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Although Moscow accounts for about 70% of the IT sector's turnover, Anatoly Denisov, editor-in-chief of the Runet Rating project, said that, according to the project, the most active growth in 2023 compared to 2022 was in the regions. Based on the processing of data from more than 590 Russian agencies specializing in the provision of digital services, the highest median growth of 31% was found in companies from St. Petersburg. In other regions, this figure is 28%, and in Moscow - 23%. If we look at the average growth in turnover, regional agencies are also in the lead with 52% versus 49% in Moscow.

forced to learn to work south africa whatsapp resource with contractors remotely. The location of the contractor has become less important, and clients from Moscow have begun to order services more often in the regions, because it is cheaper there. It is also more difficult for companies from Moscow to grow due to the high base," Anatoly Denisov commented on the indicators.

According to Kirill Semion, the IT sphere in the regions is developing due to small local companies. "In the foreseeable future, successful regional organizations will go to Moscow integrators from among the market leaders. Due to the shortage of personnel, especially local ones, starting from a certain scale, they will not be able to develop independently," says Kirill Semion.

The IT sector representatives interviewed by ComNews agreed that IT is growing in the regions, but many believe that it is still happening more slowly than in Moscow. "Regional IT companies are growing steadily, so the gap is gradually narrowing," says Maria Markova. Deputy Technical Director of Innostage Daniyar Iskhakov believes that this is due to a lack of resources and competencies for the implementation of large complex projects. Also, a number of regional customers, with whom regional IT companies work more often, have not yet launched their import substitution projects in full due to a lack of funding.

Nevertheless, Moscow has the largest number of IT companies and their head offices - over 50 thousand, while in St. Petersburg the number of registered IT businesses is almost 2.5 times less, so the main income of Russian IT is consolidated in the capital. According to RUSSOFT, in 2023 the IT segment in St. Petersburg increased by only 10%, and the number of companies - by 3-5%. Such statistics were cited by Maria Bar-Biryukova, Deputy General Director and Partner of KORUS Consulting, founder of the Sellty platform.

Maria Bar-Biryukova said that the growth of Moscow IT business turnover is influenced by support measures: a wider range of preferential lending instruments, grant and investment programs than in the regions. The Moscow government also actively supports the launch and development of technology parks.

In addition, in Moscow, the growth of revenue in the IT sector is largely due to the active development of the import substitution trend among large customers, while in the regions the market is largely represented by small companies, among which these trends are not so strong. This is the opinion of Ilya Bublik.

Commercial Director of Softline Solutions Alexander Minin believes that the growth rates in the region are somewhat lower, since the financial capabilities of holdings and companies are limited. In addition, a large number of management companies and software developers are concentrated in Moscow, which historically contributes to higher growth rates.

Managing partner of the industrial system integrator Raitek DTG Evgeny Vergazov believes that the regional IT sector will also continue to grow, although it is still far from peak values.