Cash Flow
$3.6 trillion is the current global value of the overall IT industry.
Vote of Confidence
37% of IT firm execs expect 2013 profits to be better, compared to just 21% who expect them to be worse.
Top IT industry drivers in the U.S.
Hardware: 26%
Services: 25%
Software: 17%
Telecom: 32%
Big Spenders
Public sector: 24%
Information: 20%
Finance: 14%
Manufacturing: 9%
Who Makes the Biggest Bucks?
Computer and information systems managers: $125,660
Computer and information research scientists: $103,160
Computer hardware engineers: $101,360
Software developers (systems): $100,420
Software developers (applications): $92,080
Growing Problem
42% of IT and business executives say the IT “skills gap” problem has grown in the past two years.
Biggest Tech Firm Spending Increases Projected for Next 6 Months
Investments in new products/business lines: 43%
Tech staffing: 40%
Tech spending: 38%
Scaling Back
36% of IT firms plan to cut costs.
Grounded
27% will reduce business travel.
Rising Influence
46% of U.S. IT and business executives feel tech’s contribution to business will be “very” important in 2014, compared to 36% who feel that it’s important today.