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IT Spending and Staffing Report, 2009
27 January 2009
 
Michael Smith   Kurt Potter  

The information provided in this report was collected throughout 2008 from 1,406 enterprises from around the world. The IT spending trends indicated are likely to trend lower in early 2009 and be less predictable as economic conditions weaken, followed by probable improvement later in the year.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Overview

1.1
    
 Using This Research
1.2
    
 Points of Clarification
2.0
    
 Key Findings
3.0
    
 Demographics: The Richest Dataset Available

3.1
    
 Where Does the Data Come From?
4.0
    
 Spending: Some Are Investing; Others Are Catching Up

4.1
    
 IT Spending as a Percentage of Revenue: A Measure of IT Penetration
4.2
    
 Spending per Employee
4.3
    
 IT Spending by Operational Expense
4.4
    
 Moving Targets
4.5
    
 The IT Spending Outlook: Proceed With Caution
4.6
    
 IT Spending Change Behavior: Dig Deeper
4.7
    
 Spending as a Percentage of Opex
4.8
    
 Demonstrating Agility
4.9
    
 Opex vs. Capex
4.10
    
 Run-, Grow- and Transform-the-Business Spending
4.11
    
 Hardware, Software, Personnel and Outsourcing Spend Distribution
4.12
    
 Technology by Tower
5.0
    
 IT Portfolio Trends: Staffing

5.1
    
 Internal Support
5.2
    
 Hiring Outside
5.3
    
 Labor Intensity
6.0
    
 Conclusions
7.0
    
 Glossary

7.1
    
 Industry Definitions


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Revenue and Company Employee Averages by Industry, 2008
 

Table 2.  
 Run-, Grow- and Transform-the-Business IT Spending by Industry, 2008
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Demographics: Key Industry Measures — Distribution by Industry, 2008
 

Figure 2. 
 Demographics: Key Industry Measures — Distribution by Region, 2008
 

Figure 3. 
 Change in IT Spending by Industry, 2007-2008
 

Figure 4. 
 IT Spending Change by Region: 2007-2008
 

Figure 5. 
 Average IT Spending as a Percentage of Revenue by Industry, 2008
 

Figure 6. 
 Average IT Spending by Region as a Percentage by Region, 2008
 

Figure 7. 
 Average IT Spending by Industry per Employee, U.S., 2008
 

Figure 8. 
 Average IT Spending by Region per Employee, U.S., 2008
 

Figure 9. 
 IT Spending as a Percentage of Operating Expense by Industry, 2008
 

Figure 10. 
 IT Spending as a Percentage of Operating Expense by Region, 2008
 

Figure 11. 
 Agility: Revenue vs. IT Spending Change, 2007-2008
 

Figure 12. 
 Agility: Opex vs. IT Spending Change 2007-2008
 

Figure 13. 
 IT Spending as a Percentage of Revenue vs. Operating Profit, 2008
 

Figure 14. 
 IT Spending Change by Industry, 2008-2009
 

Figure 15. 
 IT Spending Change by Region, 2008-2009
 

Figure 16. 
 IT Spending Behavior: Regional Distribution of Spend Change by Type, 2008-2009
 

Figure 17. 
 Spending Behaviors: Regional Average Spend Change by Type, 2008-2009
 

Figure 18. 
 Average of IT Spending by Industry as a Percentage of Revenue, 2009
 

Figure 19. 
 Average of IT Spending as a Percentage of Revenue by Region, 2009
 

Figure 20. 
 Average of IT Spending by Industry per Employee, U.S., 2009
 

Figure 21. 
 Average of IT Spending by Region per Employee, U.S., 2009
 

Figure 22. 
 IT Spending by Industry as a Percentage of Opex, 2009
 

Figure 23. 
 IT Spending by Region as a Percentage of Opex, 2009
 

Figure 24. 
 Agility: Revenue vs. IT Spending Change 2008-2009
 

Figure 25. 
 Agility: Opex vs. IT Spending Change 2008-2009
 

Figure 26. 
 IT Capital vs. IT Operational Historical Spending, 2002-2008
 

Figure 27. 
 IT Capital vs. IT Operational Spending by Region, 2008
 

Figure 28. 
 Historical Run-, Grow- and Transform-the-Business IT Spending, 2002-2008
 

Figure 29. 
 Regional Run-, Grow- and Transform-the-Business IT Spending, 2008
 

Figure 30. 
 Historical IT Spending on Hardware, Software, Personnel and Outsourcing, 2008
 

Figure 31. 
 Regional IT Spending on Hardware, Software, Personnel and Outsourcing, 2008
 

Figure 32. 
 Historical IT Spending by Technology Tower, 2002-2008
 

Figure 33. 
 Regional IT Spending by Technology Tower, 2008
 

Figure 34. 
 IT Employees as Percentage of Total Employees by Industry, 2008
 

Figure 35. 
 IT Employees as a Percentage of Total Employees by Region, 2008
 

Figure 36. 
 Contractors vs. Internal IT Staff by Industry, 2008
 

Figure 37. 
 Contractors vs. Internal IT Staff by Region, 2008
 

Figure 38. 
 Historical Distribution of IT Staff by Technology Tower, 2002-2008
 

Figure 39. 
 Regional Distribution of IT Staff by Technology Tower, 2008
 



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