Thematic Report

Technology Services Handbook 2025 – Do You Have the Right Locations Powering Your Delivery Model?

Technology services have emerged as the backbone of modern enterprises and providers, powering customer engagement, operational agility, and competitive differentiation. As organizations fast-track their digital transformation journeys, the rapid adoption of technologies such as AI, generative AI, ML, blockchain, cybersecurity, and AR/VR continues to reshape industries across the board. The demand for technology-led R&D and innovation is rising sharply, with enterprises, global capability centers, and providers increasingly embedding digital capabilities into their service delivery models. In this fast-evolving landscape, organizations must proactively scale digital solutions to stay ahead of market disruptions and meet growing customer expectations. To remain competitive and future-ready, businesses will need to revisit and refine their location strategies, building delivery portfolios that align with their digital transformation goals.

This Everest Group handbook is designed to support organizations in identifying the right global locations to deliver technology services. It presents a comprehensive and multi-dimensional analysis of the relative attractiveness of leading delivery destinations worldwide. At an overall level, this handbook covers the technology services delivery attractiveness on three broad dimensions:
Talent pulse: an assessment of market maturity, entry, and experienced talent-related attributes for technology services
Financial attractiveness: an assessment of the financial attractiveness of locations from an operating cost perspective for delivery of technology services
Enablers: an assessment of enabling drivers, such as infrastructure and digital readiness, essential for technology services delivery