A Study on Bangladeshi IT freelancers: A Survey

The software and IT service industry of Bangladesh are expected as the significant destination for business process outsourcing. Two vital questions arise, what are the present conditions of freelancing in Bangladeshi IT sectors and what are the challenges a freelancer is facing? To answer these questions, a survey has been conducted by the authors to recognize the present conditions and problems in the freelancing sector of Bangladesh. A group of 46 freelancers who are staying in Bangladesh, participated in this survey from June to November 2017. To find great insights, authors have made a questionnaire which is divided into six segments based on the freelancers’ intrinsic and extrinsic properties. From the survey results, the authors prepared a dataset. In this paper, an analysis from the dataset is shown to illustrate the current state of IT freelancing sector and the obstacles for freelancers to augment himself.