Market · Serbia · Belgrade hub
Serbia: best value for money.
Belgrade is Adeo’s operations centre. Same time zone as Berlin and around 2.5 hours by plane from Central and Western Europe.
Facts
Serbia at a glance.
- Time zone
- CET · identical to Berlin
- EU status
- Candidate country · visa-free entry, non-EU
- Statutory minimum holiday
- at least 20 working days per year
- Notice periods
- usually 15 to 30 days
- Probation period
- commonly up to six months
- Common languages
- English standard
- Direct flights
- daily, 2.5 h from Central & Western Europe
- Adeo presence
- Own entity; office at Kneza Miloša 90A, Belgrade
General information, as of 2026. To be reviewed case by case before signing a contract.
Strengths
What this market is good for.
- English-speaking customer service, support and inside sales
- Software engineering at noticeably lower all-in costs than in Bucharest
- Back office, accounting and order processing in the same working window as Berlin
- Teams that need to work in sync with the German head office every day
Talent pool
The talent pool in Serbia.
We staff every function: engineering, marketing, design, sales, support and finance. The information and communications technology (ICT) figure reflects the depth of the market.
- 6.6M
- inhabitants
- 2.9M
- in employment
- 110,000+
- ICT specialists
Figures rounded · population and employment: national statistics 2024 · ICT specialists: Eurostat and industry figures 2024.
Compliance
Data protection outside the EU.
Serbia is not an EU member state. For the processing of personal data we conclude a data processing agreement that defines purpose, scope, rights of instruction and technical and organisational measures.
For the data transfer to the non-EU country we work with the EU standard contractual clauses in their current version, supplemented by a description of the systems used and the access paths.
Before signing the contract, we agree the specific arrangement with your company’s data protection officer: which data the team actually sees, which systems it uses and which additional measures are necessary.
General information, as of 2026. To be reviewed case by case before signing a contract.
Roles
Typical roles from this market.
- Customer service and support in English
- Software engineer: backend, frontend, full-stack
- QA and test automation
- Accounting and finance operations
- Marketing operations and content
- Inside sales and lead qualification
Reference
A case study from this market.
Velia
A DevOps and .NET backend team in Serbia, built in up to five weeks.
- Roles
- 6
- Market
- Serbia
- Model
- Managed Team
- Build time
- up to 5 weeks
Cost
What a role in Serbia costs.
Example · Software engineer · Senior · Managed Team
€4,392
All-in per month
- Local gross salary
- €3,380
- Employer contributions & levies
- €512
- Adeo fee
- €500
- Western European benchmark (Germany)
- €7,806
Saving 44% · €40,968 per year
Indicative figures · as of September 2026 · total employer cost incl. contributions · to be reviewed case by case