Sri Lanka ICT Industry

Software Development The service sector is the largest component of GDP (54%). In 2003, the service sector continued its strong expansion, fueled primarily by strong growth in telecom, tourism, and financial services. Public administration and defense expenditures have remained steady. Repatriated earnings of Sri Lankans working abroad continued to be strong. There also is a small but growing information technology sector, especially software development and exports. The Sri Lankan software industry even though still small has grown …

…methods in use for retaining IT workers and 6. Relevance of knowledge of information security for IT workers 7. Survey of all key training organizations including universities to obtain a better understanding of the supply side of IT graduates and diploma holders 8. Starting salaries for benchmarked skills The survey is aimed at both ICT human resource users and ICT training organizations. A local consultant with the participation from the industry representatives and stakeholders developed the survey instrument.