[2025 Latest] Summary of IT Industry Structure, Market Size, and SIer Rankings | 60 Recommended Agents
Introduction
With the acceleration of domestic digital shifts and demand for DX (Digital Transformation), Japan's IT industry continues to expand and change rapidly.
When considering employment, career changes, career advancement in the IT industry, or independence as a freelancer, the first thing to grasp is the overall picture of the industry. However, many people are likely searching for accurate information while having questions such as, 'What is the structure of the IT industry?', 'What is the current market size of the IT industry?', and 'What are the differences in the ranks (hierarchies) of SIers, which are said to have a multi-layered subcontracting structure?'
The Japanese IT market has reached a scale of approximately 27.9 trillion yen, including IT investment in a broad sense, and is a massive industrial sector with over 2 million workers. However, its interior is composed of a complex, pyramid-shaped multi-layered subcontracting structure (multi-layered subcontracting) that starts with major manufacturers and consulting firms at the top and extends to subcontractors, secondary subcontractors, and SES. The reality of this industry is that the work content you can engage in, as well as your average annual income, career path, and ease of working, vary greatly depending on which layer (rank) of company you are in.
Furthermore, to realize an ideal career as an engineer or consultant, it is essential to utilize IT agents and platforms that match your skills and goals. In recent years, not only has job change support for full-time employees appeared, but many services specializing in high-unit-price freelance projects and side jobs such as 2-3 days a week or full remote work have also emerged, leading to a wide range of choices.
Therefore, in this article, based on official statistical data from government agencies and published materials from major research institutions, we will comprehensively explain everything from the latest IT industry market size to the roles of major players that make up the industry, details by SIer rank (representative companies and financial data from SS rank to D rank), and the share rate of SES. Furthermore, we will thoroughly classify and introduce 60 recommended IT agents and platforms that can be used for different purposes such as job changes, freelancing, and side jobs all at once.
If you want to 'understand the mechanism of the IT industry comprehensively from the basics' or 'find the appropriate company rank and IT agent that suits you and make a career choice without failure', please use this report as a guidebook. Points of this article in 3 lines
国内IT市場は約27.9兆円規模、就業者は最大約212万人、企業数は約1.5万〜2万社（情報サービス業）にのぼります。
IT業界はSIerを頂点とした多重下請け構造（ピラミッド）になっており、SSランクからDランクまで6階層で整理できます。
正社員転職・フリーランス・副業まで、目的別に60社以上のエージェント／プラットフォームを分類して紹介しています。
What you can learn in this article
Market size, number of workers, and number of companies in the entire domestic IT industry (based on government statistics)
The relationship between the four major players that make up the IT industry (telecommunications carriers, manufacturers, vendors, and SIers)
SIer rank-based pyramid structure (SS rank to D rank) and representative companies/financial data
The share of SES in the industry and the power map of foreign/domestic vendors
A list of over 60 agents by purpose, such as job changes, freelancing, side jobs, and high-class projects
List of sources and publication years of statistical data used in this report
1. Scale of the IT Industry (Japanese Yen)
The scale of the IT industry is defined from the perspectives of 'total IT investment (broad sense)' and 'IT services market (narrow sense)'.
Domestic IT Market Size (Total)
Market Size (Japanese Yen): Approximately 27,895.3 billion yen
Relevant Fiscal Year/Data Source: 2025 Estimate (IDC Japan)
Domestic Private Sector IT Investment Amount
Market Size (JPY): Approx. 16.73 trillion yen
Fiscal Year/Data Source: 2025 Forecast (Yano Research Institute)
Domestic IT Services Market
Market Size (JPY): Approx. 7.0205 trillion yen
Fiscal Year/Data Source: 2024 Actual (IDC Japan)
Information and Communications Industry Total Revenue
Market Size (JPY): Approx. 38 trillion yen
Fiscal Year/Data Source: 2024 Actual (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications '2025 Basic Survey on Information and Communications Industry')
2. Industry Workforce (Number of Employed Persons)
Information Services/IT Solutions Sector: Approx. 2.12 million people
Total IT Personnel (Broadly defined IT workers including in-house SE and telecommunications): Approx. 1.3 to 1.6 million people
Source: JEITA 'Survey Statistics Guidebook 2024-2025' / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications & Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 'Economic Census for Business Activity'
3. Number of Companies in the Industry
Information Services (Software development, information processing, system construction, etc.): Approx. 15,000 to 20,000 companies
Total "Information and Communications Industry" including telecommunications and broadcasting: Approx. 39,000 companies
Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry "2025 Basic Survey of Corporate Activity Preliminary Report" / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications "Basic Survey on the Information and Communications Industry"
4. Industry Structure
The IT industry is broadly composed of the following four major players.
Major Player Composition of the IT Industry (Simplified Diagram)
Telecommunications Carriers (NTT / KDDI / SB) → "Infrastructure/Communication Networks" → Client Companies/Government Agencies
Electrical/IT Comprehensive Manufacturers (Hitachi / Fujitsu / NEC) → "Hardware/Infrastructure" → Client Companies/Government Agencies
Vendors (AWS / Microsoft / SAP, etc.) → "Products/Cloud" → Client Companies/Government Agencies
SIer / SES Pyramid → "Development/Construction/Operation" → Client Companies/Government Agencies
Electrical Manufacturers (Comprehensive Electronics/Hardware-based IT): While manufacturing servers and equipment in-house, they also function as large-scale SIers and consultants (Hitachi, Fujitsu, NEC, Mitsubishi Electric, etc.).
Telecommunications Carriers (Carrier-based): Leveraging communication infrastructure to develop cloud, data center, and DX solutions (NTT Group, KDDI, SoftBank).
Vendors (Product/Service Providers): Providers of hardware, middleware, OS, packaged software, and cloud platforms.
SIer (System Integrator): Businesses that handle everything from consulting to design, development, and operation of client business systems. They sit at the top of the subcontracting (pyramid) structure.
5. SIer Rankings (Pyramid Hierarchical Structure)
These are the generally recognized SIer rank classifications in the industry.
SS Rank
Characteristics: Ultra-large consultants, think tanks, and industry leaders. Primarily prime contractors, with a prime contract rate of nearly 100%.
Representative Companies (Examples): Nomura Research Institute (NRI), Accenture, NTT DATA, foreign-affiliated consultants (PwC, Deloitte, etc.)
S Rank
Characteristics: Top-tier large manufacturer-affiliated and user-affiliated companies. Leading ultra-large projects from the most upstream phase.
Representative Companies (Examples): Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions (CTC), SCSK, TIS
Rank A
Characteristics: Mid-to-large user-affiliated/independent SIers. High profitability with a high prime contract rate
Representative Companies (Examples): Nippon Steel Solutions (NSSOL), BIPROGY (formerly Nihon Unisys), Obic, IBM Japan, Future, JSOL
Rank B
Characteristics: Mid-sized SIers, large manufacturer/user subsidiaries. Secondary to primary contractors
Representative Companies (Examples): Fujitsu Japan, Hitachi Solutions, NEC Solution Innovators, Intec, Cresco
Rank C
Characteristics: Semi-major/regional SIers. Primarily secondary contractors or specialized in specific technologies
Representative Companies (Examples): Nihon System Ware (NSW), System Support, small-to-medium secondary SIers
Rank D
Characteristics: Small-to-medium SES/tertiary contractors and below. Primarily providing labor through client-site residency
Representative Companies (Examples): Small-scale engineer dispatch companies, specific SES providers
6. SES Market Share and Vendor Classification in the IT Industry
① SES Market Share (Occupancy Rate)
Actual share in the IT service/system development market: Approx. 30%–40%
Market size estimation: The recent market size for IT talent-related services, dispatch, and SES is approx. 1.2 trillion to 1.5 trillion yen. Including labor provision (de facto SES) within the multi-layered subcontracting structure, it accounts for over 30% of domestic system development based on labor costs.
② Market composition excluding SES (Foreign vs. Domestic classification)
1. Cloud Vendors (IaaS / PaaS / SaaS)
Market Overview: The domestic cloud market size is approximately 3.5 trillion to 4.2 trillion yen.
Foreign vs. Domestic Market Share Ratio:
Foreign-owned (approx. 70-80% share): AWS (Amazon), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud (GCP) dominate the majority of the public cloud infrastructure.
Domestic (approx. 20-30% share): NTT DATA/NTT Com, Fujitsu, SAKURA internet (aiming for a comeback of domestic clouds through government cloud certification, etc.).
2. Package Vendors / SaaS
Foreign-owned (major infrastructure/global standards):
SAP (ERP/core systems)
Salesforce (CRM/customer management)
Oracle (database/ERP)
Domestic (specialized for specific tasks/domestic business practices):
OBIC (OBIC7: Domestic ERP Leader)
RAKUS (Rakuraku Seisan)
Money Forward / freee (Accounting/HR SaaS)
Sansan (Business Card/Sales DB)
3. Hardware Vendors
Foreign-owned:
Apple, Dell Technologies, HP, Cisco Systems (Network Equipment Leader)
Domestic:
Fujitsu, NEC, Hitachi (Social Infrastructure/Core Server Systems)
Based on the generally recognized SIer pyramid structure (SS Rank to D Rank) in the industry, we have compiled a list of company names, financial figures, and strengths for each rank.
7. Detailed List by SIer Rank
*Each figure is the latest data (consolidated basis) based on public data such as IR information and securities reports.
1. SS Rank (Ultra-major Consulting, 100% Prime, Industry Peak)
The pinnacle of the industry, leading top-tier business consulting and ultra-large-scale IT investments for national and infrastructure projects.
Nomura Research Institute (NRI)
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 764.8 billion yen
Number of employees: Approx. 17,900
Key strengths: High consulting capabilities and a solid system construction foundation for finance and distribution. Overwhelming profit margins.
Accenture (Japan)
Annual revenue (sales): $69.7 billion (Global total)
Number of employees: Approx. 29,000 (In Japan)
Key strengths: Comprehensive DX promotion capabilities that drive everything from strategy consulting to IT implementation and operations (BPO).
NTT DATA Group
Annual revenue (sales): Approx. 4.96 trillion yen
Number of employees: Approx. 197,000
Key strengths: Japan's largest SIer capabilities in government, finance, and social infrastructure, as well as global expansion capabilities.
2. S-Rank (Top-tier major comprehensive, carrier, and manufacturer-affiliated)
Large-scale SIers that support the foundation of the IT industry. They focus on prime (primary contractor) projects and directly manage large-scale projects with thousands of people.
Fujitsu
Annual revenue (sales): Approx. 3.50 trillion yen
Number of employees: Approx. 99,000
Key strengths: Top-class domestic market share in IT services with strengths in manufacturing, government, and healthcare. Proprietary cloud service capabilities.
Hitachi, Ltd. (IT Sector)
Annual revenue (sales): Approx. 8.5 trillion yen (Company-wide)
Number of employees: Approx. 268,000 (company-wide)
Main strengths: Fusion of OT (Operational Technology) and IT centered on "Lumada". Social infrastructure and manufacturing DX.
Itochu Techno-Solutions (CTC)
Annual sales (revenue): Approx. 670 billion yen
Number of employees: Approx. 10,000
Main strengths: Top-tier technical capabilities as a multi-vendor. Procurement and construction capabilities for advanced overseas products (Cisco, VMware, etc.).
SCSK
Annual sales (revenue): Approx. 510 billion yen
Number of employees: Approx. 16,000
Main strengths: Stable foundation of the Sumitomo Corporation Group. Comprehensive SI capabilities covering manufacturing, distribution, and finance.
3. A Rank (Mid-sized/Large Independent / Top User-affiliated)
Large independent and excellent user-affiliated SIers with overwhelming strengths in specific industries and domains. Established high-profit models.
OBIC
Annual sales (revenue): Approx. 110 billion yen
Number of employees: Approx. 2,200
Main strengths: Industry-leading high profitability and operating profit margin (over 50%) due to the direct sales and direct procurement structure of its proprietary ERP "OBIC7".
Nippon Steel Solutions (NSSOL)
Annual sales (revenue): Approx. 310 billion yen
Number of employees: approx. 7,800
Main strengths: Advanced technical capabilities cultivated through Nippon Steel's core systems. Large-scale SI in the finance and manufacturing sectors.
BIPROGY (formerly Nihon Unisys)
Annual sales (revenue): approx. 360 billion yen
Number of employees: approx. 8,200
Main strengths: Track record in the finance, distribution, and energy sectors, and platform business promotion capabilities.
Future Architect
Annual sales (revenue): approx. 60 billion yen
Number of employees: approx. 3,000
Main strengths: IT consulting directly linked to management strategy. Full prime contracting and development of proprietary frameworks.
4. B Rank (Mid-tier SIers / Major Group Subsidiaries)
A sector that focuses on 'secondary contracting' for major manufacturers and parent company primary projects, while expanding its own direct (primary) contracting projects.
Fujitsu Japan
Annual sales (revenue): approx. 720 billion yen
Number of employees: approx. 28,000
Main strengths: Close-contact system implementation and construction specialized for local governments, healthcare, and small to medium-sized enterprises.
Hitachi Solutions
Annual sales (revenue): approx. 400 billion yen
Number of employees: approx. 12,000
Main strengths: Business application development, security and digital solution technologies.
INTEC
Annual sales (revenue): approx. 140 billion yen
Number of employees: approx. 3,800
Main strengths: Core of the TIS INTEC Group. Strengths in EDI, network, and data center businesses.
CRESCO
Annual sales (revenue): approx. 55 billion yen
Number of employees: approx. 2,800
Main strengths: An independent SIer with strengths in embedded software and digital domains (AI/cloud).
5. C Rank (Mid-tier/Regional SIer/Secondary Subcontractor Specialist)
Primarily handles development as a subcontractor (secondary contractor) for major SIers. Some have direct sales projects specialized in specific regions or industries.
Nihon Systemware (NSW)
Annual sales (revenue): approx. 48 billion yen
Number of employees: approx. 2,500
Main strengths: Balance between IoT/embedded system development and enterprise system construction.
System Support
Annual sales (revenue): approx. 23 billion yen
Number of employees: Approx. 1,500
Main strengths: Specialized in database (Oracle) construction/operation technology and cloud migration support.
Small to medium-sized secondary contractor SIer group
Annual sales (revenue): 1 billion to 10 billion yen
Number of employees: 100 to 500
Main strengths: Backend development capability for specific languages/environments, flexible supply of engineering resources.
6. D Rank (Specific SES, tertiary contractors and below, labor supply type)
Companies whose main business is client-resident engineer dispatch and SES (System Engineering Service). Located at the bottom of the pyramid.
Small-scale SES operators
Annual sales (revenue): 100 million to 1 billion yen
Number of employees: 10 to 100
Main strengths: Rapid personnel procurement capability, spot-based engineer resident support according to projects.
Specific dispatch-type IT ventures
Annual sales (revenue): 500 million to 2 billion yen
Number of employees: 50 to 200
Main strengths: Recruitment, training, and rapid deployment processes for inexperienced staff, cost-effective personnel expense structure.
8. Rank list of professional talent utilization-type IT consulting/platform companies
*Each figure is based on the latest securities reports, financial results summaries, and company-published data (actual values based on fiscal periods).
1. S Rank (Overwhelming industry-leading major companies, TSE Prime)
Top runners that hold a unique resource pool (employees or partner collaborators) on a scale of thousands, leading everything from comprehensive consulting to IT and digital execution support.
BayCurrent Consulting
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 148.3 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 7,550
Strengths & Business Characteristics: A comprehensive consulting firm originating in Japan with a super high-profit model. Provides carefully selected in-house engineers and consultants through direct contracts.
SIGMAXYZ Holdings
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 22 billion yen (Consolidated)
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,200 (Group)
Strengths & Business Characteristics: Formerly affiliated with Intec and Recruit. A multi-platform consulting firm that integrates external partner companies and professional talent into its own teams.
2. A-Rank (Rapidly Growing Listed High-Class Platformers)
Mid-to-large-sized firms that accept a large volume of high-unit-price projects by utilizing tens of thousands of registered freelancers (consultants, PMOs, and high-end SEs) in addition to their own in-house consultants.
INTLOOP
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 33.5 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,500 (Consolidated)
Strengths & Business Characteristics: Approximately 50,000 registered professional talents. High growth through a hybrid model of 'Consulting x Freelance Staffing'.
LTS (LTS, Inc.)
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 17.1 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,060
Strengths & Business Characteristics: Specializes in Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and DX support. Operates professional talent matching platforms such as 'FC Consultant'.
Mirai Works
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 11.1 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 220 (98,000 registered)
Strengths & Business Features: Operates "FreeConsultant.jp". One of the largest in Japan in terms of registered high-class freelance consultants.
3. B Rank (Specialized in Specific Domains/High-Class Engineers)
A growing company with strengths in providing "high-class IT engineers" and "professional engineers for side jobs/freelance work" rather than general consultants.
AnyMind Group
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 40 billion yen (Total)
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,800
Strengths & Business Features: Operates mainly in Asia. Provides professional talent solutions and IT development platforms in the EC and marketing domains.
Circulation
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 8 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 300 (over 20,000 registered)
Strengths & Business Features: Operates the "ProSharing" business, which shares executives, technical advisors, and professional talent.
Twostone&Sons (formerly Branding Engineer)
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 14 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 400
Strengths & Business Features: Operates the freelance engineer matching service "Midworks". Strong in supplying cutting-edge IT talent.
4. C Rank (Small to Medium/Startup/Emerging Freelance Platforms)
Professional talent platforms that are newly established or specialized in specific domains (AI, data science, regional DX, etc.).
Specific Domain-Focused Matching (e.g., Solue, various advisory services)
Annual Sales (Revenue): 500 million to 3 billion yen
Number of Employees: 10 to 50
Strengths/Business Characteristics: Pinpoint specialization in rare specialist talent such as AI engineers and security experts.
Region-Specific Professional Talent Matching
Annual Sales (Revenue): 300 million to 1.5 billion yen
Number of Employees: 10 to 30
Strengths/Business Characteristics: A specialized model connecting side-job/freelance talent in major metropolitan areas to DX projects for local small and medium-sized enterprises.
While traditional SES (D-rank) provides 'the number of personnel for programming tasks (man-hours),' this classification (A to S-rank) provides 'ultra-upstream problem-solving capabilities (strategy, PMO, advanced technology).'
Therefore, the biggest business characteristic is that they have few employees relative to sales, resulting in 'very high sales and profit margins per employee.'
9. List of IT-Specialized Agencies and Platforms
1. Major General/IT-Specialized Agencies (Supporting both full-time job changes and freelancing)
Levtech Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Group approx. 115.7 billion yen
Number of Employees: approx. 854
Service Name: Levtech Freelance / Levtech Career / Levtech Rookie
Area of Expertise: General IT/Web. Direct-contract high-unit-price freelance projects for engineers/creators and support for full-time job changes. New graduate recruitment.
PERSOL CAREER CO., LTD.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Group consolidated approx. 1.3271 trillion yen
Number of Employees: approx. 7,020
Service Name: HiPro Tech / doda
Area of Expertise: Direct-to-end, high-unit-price IT freelance projects, and career change support for Web/IT professionals at major companies.
WORKPORT, Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,000
Service Name: WORKPORT
Area of Expertise: Full-time career change support for the IT, Web, and gaming industries. Supports everyone from beginners to veteran engineers.
Career Design Center Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): 18.64625 billion yen
Number of Employees: 768
Service Name: type Career Agent / type Women's Career Agent / Type IT Dispatch
Area of Expertise: Full-time career change support for the IT/Web industry centered in the Tokyo metropolitan area, IT career changes for women, and engineer-specialized dispatch/SES.
Mynavi Corporation
Annual Sales (Revenue): Consolidated scale of approx. 180 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 12,000
Service Name: Mynavi IT AGENT / Mynavi Creator / Mynavi Independence
Areas of Expertise: Full-time job changes for in-house SE, Web engineers, SIers, etc., specialized job changes for Web/game creators, and support for independent business startups.
Recruit Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approximately 3.4 trillion yen (group consolidated)
Number of Employees: Approximately 17,000
Service Name: Recruit Agent / Rikunabi NEXT
Areas of Expertise: Full-time job change support for all IT professions based on one of the largest numbers of job openings in Japan.
Geekly Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approximately 400
Service Name: Geekly
Areas of Expertise: Full-time job changes specialized in the IT, Web, and game industries. Speed matching by specialized advisors for each job category.
Pasona Group Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approximately 360 billion yen (group consolidated)
Number of Employees: Approximately 10,000
Service Name: Pasona Career
Area of Expertise: High-class/IT engineer career change, support for IT positions at foreign-affiliated and major companies.
JAC Recruitment Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 30 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,600
Service Name: JAC Recruitment
Area of Expertise: Foreign-affiliated/global IT companies, high-class IT engineer, IT consultant, and PMO career changes.
Randstad K.K.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Global approx. 3.5 trillion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,800
Service Name: Randstad
Area of Expertise: Foreign-affiliated/global IT companies, high-class engineers, and in-house SE career change support.
Willof Work, Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Group consolidated approx. 130 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 2,800
Service Name: WILLOF TECH CAREER
Area of Expertise: Career change support specializing in IT engineers. Career advancement and salary increase support through a dedicated team system.
DYM Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 20 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,000
Service Name: DYM Tech / DYM IT Career Change
Area of Expertise: Full-time career change support for Web engineers in their 20s and 30s, and introduction of IT freelance projects.
CloudLink Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 100
Service Name: CloudLink
Area of Expertise: Specializing in IT engineer career changes for in-house development companies and contract development companies. Focus on salary increases and retention rates.
Libre Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: LIBER
Area of Expertise: An agency specializing in career changes from SIer/SES to Web-based companies, IT consulting, and operating companies.
Meitec Next Corporation
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approximately 120 billion yen (group consolidated)
Number of Employees: Approximately 200
Service Name: Meitec Next
Area of Expertise: A recruitment agency specializing in embedded/control software engineers, IT infrastructure, and manufacturing-related IT.
Techno Brain Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Techno Brain
Area of Expertise: Headhunting specializing in science/engineering, high-class, and cutting-edge technology (AI/data science, etc.) engineers.
Axis Consulting Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approximately 4 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approximately 180
Service Name: Axis Consulting
Area of Expertise: Career change support for IT consultants, PM/PL, and high-end engineers.
IMAGICA DIGITAL SCAPE Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 300
Service Name: IMAGICA DIGITAL SCAPE
Area of Expertise: Career change support, staffing, and freelance project placement specializing in the Web, game, 3DCG, and video industries.
Akariku (Akariku Co., Ltd.)
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 100
Service Name: Akariku Career
Area of Expertise: IT and AI engineer career change support specializing in graduate students (Master's/PhD), postdocs, and high-skill science/engineering talent.
Kikkake Create Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Kikkake Agent
Area of Expertise: Counseling and career advancement support focused on quality over quantity by former engineers and HR professionals.
UZUZ, Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 80
Service Name: UZUZ College IT (UZUZ)
Area of Expertise: Specialized support for IT engineer (infrastructure/development) career changes for people in their 20s, second-time new graduates, and those with no experience.
Unison Career Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Undisclosed
Service Name: Unison Career
Area of Expertise: Specialized support for career changes and salary increases for young IT engineers and those in their 20s to 30s with no experience.
Neo Career Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 50 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 3,000
Service Name: Daini Shin-sotsu Agent neo
Area of Expertise: Career change support for young people and recent graduates with no experience in IT engineering or the Web industry.
Progship Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Shanai SE Tenshoku Navi
Area of Expertise: Specialized agent for in-house IT and IT planning roles. Focuses on jobs without client-site residency.
2. Specialized Agents for IT Freelancers and Outsourcing
Geechs Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 10 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 300
Service Name: GEECHS JOB
Area of Expertise: Over 15 years of experience in introducing projects for IT freelancers. Provides tax return support and welfare programs (Furinove).
TwoStone&Sons Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 14 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 400
Service Name: Midworks
Area of Expertise: Freelance engineer support. A package offering "full-time employee-level security," such as salary guarantee systems and social insurance premium subsidies.
Foster Net Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Foster Freelance
Area of Expertise: Part of the TSE-listed NSW Group. A long-established IT freelance support service founded in 1996. Focuses on direct and prime contract projects.
PE-BANK Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 33 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 300
Service Name: PE-BANK / PE-BANK College
Area of Expertise: A nationwide community for freelance IT engineers. Features full disclosure of margin rates (fees) and a transparent contract structure.
Lancers Agency Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed (consolidated)
Number of Employees: Approx. 200 (group total)
Service Name: Lancers Tech Agent
Area of Expertise: IT freelance and side job support covering a wide range of projects from on-site to remote-capable.
Coconala Tech Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 3.4 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 60
Service Name: Coconala Tech (formerly Furien)
Area of Expertise: High-skill engineer projects and flexible payment terms (cash flow support) such as same-day or advance payments.
emilee Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: emilee (emilee engineer)
Area of Expertise: Focus on direct-contract Web and business application development projects. Individualized career advisor support.
Potepan Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Potepan Freelance
Area of Expertise: Web-based language (Ruby on Rails, React, Vue.js, etc.) development projects and support for young freelancers becoming independent.
Trench Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: trench
Area of Expertise: Specialized freelance project introductions for infrastructure engineers (AWS/GCP/Azure/Network).
Direct Professional Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: techree
Area of Expertise: High-return IT freelance project introductions focusing on low margin rates and direct contracts.
An Consulting Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 80 employees
Service Name: Freelaba (Freecon)
Area of Expertise: Freelance project introductions for engineers, over 90% project continuation rate, support from specialized consultants.
Internous Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: ProEngineer
Area of Expertise: IT freelance project introductions, includes an engineer training school for beginners.
Glad Cube Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 1.5 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 100
Service Name: SPAiA FreeAgent
Area of Expertise: Freelance support for web marketers and web engineers.
BTM Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 3 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 200
Service Name: BTM Freelance
Area of Expertise: IT freelance support with many projects for engineers living in regional areas and remote work opportunities.
Futurism Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Futurism
Area of Expertise: Matching freelance projects to long-term career visions.
TechBiz Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 100
Service Name: TechBiz Freelance
Area of Expertise: Dedicated support from consultants (many are former engineers) and same-day payment options.
Engineer Style Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Engineer Style
Area of Expertise: A cross-platform for freelance projects that allows you to search and compare projects from multiple agents at once.
Prostec Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: PROSTEC
Area of Expertise: An IT freelance engineer project site focusing on high-unit-price, direct-from-client projects.
Style Edge Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Style Edge Freelance
Area of Expertise: Freelance support with strengths in legal/professional IT and web development projects.
Acrovision Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 150
Service Name: Free Engineer Network
Area of Expertise: The foundation of the Acro Group, which develops SES, IT dispatch, and freelance projects from multiple angles.
3. Specialized for Flexible Work Styles, Side Jobs, Remote Work, and Spare Time
Hcompany Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 100
Service Name: IT Pro Partners
Area of Expertise: Direct-contract freelance and side job projects, such as 2-3 days a week or full remote work. For parallel workers and entrepreneurs.
CrowdWorks Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Over 10 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 350
Service Name: CrowdTech / CrowdWorks
Area of Expertise: IT freelance support with over 80% remote work project ratio, and one of Japan's largest crowdsourcing platforms.
Shumatsu Worker Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 50
Service Name: Shuuumatsu Worker
Area of Expertise: Side-job engineer, designer, and marketer projects utilizing spare time such as weekends and weekday evenings.
Another works Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 40
Service Name: Fukugyo Cloud
Area of Expertise: A side-job matching platform with zero commission fees. Numerous DX projects for local governments and SMEs.
Lancers, Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 4 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 150
Service Name: Lancers
Area of Expertise: Crowdsourcing for one-off to ongoing outsourcing projects in web development, design, marketing, etc.
coconala Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 5 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 250
Service Name: coconala
Area of Expertise: An e-commerce platform where you can list and purchase skills. Handles everything from individual transactions to business services.
Works ID Co., Ltd.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 500
Service Name: Works ID Side Jobs/Dispatch
Area of Expertise: Matching for side jobs, short-term projects, and dispatch in administrative IT, RPA, and Web production.
Kakutoku Co., Ltd.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 30
Service Name: kakutoku
Area of Expertise: A side job and freelance platform specializing in sales, IT sales, and marketing fields.
Workship Co., Ltd.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 100
Service Name: Workship
Area of Expertise: Side projects for digital talent (designers, engineers, PMs) requiring 1-3 days per week, remote work.
Personal File Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: LOTS
Area of Expertise: Side project and freelance agent specializing in 2-3 day per week and full-remote projects.
VisasQ Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 4 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 200
Service Name: VisasQ
Area of Expertise: Specialized in one-off spot consulting during spare time (knowledge provision and advisory services in 1-hour increments).
Pro no Fukugyo Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Pro Side Job
Area of Expertise: High-class side job matching in marketing, IT, public relations, and human resources fields.
CrowdLinks Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: CrowdLinks
Area of Expertise: Side job matching service specializing in high-class talent (CrowdWorks Group).
SOKUDO Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: SOKUDO
Area of Expertise: A side job platform that matches you with experienced, ready-to-work engineers and marketers on the same day.
Parallel Works Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Parallel Works
Area of Expertise: Side job matching for IT support and Web production for regional companies and startups.
4. High-Class, IT Consulting, PMO, and Executive Specialized
INTLOOP Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): 33.55 billion yen
Number of Employees: 1,508 (consolidated)
Service Name: High-Performer Consultant / Tech Stock
Area of Expertise: High-class projects with monthly rates over 1 to 2 million yen in areas such as IT strategy, large-scale PMO, SAP, and DX promotion.
Mirai Works Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 11.1 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 220
Service Name: FreeConsultant.jp / CarryMe
Area of Expertise: High-unit-price projects for freelance IT consultants and PMOs, as well as providing high-class professional talent for 2-3 days a week.
LTS, Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 17.1 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,060
Service Name: FC Consultant / Professional Hub
Area of Expertise: Business Process Reengineering (BPR), DX consulting, and large-scale system implementation consulting projects.
Circulation Co., Ltd.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Approx. 8 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 300
Service Name: ProSharing
Area of Expertise: Advisory services for executive-level professional talent such as former CTOs, technical advisors, and security experts.
Axis Consulting Co., Ltd.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Approx. 4 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 180
Service Name: Axis Consulting / Compass
Area of Expertise: Career change support for consulting firms and IT consultants, as well as project introductions for freelance consultants.
WorkX Inc.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: ProConnect
Area of Expertise: A freelance consultant and PMO matching platform with fully transparent margins. High-return structure.
Freeconsul Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Freeconsul Agent
Area of Expertise: High-reward freelance consultant support with shallow commercial distribution, specializing in strategy, DX, AI, PMO, SAP, etc.
Groovement Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: IT Consultant Bank
Area of Expertise: Matching service specializing in IT freelance consultants for IT strategy, UX design, system renewal, etc.
Quality Consulting Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Assign Navi
Area of Expertise: Business matching platform for IT consultants, engineers, and IT companies.
BayCurrent Consulting, Inc.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Approx. 148.3 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 7,550
Service Name: BayCurrent Career
Area of Expertise: In-house recruitment for general and IT consultants and participation in direct-contract high-class projects.
SIGMAXYZ Holdings Inc.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Approx. 22 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,200 (Group)
Service Name: SIGMAXYZ Partners
Area of Expertise: Strategy and PMO support in the IT/digital domain, and project assignment of specialized professional talent.
PrimeStyle Co., Ltd.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Protanto
Area of Expertise: Professional talent support specializing in DX promotion, new business launch, and Product Managers (PdM).
Solue Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Undisclosed
Service Name: Solue Agent
Area of Expertise: High-class engineer/consultant introductions specializing in AI, data science, and advanced IT technologies.
High Level Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Undisclosed
Service Name: Executive Consult
Area of Expertise: Spot and long-term advisory matching specializing in corporate executive, CIO, and IT advisor classes.
5. Web/Startup/Skill Visualization Agents
Findy Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 200
Service Name: Findy / Findy Freelance / Findy Global
Area of Expertise: Calculation of engineer skill deviation scores via GitHub analysis and direct scouting from Web/startup companies.
WILL GROUP, INC.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approximately 130 billion yen (consolidated)
Number of Employees: Approximately 6,000
Service Name: TechClips Agent / TechClips Freelance
Area of Expertise: Counseling by active engineers. Specializes in high-salary in-house service job openings and direct projects with annual salaries of 8 million yen or more.
Wantedly, Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approximately 4.5 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approximately 150
Service Name: Wantedly
Area of Expertise: A recruitment platform that matches based on "empathy" rather than salary conditions. Casual interviews for startups/Web-related companies.
Lapras Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: LAPRAS
Area of Expertise: Crawls public information on the internet (Qiita, GitHub, blogs, etc.) to automatically create portfolios and provide direct scouting.
GROOVE X, Inc. / Formerly Forkwell, Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Forkwell
Area of Expertise: Provides specialized web-related job openings through code-based skill verification and events for engineers.
Goody Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Startup Agent
Area of Expertise: Specialized recruitment support for engineers and CTOs at seed to Series A/B phase startups.
Social Human Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: WebTech Career
Specialty: Focuses on job openings at Web-based ventures that adopt modern technology stacks (React/Next.js/Go/Python, etc.).
Startup Technology Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 50
Service Name: RUNTEQ Career
Specialty: Product development support for startups and matching for Web engineers.
Key Players Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Key Players
Specialty: Headhunting and career change support for CXOs and high-class engineers at startups and ventures.
Potentialight Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 30
Service Name: Potentialight Career Change
Area of Expertise: Recruitment support for startups and mega-ventures, and engineer career matching.
6. Specialized, Region-Specific, and Training-Support Agents
Silicon Studio Corporation
Annual Sales (Revenue): Approx. 4.5 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 300
Service Name: Silicon Studio Agent
Area of Expertise: Specialized support for the game industry, 3DCG/video creators, and consumer/high-end game development.
Creek & River Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Consolidated approx. 48 billion yen
Number of Employees: Approx. 1,800
Service Name: C&R Agency
Area of Expertise: Career change, agent dispatch, and production for Web designers, game developers, video creators, etc.
Impress Corporation
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Support for regional engineers and DX talent matching
Area of Expertise: Acquiring DX projects for regional companies, and supporting engineers seeking U/I turns as well as local governments and companies.
Potepan Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Potepan Camp
Area of Expertise: Web engineer career change support for beginners, linked with a practical programming school.
div Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 100
Service Name: TECH CAMP
Area of Expertise: Short-term intensive programming learning and a career change guarantee program for beginners.
RaiseTech Inc.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: RaiseTech
Area of Expertise: Engineer training and job/side hustle support through practical courses in AWS, Java, etc.
e-Planet Co., Ltd.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Tokai IT Career
Area of Expertise: Job change and career support for IT engineers closely tied to the Tokai area, including Aichi, Gifu, and Mie.
Regional Style Co., Ltd.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Many across the group
Service Name: Regional Career (IT Division)
Area of Expertise: High-class IT job changes specializing in U-turn and I-turn to regional cities (Hokkaido, Miyagi, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, etc.).
Aqua Resort Co., Ltd.
Annual Revenue (Sales): Not disclosed
Number of Employees: Not disclosed
Service Name: Kansai IT Job Navigation
Specialty: Job placement support for Web/IT engineers specializing in the Kansai area, including Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyogo.
Enaged Co., Ltd.
Annual Sales (Revenue): Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Approx. 50
Service Name: Game Career
Specialty: Job placement agency specializing in game programmers, 2D/3D designers, and game planners.
10. List of Data Sources and Reference Materials
The sources (issuing organizations) and target years for each survey data point used in this report have been organized by section.
1. Reference Materials on Industry Scale and Market Structure
Domestic IT Market Size (Total: Approx. 27.8953 trillion yen)
Data Source/Issuing Organization: IDC Japan
Target Year/Publication Date: 2025 Estimate
Domestic Private Sector IT Investment (Approx. 16.73 trillion yen)
Data Source/Issuing Organization: Yano Research Institute
Target Year/Publication Date: 2025 Forecast
Domestic IT Services Market (Approx. 7.0205 trillion yen)
Data Source/Issuing Organization: IDC Japan
Target Year/Publication Date: 2024 Actual Results
Total Revenue of Information and Communications Industry (Approx. 38 trillion yen)
Data Source/Publishing Organization: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, '2025 Basic Survey on Information and Communications Industry'
Target Fiscal Year/Publication Period: FY2024 Results (2025 Published Survey)
2. Supporting Data on Industry Personnel (Number of Employed Persons)
Information Services Industry / IT Solutions Sector (approx. 2.12 million people)
Data Source/Publishing Organization: Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)
Target Fiscal Year/Publication: 'Survey Statistics Guidebook 2024-2025'
Total IT Personnel (Broadly defined employees: approx. 1.3 to 1.6 million people)
Data Source/Publishing Organization: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Target Fiscal Year/Publication: 'Economic Census - Activity Survey'
3. Supporting Data on Number of Companies in the Industry
Information Services Industry (approx. 15,000 to 20,000 companies)
Data Source/Publishing Organization: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Target Fiscal Year/Report: '2025 Basic Survey of Business Activity Preliminary Report'
Information and Communications Industry Total (approx. 39,000 companies)
Data Source/Publishing Organization: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Target Fiscal Year/Report: 'Basic Survey on Information and Communications Industry'
4. Financial Results and IR Data by Company (SIer/Professional Talent Platforms)
Financial results for each listed company (capital, sales, number of employees)
Data Source/Publishing Organization: Each company's Securities Report (EDINET) / Financial Results Summary
Target Fiscal Year/Published Material: Most recent fiscal year (FY2023-2024, consolidated basis)
Summary
The primary basis for the overall report's aggregation is composed of the latest official statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (published between 2024 and 2025) as well as 2024-2025 estimates and actual data from major private IT research institutions (IDC Japan, Yano Research Institute, JEITA).
