Staffing Industry Analysts today released its annual Vendor Management Systems (VMS) and Managed Service Providers (MSP) Competitive Landscape report. This shows that total 2012 VMS/MSP spend outside North America among respondents to our landscape study was USD 26.49 billion and USD 20.63 billion respectively. Roughly one-third of global temporary staffing labour is managed either by an MSP or run through a VMS.

To manage temporary agency labour, independent contractors and Statement of Work (SOW) arrangements, corporations use VMS and Managed Service Providers.  Staffing Industry Analysts estimates that spend under management through a VMS, an MSP, or both, is greater than USD 100 billion globally and growing. This compares to the total market estimate for global temporary agency staffing labour of $327 billion. 

“Among survey participants, we are seeing more SOW spend running through a VMS (up 21% globally, from $18.9 billion to $21.9 billion) and also managed by an MSP (up 27% globally to $8 billion),” said Tony Gregoire, Staffing Industry Analysts’ research manager.

The report, issued today, highlighted the VMS and MSP firms with the largest amount of spend under management:

Other leading brands include: TAPFIN which led the temp/contract, vendor-neutral and hybrid MSP categories; Beeline which led outsourced spend through a VMS; Fieldglass, in addition to being the total VMS leader, also was the leader for SOW VMS and temp/contract VMS; and Allegis Group Services, besides leading the total MSP category leader, also led the SOW MSP area.

Staffing Industry Analysts defines an MSP as: a company that takes on primary responsibility for managing an organisation’s contingent workforce programme.

Staffing Industry Analysts defines a VMS as: an Internet-enabled contingent worker sourcing and billing application that enables a company to procure and mange a wide range of contingent workers and services in accordance with client business rules.

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