Editing Lviv (section)

===Information technology===

Lviv is also one of the leaders of [[software]] export in [[Eastern Europe]], with expected sector growth of 20% by 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newfireglobal.com/learn/why-outsource-software-development-to-eastern-europe/ |title=Why Outsource Software Development to Eastern Europe? |website=newfireglobal.com |date=12 July 2017 |language=en |access-date=2021-05-27 |archive-date=27 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527123222/https://www.newfireglobal.com/learn/why-outsource-software-development-to-eastern-europe/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Over 15% of all IT specialists in Ukraine work in Lviv, with over 4100 new IT graduates coming from local universities each year. About 2,500 tech enthusiasts attended Lviv IT Arena, the largest technology conference in Western Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.n-ix.com/why-lviv-is-most-attractive-it-outsourcing-destination-ukraine/ |title=Why Lviv is the Most Attractive IT Outsourcing Destination in Ukraine – N-iX |website=n-ix.com |language=en |access-date=2019-10-02 |archive-date=26 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526081011/https://www.n-ix.com/why-lviv-is-most-attractive-it-outsourcing-destination-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Over 24,000 IT specialists work in Lviv as of 2019.<ref name="ain.ua">{{Cite web |url=https://ain.ua/en/2019/01/02/lviv-it-cluster-research/ |title=Economic impact of IT Industry in Lviv reached $1 billion – IT Cluster research |date=2019-01-02 |website=AIN.UA |language=en-US |access-date=2019-10-02 |archive-date=17 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017223715/https://ain.ua/en/2019/01/02/lviv-it-cluster-research/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lviv is among top five most popular Ukrainian cities for opening [[Research and development|R&D]] center in IT and [[Outsourcing|IT outsourcing]] spheres together with [[Kyiv]], [[Dnipro]], [[Kharkiv]] and [[Odesa]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://perfectial.com/blog/it-outsourcing-2019/ |title=IT Outsourcing 2019 in Ukraine |last=Storozhkova |first=Elena |date=2019-11-25 |website=Perfectial |language=en |access-date=2020-04-13 |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315054857/https://perfectial.com/blog/it-outsourcing-2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2009, [[KPMG]], one of the well-known international auditing companies, included Lviv as one of the top 30 cities with the greatest potential of information technology development.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=uk:Події 2009 року, що змінили Львів |language=uk |url=http://www.city-adm.lviv.ua/news/lviv-zminujetsa/7375-text1 |year=2009 |publisher=city-adm.lviv.ua |access-date=23 January 2018 |archive-date=3 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103085130/http://www.city-adm.lviv.ua/news/lviv-zminujetsa/7375-text1 |url-status=live |work=Львівська міська рада }}</ref> As of December 2015, there were 192 IT companies operating in the city, of which 4 were large (with more than 400 employees), 16 were average (150–300 employees), 97 were small (10–110 employees) and 70 were micro companies (3–7 employees). From 2017 to 2018 the number of IT companies increased to 317.<ref name="ain.ua" />

The turnover of Lviv's IT industry in 2015 amounted to $300 million. About 50% of IT services are exported to the US, 37% to Europe, and the rest to other countries. As of 2015, about 15 thousand specialists were employed in this industry with an average salary of 28 thousand UAH. According to a study of the Economic Effect of the Lviv IT-Market, which was conducted by Lviv IT Cluster and sociological agency "The Farm", there were 257 IT companies operating in Lviv in 2017 which employed about 17 thousand specialists. The economic impact of the IT industry in Lviv is $734 million.<ref>{{citation |title=IT Research 2.0 |language=en |url=https://itcluster.lviv.ua/en/projects/it-research/ |year=2017 |publisher=IT Cluster |access-date=23 January 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123190940/https://itcluster.lviv.ua/en/projects/it-research/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are 15 top universities in Lviv, 5 of which prepare highly skilled specialists in computer and IT technologies and supply over 1,000 IT graduates to the market annually.<ref>{{citation |title=Regional Structure of Ukraine's IT Outsourcing Industry |url=https://www.symphony-solutions.eu/regional-structure-of-ukraines-it-outsourcing-industry/ |year=2017 |publisher=Symphony Solutions |access-date=26 August 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826113821/https://www.symphony-solutions.eu/regional-structure-of-ukraines-it-outsourcing-industry/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lviv IT outsourcing companies gathered{{when|date=July 2021}} all kinds of Ukrainian developers in one place, resulting in many front-end interns, JavaScript developers, back-end and full-stack coders with proper qualifications, experience, and good English language skills. Some IT companies in Lviv offer outsourcing software services to international corporations rather than developing their software product.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://elitex.systems/blog/lviv-destination-it-software-outsourcing/ |title=Why Lviv is the best destination for IT outsourcing – Elitex Systems |website=elitex.systems |date=11 January 2021 |language=en |access-date=2021-01-18 |archive-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306045659/https://elitex.systems/blog/lviv-destination-it-software-outsourcing/ |url-status=live }}</ref>