Rural Sourcing Pricing – Cost Savings From the Heartland

“Rural sourcing offers cost, marketing, language and cultural benefits, making it an attractive alternative to offshore and other onshore models for some organizations,” according to a recent study by Gartner, an IT research and advisory company.

Rural Sourcing Pricing for Software Development Outsourcing from Omaha, NE

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By City Savings Comparison

The cost of resources based out of a rural sourcing location like Omaha, NE offer substantial savings over large cities, yet deliver all of the benefits of onshore resources. Clients in these large cities enjoy not only these cost saving, but the conveniences of minimal time zone differences, no language barries, IP protection, and more.

City Average Team Salaries Compared
to Omaha from Salary.com
Average Federal Labor Rate
Adjustments
Potential Savings From
Omaha, NE Rural Sourcing
New York 24.57% 28.72% 20-30%
Chicago 12.07% 25.10% 10-25%
Boston 16.67% 24.80% 10-30%
San Jose 29.17% 35.15% 20-40%
Washington DC 15.81% 24.22% 10-25%

Rural Sourcing Pricing for Software Development Teams

Rural sourcing teams include the same types of team members as any other software development team for a project. These team members include:

  • Architect
  • Project Manager (unless customer provided)
  • Lead Developer
  • Mixture of Front end and Back End Programmer Analysts

Sample Teams

To provide you with a comparrison point, we have put together five sample team structures to illustrate the typical average hourly bill rate involved with a of project types. As you can see, the number of resources required per developer type vary by project.

Typical

$60-75
typical average bill rate
per hour
  • Architect
  • Project Manager
  • Lead
  • 2 Senior Programmer Analyst
  • 1 Programmer Analyst II
  • 2 Programmer Analyst I

Premium

$70-85
typical average bill rate
per hour
  • Architect
  • Project Manager
  • Lead
  • 2 Senior Programmer Analyst
  • 2 Programmer Analyst II
  • 0 Programmer Analyst I

Large Project

$65-85
typical average bill rate
per hour
  • Architect
  • Project Manager
  • 1 Front End 1 Back End Lead
  • 6 Senior Programmer Analyst
  • 2 Programmer Analyst II
  • 2 Programmer Analyst I

UI Team

$65-85
typical average bill rate
per hour
  • Architect
  • Project Manager
  • 1 Front End 1 Back End Lead
  • 6 Senior Programmer Analyst
  • 2 Programmer Analyst II
  • 2 Programmer Analyst I

Testing

$65-85
typical average bill rate
per hour
  • Architect
  • Project Manager
  • 1 Front End 1 Back End Lead
  • 6 Senior Programmer Analyst
  • 2 Programmer Analyst II
  • 2 Programmer Analyst I