More details on how many and which jobs are being offshored from the U.S. are in a report called “Jobs Beyond Borders” just issued by the Wharton School and CareerBuilder.com.

The report has lots of statistics from a survey of more than 3,000 HR professionals and 6,700 workers in the U.S.

13% of companies surveyed outsourced to third-party vendors in 2007 and 7% say they moved job functions to offshore affiliates or subsidiaries.

The main reason is cost.

64% of companies are offshoring to save money. 32% of companies surveyed are offshoring software development work.

No doubt there are many ways to spin the numbers. One blog focused on the statistic that 27% of companies went offshore to find skilled workers, implying a shortage here in the U.S.

For me the handwriting is on the wall. American companies are offshoring for a number of reasons. And if your job is in the list of those most likely to be offshored, then it’s time to adapt to this reality.

If you are a company joining the ranks of those taking advantage of offshore software development then Accelerance global partners have the skills you need.

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