Informatics Professional Services Price Indexes (IPSPI)

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Introduction

Purpose

The informatics professional services price indexes measure annual price changes for various informatics services such as data processing and hosting; software and software licensing; computer systems design; and custom software design services.

Authority

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Confidentiality

By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.

Record linkage

To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Reporting instructions

Who should complete this questionnaire?

This questionnaire should be completed by the controller of the business or equivalent. If there is no controller in the business, please direct the questionnaire to the accountant or Chief Financial Officer.

What you will need to complete this questionnaire

You will need access to billing and/or invoicing records related to this business's informatics services.

For this questionnaire

Please report billing and/or invoicing information for this business's Informatics services. Report for this business's entire Canadian operations.

Reporting period

You will be asked to report information for this business's two most recently completed fiscal years. This survey will cover your business's 2017 and 2018 fiscal years.

Historical Information

This questionnaire may contain information that you've submitted to Statistics Canada in the past. Please review and correct this information, as required.

Reporting instructions

• When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimate.
• Report all dollar amounts in Canadian dollars (CAN$).
• Exclude any GST/HST and all other taxes collected for remittance to a government agency.
• Percentages should be rounded to whole numbers.

Printing your completed questionnaire

You may print this questionnaire once you have completed and submitted it.

Getting Started

The Informatics Professional Services Price Indexes measure annual price changes for various informatics services such as:

•data processing and hosting
•general purpose software
•computer systems design
•custom software design

These price indexes are useful indicators of economic activity in the informatics industry, and can also prove helpful as a supplementary tool for performance evaluation, cost monitoring, contract assessment and benchmark comparisons. In addition, these indexes are used by Canada's System of Macroeconomic Accounts to arrive at real value-added estimates for the industry and to measure changes in productivity.

Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Questions

1. For this survey, you will be asked to report information based on this business's fiscal year.

Please provide the start and end dates for this business's two most recent fiscal years.

Fiscal Year 2018
Your business's fiscal end date should fall between April 1, 2018 and March 31, 2019.

Start Date _________ End Date ___________
Example: YYYY-MM-DD Example: YYYY-MM-DD

Fiscal Year 2017
Your business's fiscal end date should fall between April 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018

Start Date __________ End Date ___________
Example: YYYY-MM-DD Example: YYYY-MM-DD

2. Sales Breakdown by Activity

Please provide the percentage breakdown of this business's sales for the following activities.
Do not include revenues for this business other than sales of goods and services. Exclude all other revenues such as commissions, subsidies (grants, donations), dividends, interest, etc.

The sales figures should correspond to the time periods in which the goods and/or services are provided to the customer (i.e., "accrual" accounting basis).

If actual figures are not available, your best estimate is acceptable.

Historical data may be displayed. Please make any necessary corrections.

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A. Information technology (IT) data services
Services such as website hosting, cloud computing, network management, and data and document transformation services.

Fiscal Year 2017

(2017 start date) to
(2017 end date)

___%

Fiscal Year 2018

(2018 start date) to
(2018 end date)

___%

b. General purpose software design and development services
Design and development of software (including programming languages) for general use including game, system, and general business productivity software.

Fiscal Year 2017

(2017 start date) to
(2017 end date)

___%

Fiscal Year 2018

(2018 start date) to
(2018 end date)

___%

c. Computer systems and network design and development services
Network design and development services (including network security design), computer systems design, development and integration services, IT technical support services.

Fiscal Year 2017

(2017 start date) to
(2017 end date)

___%

Fiscal Year 2018

(2018 start date) to
(2018 end date)

___%

d.Custom software design and development services
Software specifically designed and developed for an individual customer.

Fiscal Year 2017

(2017 start date) to
(2017 end date)

___%

Fiscal Year 2018

(2018 start date) to
(2018 end date)

___%

e. All other sales:

Fiscal Year 2017

(2017 start date) to
(2017 end date)

___%

Fiscal Year 2018

(2018 start date) to
(2018 end date)

___%

Information technology (IT) data services

The following questions are going to ask about this business's information technology (IT) data services.

3. Report the professional levels that recorded billable time (i.e., time billed to customers, clients) for this business's information technology (IT) data services during the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years.
Report only those professional levels whose time is billed and/or invoiced directly to clients or customers. These levels are sometimes referred to as "front-facing". Do not include levels that serve "back office" functions and that are not typically billed directly to clients, such as administrative, HR, accounting/finance, etc.

Examples of professional levels include: senior and/or junior software developer, business analyst, project manager, quality control (QC) manager and/or tester, web and/or application architect.

Historical data may be displayed. Please add new professional levels below or remove levels that are no longer applicable.

Note: Press the Help button (?) for additional definitions and examples.

Professional levels
Add professional levels:
Removed professional levels:

4. For the professional levels listed below, report the billable hours (i.e., billed to clients) and the average hourly (billing) rate for this business's information technology (IT) data services.

Billable hours: Refers to time worked on business projects or contracts that will be charged to a client according to a contractual or pre-determined rate. Billable hours are those normally included in customer invoices and refer to pure project work. Non-billable time, on the other hand, is usually spent on internal meetings, calls or e-mails, overcoming miscommunication, or things like fixing bugs, code re-factoring and code review, etc.

Average hourly (billing) rate: This is equal to the total (gross) dollar amount billed to clients in the fiscal year divided by the total number of billable hours that were charged to clients over the same period.

Historical data may be displayed. Please review and make any necessary corrections.

Note: Press the Help button (?) for additional definitions and examples.

Billable hours

Name of Professional Level
Fiscal year start 2017 - Fiscal year end 2017_____
Fiscal year start 2018 - Fiscal year end 2018_____

Average hourly rate (in CAN$)

Name of Professional Level
Fiscal year start 2017 - Fiscal year end 2017_____
Fiscal year start 2018 - Fiscal year end 2018_____

General purpose software design and development services

The following questions are going to ask about this business's general purpose software design and development services.

5. Report the professional levels that recorded billable time (i.e., time billed to customers, clients) for this business's general purpose software design and development services during the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years.
Report only those professional levels whose time is billed and/or invoiced directly to clients or customers. These levels are sometimes referred to as "front-facing". Do not include levels that serve "back office" functions and that are not typically billed directly to clients, such as administrative, HR, accounting/finance, etc.

Examples of professional levels include: senior and/or junior software developer, business analyst, project manager, quality control (QC) manager and/or tester, web and/or application architect.

Historical data may be displayed. Please add new professional levels below or remove levels that are no longer applicable.

Note: Press the Help button (?) for additional definitions and examples.

Professional levels
Add professional levels:
Removed professional levels:

6. For the professional levels listed below, report the billable hours (i.e., billed to clients) and the average hourly (billing) rate for this business's general purpose software design and development services.

Billable hours: Refers to time worked on business projects or contracts that will be charged to a client according to a contractual or pre-determined rate. Billable hours are those normally included in customer invoices and refer to pure project work. Non-billable time, on the other hand, is usually spent on internal meetings, calls or e-mails, overcoming miscommunication, or things like fixing bugs, code re-factoring and code review, etc.

Average hourly (billing) rate: This is equal to the total (gross) dollar amount billed to clients in the fiscal year divided by the total number of billable hours that were charged to clients over the same period.

Historical data may be displayed. Please review and make any necessary corrections.

Note: Press the Help button (?) for additional definitions and examples.

Billable hours

Name of Professional Level
Fiscal year start 2017 - Fiscal year end 2017_____
Fiscal year start 2018 - Fiscal year end 2018_____

Average hourly rate (in CAN$)

Name of Professional Level
Fiscal year start 2017 - Fiscal year end 2017_____
Fiscal year start 2018 - Fiscal year end 2018_____

Computer systems and network design and development services

The following questions are going to ask about this business's computer systems and network design and development services.

7. Report the professional levels that recorded billable time (i.e., time billed to customers, clients) for this business's computer systems and network design and development services during the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years.

Report only those professional levels whose time is billed and/or invoiced directly to clients or customers. These levels are sometimes referred to as "front-facing". Do not include levels that serve "back office" functions and that are not typically billed directly to clients, such as administrative, HR, accounting/finance, etc.

Examples of professional levels include: senior and/or junior software developer, business analyst, project manager, quality control (QC) manager and/or tester, web and/or application architect.

Historical data may be displayed. Please add new professional levels below or remove levels that are no longer applicable.

Note: Press the Help button (?) for additional definitions and examples.

Professional levels
Add professional levels:
Removed professional levels:

8. For the professional levels listed below, report the billable hours (i.e., billed to clients) and the average hourly (billing) rate for this business's computer systems and network design and development services.

Billable hours: Refers to time worked on business projects or contracts that will be charged to a client according to a contractual or pre-determined rate. Billable hours are those normally included in customer invoices and refer to pure project work. Non-billable time, on the other hand, is usually spent on internal meetings, calls or e-mails, overcoming miscommunication, or things like fixing bugs, code re-factoring and code review, etc.

Average hourly (billing) rate: This is equal to the total (gross) dollar amount billed to clients in the fiscal year divided by the total number of billable hours that were charged to clients over the same period.

Historical data may be displayed. Please review and make any necessary corrections.

Note: Press the Help button (?) for additional definitions and examples.

Billable hours

Name of Professional Level
Fiscal year start 2017 - Fiscal year end 2017_____
Fiscal year start 2018 - Fiscal year end 2018_____

Average hourly rate (in CAN$)

Name of Professional Level
Fiscal year start 2017 - Fiscal year end 2017_____
Fiscal year start 2018 - Fiscal year end 2018_____

Custom software design and development services

The following questions are going to ask about this business's custom software design and development services.

9. Report the professional levels that recorded billable time (i.e., time billed to customers, clients) for this business's custom software design and development services during the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years.

Report only those professional levels whose time is billed and/or invoiced directly to clients or customers. These levels are sometimes referred to as "front-facing". Do not include levels that serve "back office" functions and that are not typically billed directly to clients, such as administrative, HR, accounting/finance, etc.

Examples of professional levels include: senior and/or junior software developer, business analyst, project manager, quality control (QC) manager and/or tester, web and/or application architect.

Historical data may be displayed. Please add new professional levels below or remove levels that are no longer applicable.

Note: Press the Help button (?) for additional definitions and examples.

Professional levels
Add professional levels:
Removed professional levels:

10. For the professional levels listed below, report the billable hours (i.e., billed to clients) and the average hourly (billing) rate for this business's information technology (IT) data services.
Billable hours: Refers to time worked on business projects or contracts that will be charged to a client according to a contractual or pre-determined rate. Billable hours are those normally included in customer invoices and refer to pure project work. Non-billable time, on the other hand, is usually spent on internal meetings, calls or e-mails, overcoming miscommunication, or things like fixing bugs, code re-factoring and code review, etc.

Average hourly (billing) rate: This is equal to the total (gross) dollar amount billed to clients in the fiscal year divided by the total number of billable hours that were charged to clients over the same period.

Historical data may be displayed. Please review and make any necessary corrections.

Note: Press the Help button (?) for additional definitions and examples.

Billable hours

Name of Professional Level
Fiscal year start 2017 - Fiscal year end 2017_____
Fiscal year start 2018 - Fiscal year end 2018_____

Average hourly rate (in CAN$)

Name of Professional Level
Fiscal year start 2017 - Fiscal year end 2017_____
Fiscal year start 2018 - Fiscal year end 2018_____

Changes and events

Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business compared with the last reporting period.

Select all that apply.

Exchange rate impact

Price changes in goods or services sold

Contracting out

Organizational change

Recession

Change in product line

Expansion

New or lost contract

Increased market demand

Decreased market demand

Change in accounting or basis of reporting

Other changes or events — specify:

OR

No changes or events

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