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IT Staffing Ratios: Benchmarking Metrics and Analysis for 17 Key IT Job Functions
The analysis of IT staffing data has been a core competency of Computer Economics since we began publishing our annual IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study in 1990. Each year, we survey more than 200 IT organizations across 10 major industry sectors, based on our sampling model, to obtain data on IT staffing levels, server counts, network infrastructure, outsourcing, and spending, among other information pertinent to the assessment of IT staffing.
September, 2024
IT Spending Trends in Healthcare Payors Sector 2024
In the ever-evolving healthcare landscape, payors play a crucial role in managing costs and ensuring quality care. As the industry faces growing demands and technological advancements, healthcare payors must balance the need to improve service quality while remaining competitive. How are they achieving this? This report explores the key IT spending trends driving these transformative investments and their impact on the healthcare payor sector. It also draws on our latest benchmarking survey to offer essential metrics, identify major challenges, and present best practices and recommendations for maximizing IT value. Additionally, it analyzes the impact of IT spending on service quality and cost efficiency.
June, 2024
IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 2: Composite Benchmarks
This year, Avasant Research is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Computer Economics IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study. To mark this milestone, we have accumulated the largest sample of companies in our history (over 350 companies in our single-year sample compared to 215 last year), including a significant number of the world’s largest enterprises. For the first time, we not only have small, midsize, and large chapters but also a very large chapter for companies with over $500 million in IT spending.
September, 2024
IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 34: Utilities
Chapter 34 provides benchmarks for utilities. The 38 respondents in this subsector range in size from $85 million to $100 billion in annual revenue. This category includes gas and electric utilities, power transmission distributors, water and power utilities, and telecommunications service providers.
September, 2024
IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 21: High-Tech
Chapter 21 provides benchmarks for high-tech companies. This category includes computer products manufacturers, telecommunications equipment manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers, aerospace and defense manufacturers, pharmaceutical makers, biotechnology product makers, and other high-tech manufacturers. The 27 respondents in this sample range in size from a minimum of about $50 million to over $30 billion in revenue.
September, 2024
Role of Application Developers is Changing Rapidly
In just five years, application developers as a percentage of IT staff have gone from making up nearly a quarter of the entire IT staff (23.1%) to only 14.2%. This significant drop is not necessarily a sign of mass layoffs of application developers. In fact, we have seen no evidence that fewer application developers are working in IT departments. However, it does signal a change in the overall makeup of IT departments and the changing role of the application developer. This research byte summarizes our full report, Application Developer Staffing Ratios.
IT Staffing Ratios: Benchmarking Metrics and Analysis for 16 Key IT Job Functions
The analysis of IT staffing data has been a core competency of Computer Economics since we began publishing our annual IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study in 1990. Each year, we survey more than 200 IT organizations across 10 major industry sectors, based on our sampling model, to obtain data on IT staffing levels, server counts, network infrastructure, outsourcing, and spending, among other information pertinent to the assessment of IT staffing.
March, 2024
Heads Up: Addressing the Specific Device Management Needs of XR Headsets
Many Fortune 500 companies increasingly rely on AR, VR, and XR (augmented, virtual, and extended reality) devices to train employees, collaborate, perform maintenance, visualize data, run product demos, and more. But traditional mobile device management (MDM) or unified endpoint management (UEM) platforms are not necessarily good for managing AR/VR/XR devices. These headsets have specific management and security needs, and once an enterprise scales its AR/VR/XR program, it needs a platform tailored specifically to these types of devices. Innovative companies like ArborXR have stepped up to fill this need.
July, 2023
Application Management Outsourcing Trends and Customer Experience 2023
As the application portfolio of an enterprise grows, the ongoing support for those systems can become a burden on the IT organization, leaving little time for developing and implementing new applications. In response, some organizations see outsourcing application management as an attractive option.
December, 2023
IT Security Staffing Ratios 2024
The constant beating drum of new security vectors and the recent impact of remote and hybrid work have placed pressure on IT security staffing levels. Enterprises have been steadily increasing IT security budgets and personnel for years. However, IT security personnel as a percentage of the total IT staff has decreased slightly from 4.3% in 2022 to 4.2% in 2023. For three years, security personnel as a percentage has been flat, ranging between 4.2% and 4.3%. Has the supply of IT security personnel finally reached its cap?
February, 2024
Disaster Recovery Planning Best Practices 2024
In 2021, a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, a major fuel supplier in the US, forced the company to shut down operations for several days. This resulted in gasoline shortages and price hikes on the East Coast. Several airline companies in Britain experienced major IT failures in 2023, which resulted in thousands of canceled flights and an estimated $128 million in lost revenue. As these and numerous other examples show, the business impact of a disaster affecting the IT function can be enormous. The ability to recover information systems and data quickly and effectively after a disaster, cyberattack, or system failure should be an organizational priority. However, not many companies are consistently planning for disaster recovery.
April, 2024
Prismforce: Meeting the Needs of the Talent Supply Chain Ecosystem
IT and tech services companies with hundreds of development projects have always had difficulty matching developer skills with open jobs. One of the companies tackling this talent supply chain morass is Prismforce. Prismforce is a US-India startup that provides a SaaS platform designed to address the talent supply chain challenges faced by IT and tech services. Prismforce has already garnered the trust of over 20 top-tier IT services and tech companies, boasting about 500,000 users on its platform. It is a Tech Innovator to watch.
June, 2024
IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 3A: Benchmarks by Organization Size: Small
This year, Avasant Research is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Computer Economics IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study. To mark this milestone, we have accumulated the largest sample of companies in our history (over 350 companies in our single-year sample compared to 215 last year), including a significant number of the world’s largest enterprises. For the first time, we not only have small, midsize, and large chapters but also a very large chapter for companies with over $500 million in IT spending.
September, 2024
IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 35: Hospitals
Chapter 35 provides benchmarks for hospitals. The 29 respondents in this subsector range in size from $50 million to around $15 billion in annual revenue. This category includes community hospitals, university hospitals, nonprofit hospitals, health clinics, healthcare systems, and regional healthcare providers.
September, 2024
IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 23: Food and Beverage
Chapter 23 provides benchmarks for food and beverage manufacturers. The 37 respondents in the sample range in size from about $65 million to $40 billion in annual revenue. Food and beverage companies produce beverages, snack foods, meat products, seafood products, dairy products, dietary supplements, and other consumable food products. Some are suppliers to other food manufacturers or to the food service industry, while many also distribute consumer products to retailers or directly to consumers. This subsector does not include retailers of food and beverages, such as restaurants, unless they also manufacture their own food and beverage products.
September, 2024