Ukraine continues to rank fourth in the world by the number of programmers after the USA, India and Russia. \nExperts acknowledge not only the quantitative but also the qualitative potential of Ukrainian specialists. \nThus, according to experts, Ukraine has high potential in the development of offshore programming. Firstly, the first computer in Europe was created by Ukrainians in 1951. Ukrainian higher education institutions graduate thousands of programmers and specialists in related fields. World experts are surprised that until now Ukraine has not been competing with India, which in recent years has been the leader in offshore programming. Today, several large companies ("Softline", "Kvazar-Micro" and others), as well as about fifty medium and small companies, are already working in this market, reports the media group "Objektiv". The clients of Ukrainian developers include Ingersoll-Rand Co, Hugo Boss, Boeing, DaimlerChrysler, General Electric, Citibank, NASA and dozens of other well-known global brands. At the same time, the state of the market is assessed as nascent. \nExperts expect the market to grow in the near future, linking this to Ukraine's extensive experience in software development, the enormous quantitative and qualitative potential of programmers, salaries that are low by world standards (about $500), as well as economic growth in the country. \nThe main restraining factor is unsatisfactory sales within the country: since over 90% of the market is occupied by pirated software, manufacturers cannot earn capital on the domestic market, and without a certain financial base it is quite difficult to enter world markets. \nBut on the whole, experts are inclined to believe that our country's potential is high, the prospects are diverse, and in the very near future Ukraine may become one of the leading players in the market.