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This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2026 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report cover mean and median rates for IT consulting work across all service areas. This report includes mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services, large IT specialists, small and mid-market IT specialists, Indian IT majors, public sector defense and aerospace IT specialists and operations specialists. We also include IT Consulting rate break-outs for 14 large US metropolitan areas and 11 IT Consulting practice area sub-categories. (82 Pages, 37 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2025 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report cover mean and median rates for IT consulting work across all service areas. This report includes mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services, large IT specialists, small and midmarket IT specialists, Indian IT majors, public sector defense and aerospace IT specialists and operations specialists. We also include IT Consulting rate break-outs for 14 large US metropolitan areas and 11 IT Consulting practice area sub-categories. (81Pages, 37 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2019-2020 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level, along with rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the US. The report also includes rate break-outs for 9 IT consulting service sub-categories, as well as a firm category break-out for Large IT Consulting Specialists; Large Commercial IT Consultant Specialists, Large Public Sector and Defense Specialists, Small and Mid-Market IT Consulting Specialists, the Big Four and Operations Specialists. (69 Pages, 35 Exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2018-19 UK IT Consulting Rates; (2) Tata Strategic Management Group Refocuses on Building Internal Strategy Consulting Capabilities; (3) Capgemini Acquires French, Digital Marketing Consultancy, June 21; (4) Former Bain South Africa MD Abruptly Leaves Continent During Corruption Investigation; (5) US Supreme Court to Decide Issue on Consulting and Expert Witness Fee Awards in IP Cases; (6) Grant Thornton Acquires Life Sciences Consultancy, TayganPoint ; (7) Infosys to Acquire Nordic Front Office Consultancy, Fluido; (8) Envoy Acquires Bulldog Drummond and Leviathan; (9) 2019 Monadnock Research Portal Subscriptions and Subscription Renewals; and (10) Consulting Leadership: KPMG, Oliver Wyman, BCG, Grant Thornton, Avanade and Infosys. (2,325 words)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2018-2019 IT Consulting rates in the United States of America from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level, along with rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the US. The report also includes rate break-outs for 9 IT consulting service sub-categories, as well as a firm category break-out for Large IT Consulting Specialists; Small and Mid-Market IT Consulting Specialists; the Big Four; and Operations Specialists. (65 Pages, 33 Exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2016-2017 South Africa, Italy and Spain Strategy Consulting Rates: Monadnock Research Reports (Vol IX, No 10-12); (2) Heidrick & Struggles to Acquire Leadership Consultancy, Philosophy IB; (3) Accenture to Acquire Australian Cyber-Security Consultancy, Redcore; (4) Aon Hewitt Acquires Cammack Health; (5) Booz Allen Hamilton Closes Office in Azerbaijan; (6) Infosys to Terminate 3,000 Staff After RBS Announces Plans to Divest Williams & Glyn; (7) Consulting Leadership: Ankura, BAE, BearingPoint, KPMG, PA, Navigant, L.E.K., Huron and FTI; and (8) Thought Leadership: Korn Ferry, Deloitte, Mercer and Hackett. (3,025 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) The Carlyle Group to Acquire a Majority Interest in PA Consulting; (2) Infosys Acquires Oil and Gas Specialist, Noah Consulting; (3) Accenture Completes Cloud Sherpas Acquisition; (4) Towers Watson Sends Letter to Shareholders Urging Vote for Willis Merger; (5) Publicis Sapient Makes Investment in Artificial Intelligence Developer, Lucid; Launches AI Practice; (6) 2015-16 US, UK, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand & Singapore HR Consulting Rates Reports Published; (7) Consulting Leadership: Infosys, Deloitte, Accenture and PA Consulting; and (8) Thought Leadership: Deloitte and PA Consulting. (2,325 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) BDO USA's Fiscal 2015 Consulting Revenues Up More than 50 Percent; (2) Accenture Acquires Digital Consultancy, Chaotic Moon; (3) EY Acquires Cybersecurity Consultancy, Mycroft; (4) Accenture to Acquire Energy Management and Procurement Services Provider, EnergyQuote JHA; (5) BDO US to Acquire Cross, Fernandez & Riley; (6) EY Canada Transaction Advisory Practice Acquires Stratmark Baker Tilly Acquires UK Consultancy, Outperform; (7) Infosys to Take Minority Equity Stake in ANSR Consulting; (8) KPMG Acquires Infrastructure Project Consultancy, High Point Rendel; (9) Consulting Leadership: EY, Navigant, Segal, Capgemini, and Mercer; and (10) Thought Leadership: CB Insights and KPMG. (2,325 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) CSC Reportedly in Talks with Booz, CACI and Leidos to Sell US Public Sector Consulting Unit; (2) ABeam takes Equity Stake in Singapore's Optimum Solutions; (3) Mercer Acquires UK Executive Compensation Specialist, Kepler Associates; (4) CSC Sues Former Executive Over Alleged $98 Million Fraud; (5) CSC Sues Another Former Executive for Poaching Staff; Booz Allen Poaching Suit vs Deloitte Continues; (6) Manpower Acquires Australia's Greythorn and Marks Sattin; (7) Infosys Completes $120 Million Acquisition of Scavia; and (8) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, EY and JDA Software. (1,770 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2015 IT Strategy Consulting Rates: Netherlands; (2) Accenture Completes Acquisition of Brazilian Analytics Specialist, Gapso; (3) Infosys to Consolidate Lodestone into Consulting Group; (4) SAIC Reaches Agreement to Acquire Scitor; (5) Swedish Software Firm Signs Cooperation Agreement with Accenture; (6) Mercer and Conference Board Launch Workforce Analytics Institute Asia; (7) Model Consulting Acquired by CBIZ; (8) Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Files Suit Against PwC Alleging Fraud and Breach of Contract; (9) Consulting Leadership: BCG, KPMG, FTI, Claro, Kurt Salmon and Prophet; and (10) Thought Leadership: Accenture. (1,850 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2015 IT Strategy Consulting Rates: India; (2) UK Parliament Committee Accuses PwC and Others of Creating Tax Avoidance Schemes; (3) Oliver Wyman's CAVOC Acquires Aviation Specialist, TeamSAI; (4) Accenture Agrees to Acquire Agilex; Closes Reactive Media and Structure Acquisitions; (5) Capita Accused of Procurement Violations in UK; (6) Huron Reaches Agreement to Acquire Studer Group; (7) Infosys Restructures Global Operations; (8) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, West Monroe, PwC, Navigant, Huron, Wipro and Prophet; and (9) Thought Leadership: BearingPoint and KPMG. (2,180 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2015 subscription rates for the Monadnock Research Portal will increase to $4,995 on 1 January; (2) Jackson Lewis Shifts Professional Performance Metrics Away from Billable Hours; (3) Wipro Expands Operations in Romania; (4) BDO to Acquire UHY Texas Practice; (5) HP Divisions Start Work on Split into HP Enterprise and HP Inc.; (6) Consulting Leadership: Wipro, Lloyds, Infosys, FTI and Deloitte; and (7) Thought Leadership: FTI. (1,240 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Publicis Groupe to Acquire Sapient for $3.7 Billion; (2) KPMG Launches "KPMG Strategy"; (3) Supply Chain Consultancies Crimson & Co., Progress Group and Supply Chain Cover Join Forces; (4) BDO USA Acquires SS&G; (5) Movilitas Consulting Acquires SAP Consultancy, Naxxos Group; (6) Carlyle Group Affiliate to Sell 10 Million Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton; (7) Consulting Leadership: Infosys; and (8) Thought Leadership: Hay Group and PwC. (1,765 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2014 Monadnock Research United Kingdom IT Consulting Rates Report Published; (2) KPMG Completes Acquisition of Rothstein Kass; (3) Infosys Visa Fraud Whistleblower Files New Complaint; (4) Capita Acquires Tricontes; (5) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, Accenture, BDO and PwC; and (6) Thought Leadership: PwC. (1,315 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2014 US IT Consulting Rates Report Published; (2) US GSA Makes Posting of Complete Price Lists Mandatory; (3) Deloitte Threatened Lawsuit for Criticizing Efficacy of UK Legal Client Tax Avoidance Scheme; (4) Consulting Leadership: Infosys, BDO, Capgemini and Towers Watson; (5) Thought Leadership: Accenture and KPMG. (1,230 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) US Public Sector IT Consulting Rates Up Only Slightly in Last Five Years; (2) Accenture Completes Acquisition of Enkitec; (3) UK-Based EPM Consultancy, PureApps, Acquired by Accenture; (4) Sopra-Steria Deal Moves Closer to Completion; French Exchange Offer Announced; (5) Deloitte Partners with Panaya to Accelerate Oracle Application Implementations and Modifications; (7) The Accountants are Coming: Auditors Again Target Legal Sector; (8) Singapore's Jon Prudhoe Construction Practice Joins Navigant; (9) Former BDO Partner Sentenced in Tax Shelter Scheme; (10) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, Huron, Chertoff, CSC and Infosys; (11) Thought Leadership: PwC. (1,725 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Consulting Category Management: Stages of Excellence; (2) IBM & PwC Contest $22 Million Consulting Contract Award to Ernst & Young; (3) Infosys Stock Dips Dramatically on Resignation of Co-President, B.G. Srinivas; (4) KPMG Agrees to Acquire Hedge Fund Advisory, Rothstein Kass; (5) Brett Arends: Ten Things I Learned at McKinsey & Co.; (6) AMCF Publishes Study Findings on Consultancy Branding; (7) IASB and FASB Publish New Audit Standards for Revenue Recognition; (8) US GSA Inspector General Releases Semi-Annual Report on Audits & Investigations; (9) Consulting Leadership: BDO, Huron and KPMG; (10) Thought Leadership: A.T. Kearney, IASB/FASB, EY, PwC and Accenture. (2,675 words)...More

This Monadnock Research Practice Leadership Quadrant focuses on the world's largest providers of IT Strategy Consulting services. The IT Strategy consulting capabilities of the following 19 consultancies were analyzed, with the results published in this report: Accenture, A.T. Kearney, Booz Allen Hamilton, Bain & Co., Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Capgemini, Cognizant, Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), Deloitte, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Infosys, KPMG, McKinsey, PA Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Roland Berger, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro. Each firm's "Practice Capability, "Ability to Execute" and "Practice Scale" are assessed to rank its relative IT Strategy consulting capability within one of four quadrants: Practice Leaders, Practice Challengers, Execution Specialists and Niche & Nascent Service Providers. (20 pages with 2 exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) IT Strategy Consulting - Practice Leadership Quadrant; (2) China State-Owned Entities Ban US Consulting Firms; (3) RLH Equity Sells Cymetrix to Navigant; (4) Accenture Completes Acquisition of Italy's i4C Analytics; Reaches Agreement to Acquire Enkitec; (5) Introducing MR/CN - Monadnock Research Real-Time Consulting Industry News; (6) Consulting Leadership: BCG, Deloitte, PwC, FTI and Prophet; (7) Thought Leadership: PwC, Bersin by Deloitte and FTI. (1,345 words)...More

This report provides five categories of Monadnock Research Practice Leadership Quadrants containing 50+ leading global providers of cybersecurity consulting. Cybersecurity services within the scope of this report include organization-level and operational security strategy; fraud prevention; risk mitigation and management; governance, standards and compliance; assessment, breach mitigation and cyber defense; identity authentication, malware detection, software development; and support of information assets across on-prem and cloud environments, hardware and software infrastructure, and business application portfolio. Some of the firms and service offerings analyzed include: Accenture, Accuvant, A.T. Kearney, BH Consulting, Booz Allen Hamilton, CA, Core Security, CSC, Deloitte, EMC, FireEye (Mandiant), Fishnet, HP, IBM, Infosys, Kapersky, Lockheed Martin, McKinsey, Oracle, PA Associates, Protivity, PwC, SAIC, Symantec, TCS, Telos, Thales, Veracode and Wipro. (20 pages, 5 graphics)...More

Table of Contents: (1) PwC Sets Plan to Become Top 20 Legal Services Provider by 2019; (2) Re: The Auditors Publishes MR's "Big Four Fiscal 2013 Advisory Practice Rankings and Conflict Risk Metrics"; (3) EY Acquires Business Process Management Consultancy, BPM Specialists; (4) Steria Acquires Cloud Consulting Specialist, Beamap; (5) NERA Economic Consulting Establishes Office in Mexico City; (6) Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys Lower Earnings Expectations; (7) Consulting Leadership: KPMG, MCA and A.T.Kearney; and (8) Thought Leadership: World Bank, Deloitte HBR-McKinsey. (1,300 words)...More

Infosys has reached a definitive agreement to acquire management consultancy Lodestone Holding AG for CHF 330 Million in cash. Lodestone is headquartered in Zurich and advises international companies in the areas of technology strategy and process optimization, with a special focus on SAP-associated services. Lodestone's industry focus includes life science, chemicals, financial services, automotive and consumer goods. Update: The transaction closed in late October. (470 words)...More

Infosys was granted a summary judgment, including reimbursement for court costs, in a civil whistle-blower suit filed against the firm in US Federal court in Alabama. The complaint was brought by an employee alleging visa fraud and retaliation for disclosing improprieties. The court found that, while the visa case may have merit, and is in fact being investigated separately by a US grand jury, it was not germane to the issues before the court. This Research Note contains MR analysis of the court's findings, implications for clients, and potential hazards for Infosys and other India-based IT services firms ahead. The decision, complaint and other case documents are also included. (1,510 words)...More

The liquidating trustee in the (former) BearingPoint bankruptcy, John DeGroote Services, has survived motions to dismiss the $1.88 billion civil suit for fiduciary irresponsibility. The suit was filed against the firm's then-CEO, Edwin Harbach, and 8 members of BearingPoint's board of directors at the time. The suits are filed against them personally, since they allegedly acted in bad faith and breached their fiduciary duties, eliminating liability exclusions that would have been covered by insurance or BearingPoint governance policies limiting liability. The breaches alleged by DeGroote forced BearingPoint's shareholders and creditors to file bankruptcy in February 2009, later liquidating for just $396 million in net proceeds, when the company had an aggregate value of $2.3 billion 19 months before. A former CFO that left after just 3 weeks on the job offers telling perspective on the alleged misconduct. Research Note includes case details and offers rejected from competitors and priv...More

A civil lawsuit filed in US Federal court in Alabama against Infosys is about to turn into a nightmare for the firm, and likely for other India-headquartered consulting and IT service providers. Infosys stands accused of 6 civil charges by one of its consultants, associated with improperly using B-1 visas (not to be confused with H-1B visas) for workers coming into the US to work. The scheme alleged by Palmer was that for a foreign Infosys consultant to obtain a B-1 visa, an American employee of the firm had to write a "welcome letter" fraudulently stating that the employee was coming to the US for meetings rather than to work on a client engagement. Palmer seeks compensatory and punitive damages on the charges. A US federal judge ruled against Infosys' request for arbitration in November 2011. The trial is scheduled to begin on 20 August, with a pre-trial conference scheduled for 20 July. Research Note includes copies of complaint against Infosys; Infosys response; and detai...More

MR - P&G conferred its highest supplier honor, Business Partner of the Year, upon Ernst & Young, Infosys, and 10 other companies for 2011. E&Y was honored for its non-audit advisory work. P&G has more than 75,000 suppliers globally. This year under 1% of its partners were among those selected for awards. Business partners consistently performing at high levels within P&G's internal performance management system earned an Excellence Award. A total of 86 external partners were recognized this year. Beyond Business Partner of the Year recipients Ernst & Young and Infosys, 12 firms providing consulting services as part of their offering were also 2011 Excellence Award recipients. (450 words)...More

MR - Infosys plans to rebrand the company as Infosys Ltd. to underscore the strategic importance of management consulting, industry capabilities, and non-technology elements of the firm's service offerings. Infosys has also introduced a number of new growth platforms. Cloud Computing, Enterprise Mobility, and Sustainability have been added to learning solutions and business platform solutions as the main engines of future growth. The firm will focus its offerings around seven themes: Digital Consumers, Emerging Economies, Sustainable Tomorrow, New Commerce, Healthcare Economy, Smarter Organizations, and Pervasive Computing. (391 words)...More

MR - KPMG appoints Michael J. Andrew as Global Chairman, succeeding Tim Flynn in October 2011. N. R. Narayana Murthy's replacement at Infosys announced; Murthy appointed Chairman Emeritus; K. V. Kamath named as the Chairman of the Board; S. Gopalakrishnan named as the Co-Chairman of the Board; S. D. Shibulal named as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. John McCue appointed leader of Deloitte's Energy & Resources Industry and Power & Utilities sector. Ernst & Young names Preston Thompson as Executive Director within its Financial Services Advisory practice; Mal Postings as the Chief Technology Officer within the IT Advisory Services practice; David White as Principal and Kristin Valente as Partner within Portland Advisory Practice; and Nathan Ives within its Power & Utilities Advisory Services Practice. Paul Williams Joins PwC US' Real Estate Business Advisory Services Practice. Robert Drewniak named leader of Hayes Management Consulting's Strategic & ...More

MR - Deloitte LLP elects Joseph Echevarria CEO and Punit Renjen Chairman; Harry Greenspun, M.D., joins Deloitte Center for Health Solutions; Bob Contri appointed U.S. financial services industry group leader. FTI Consulting appoints William M. Isaac as Senior Managing Director and head of the Financial Institutions Group. Kareem El-Alaily and Mark Klupt join Censeo as Principals; Steve Krauss joins as Corporate Development Officer; Barbara Meachin joins as Director of Professional Development; Dr. Timothy Laseter transitions from COO to commercial practice leader. Jonathan Dharmapalan appointed to lead Ernst & Young Global Telecom Center. CSC has named Alisoun Moore vice president and general manager for its North American Public Sector (NPS) Health Services Division. Greg Campanella and Kevin McHugh join Navigant Capital Advisors' Valuation & Financial Risk Management practice as Managing Directors. Capgemini Government Solutions has named Sandra Gillespie a Vice President in...More

MR - Infosys has shifted its business model over the past 5 years toward one that more closely incorporates consulting services, and it seems to be working. The changes have allowed it to realize a 29 percent quarterly compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenues over the period, to $1.3 billion in Q4 fiscal 2010. Infosys added a total of 9,313 employees in the quarter/year-ended 31 March, with a net increase of 3,914. This represents a total voluntary and involuntary attrition rate of 5,399 in the latest quarter, or 5 percent. This is particularly problematic for the firm, since it now expects fiscal 2011 revenues to grow between 16 and 18 percent. (473 words)...More

MR - Infosys BPO has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of McCamish Systems. Infosys signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Atlanta, Georgia-based provider of insurance and financial services BPO and advisory services in November (400 words)....More

MR - Infosys BPO Limited has signed a definitive agreement to acquire McCamish Systems, an insurance and financial services business process outsourcer and advisory services firm, based in Atlanta. McCamish had revenues of around $38 million in 2008 and 260 staff based in Atlanta....More

Monadnock Research has identified ten key trends that will impact buyers and providers of consulting services in 2009 and beyond. This Research Note provides details on those trends, including: shifts in distribution of category and industry spending on consulting services; increasing client focus on consulting category management; contractor/subcontractor relationship trends; innovative staffing models; flight to quality; crackdowns on sham consultancies; nationalistic sentiments; international consulting network trends; and alternatives to consultants. (subscription required)...More

The current wave of U.S. domestic protectionism and political momentum is prompting India's largest technology firms to prepare to hire American consultants. Four of the top five H1-B recipient companies are headquartered in India....More

(3 February 2009) Providers have an opportunity for differentiation on speed and client savings, according to ITSMA's tenth annual Brand Tracking Study for IT Professional Services. In overall favorability ratings HP, IBM, McKinsey, Bain, and Deloitte topped the list....More