook 2013, Monster Thinking, CIO Magazine
Changing job requirements
• Every mobile solution/platform
has a different job requirement
• Recruiters and HR teams need to
understand the underlying mobile
technology and requirements
before writing job descriptions
• Not being able to comprehend
location related trends is a key
barrier. For ex. finding potential
iOS developers in countries like
China and India is lot more difficult
compared to Android developers
Recruiting through social media
and mobile technology
• Leveraging social media channels
such as social networks, micro
blogging sites, videos, blogs etc.
companies will be able to extend
their reach into further into
developer communities
• In addition companies are able to
reduce recruitment times with
mobile enabled careers pages, SMS
notifications, specific job related
apps etc.
Talent Neuron Viewpoint
Slack job descriptions coupled
with training
• Finding all the mobile development
skills in one candidate is difficult
due to the flux nature of industry.
Hence stringent job descriptions
will reduce the potential
candidates pool
• Companies are offering training on
RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES
the job to bridge skill gaps. This
also helps to attract candidates
Streamline recruitment process
• Candidates usually have a ‘black
hole’ experience after applying for
jobs. Companies need to ensure
that recruiters maintain
continuous communication with
candidates
• Due to high demand, mobile
developers could have multiple job
offers in hand and hence its
essential that candidate
applications are fast tracked
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Appendix
 M&A
Few Acquisitions
Acquisitions are mainly driven by Talent gap, Large organization are aggressively acquiring small
apps developing firms to get mobile talent (2/2)

Year Company Country Function

2011 Rel8ion Seattle Mobile Advertising
2011 Snaptu Israel Mobile app developer
2011 Strobe San Francisco HTML 5 mobile apps
Facebook 2012 Instagram San Francisco Photo sharing app
2012 Karma USA Social gifting
2012 Spool San Francisco Mobile bookmarking and sharing content
2012 Lightbox London Android photo sharing app
2012 Tagtile San Francisco Customer Loyalty app
2012 Glancee San Francisco Location app

2013 Crashlytics Cambridge Mobile crash reporting app

2013 Bluefin Labs Cambridge Social TV analytics
Twitter
2010 Tweetie NA Apps for iPhone and iPads
2011 Whisper Systems San Francisco Mobile focussed security service

2009 Gamestar Shanghai, Wuhan Independent video game software developer

2009 Wideload Games Chicago Game developer
2010 Three Argentina Game developer
2010 Tapulous Palo Alto Game developer
Disney 2010 Playdom San Francisco Online social network game
2010 Metaplace Inc Software platform for development of virtual worlds
2010 Hive7 Bay Area Facebook developer
2011 Rocket Pack HTML 5 Gaming engine
2011 Babble Media New York Online magazine
2010 Acclaim Games California Online games

Source: Talent Neuron research, Talent Neuron Monitor, Company press releases 26
 M&A
Few Acquisitions
Acquisitions are mainly driven by Talent gap, Large organization are aggressively acquiring small
apps developing firms to get mobile talent (1/2)
Year Company Country Function
2009 AdMob USA Mobile Advertising
2010 Lab Pixies Israel Developer of personalized web gadgets
2010 Agnilux USA Server Technology
2010 BumpTop Canada Desktop environment - Plans to revamp for new tablet
2010 Zetwire Canada Mobile payment service
Google 2010 Quiksee Israel Online video in Google Maps
2010 BlindType Greece Touch typing in Android
2010 Talknin USA Feedback platform for business
2011 PittPatt USA Facial recognition software
2011 Motorola Mobility USA Protecting viability of Android
2011 Clever Sense USA Location based ads
2012 Sparrow France E-mail application

2010 XPD Media China Game developer

2010 Challenge Games Austin Online social games
2010 Conduit Labs USA Music games
2010 Dextrose Germany HTML 5 Gaming engine
Zynga 2010 Newtoy Inc Mckinney Mobile game developer
2010 Bonfire Studios Dallas Game developer
2011 Area/Code New York Social Game developer
2011 Floodgate Entertainment Boston VideoGame developer
2012 Buzz Monkey Oregon Video Game maker
2012 November Software USA Console gaming experience in mobile

2010 Chillingo USA iPhone, iPad game publisher

2011 Firemint Melbourne Mobile games development studio
EA
2009 Playfish London Social network creator
Gilbert,
2011 Mobile Post Production Arizona Developer of cross-platform mobile games

2012 Right to game the Casey's Contraptions Game

Rovio 2012 Future Mark Games Studio Helsinki Game studio

Source: Talent Neuron research, Talent Neuron Monitor, Company press releases 27
 Mobile Patents
Mobile Patents
Samsung owns the largest portfolio of patents and was one of the companies with highest
percentage of patents issued in the last 5 years
Mobile Patent Portfolio of leading players

100% Amazon High Acceptance

Google Panasonic
HTC RIM
Apple
Samsung
LG
Verizon
Qualcomm Microsoft
Intel
% of Patents Issued 2007-12

Sony

Medium Acceptance
HP Siemens
50%
Nokia

Low Acceptance

0 6,000 12,000

Cumulative Number of Patents Issued in the last 15 years

Source: Talent Neuron Patent Analyzer , Chetan Sharma Consulting-2012 28

 Cost
Mobile Developer Salary - USA
The average mobile development salary in 2012 was about USD $76,000
In Thousand

• An increasing number of organizations are looking for professionals with experience in e-commerce
vehicles and in particular mobile products
• Salary paid for Android developers are slightly higher than iOS developers due to increasing demand
• Companies are being forced to increase wages, retrain software engineers, outsource work to third-party
developers to meet the demand

Source: Talent Neuron Platform, Talent Neuron Surveys on Salary 2011, 2012 29
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