Latest Reports

• Engineering and Construction Digital Services 2025 Market Insights™

  The Engineering and Construction Digital Services 2025 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any digital project in the engineering and construction industry. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.

  August, 2025

• The New Role of Data Analysts in an AI-Driven Procurement Landscape

  Will AI make procurement data analysts obsolete—or empower them to shape the future? Far from replacing analysts, artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining their role. Today’s analysts are evolving from report generators into AI model orchestrators, data quality stewards, and strategic procurement partners. More than ever, AI is transforming the analyst’s role in procurement. It highlights how automation reshapes workflows, outlines must-have skills for the future, and shows how analysts can drive strategic impact. The key takeaway: AI is a tool that amplifies, not eliminates, the analyst’s value.

  August, 2025

• Transforming Engineering and Construction through Intelligent Integration and Execution

  Facing rising material costs, labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and stricter ESG demands, engineering and construction enterprises are accelerating their digital transformation. Companies are turning to modular construction, AI-powered procurement, and robotics to boost efficiency and strengthen operational control. Fragmented systems are being replaced by integrated platforms that improve data coordination and support more informed decisions. As sustainability moves from optional to essential, firms are deploying carbon tracking tools, digital twins, and life cycle assessments to meet regulatory and investor expectations. To scale these initiatives effectively, industry leaders are partnering with digital service providers to drive innovation across the value chain. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in our Engineering and Construction Digital Services 2025 Market Insights™ and Engineering and Construction Digital Services 2025 RadarView™, respectively.

  August, 2025

• Engineering and Construction Digital Services 2025 RadarView™

  The Engineering and Construction Digital Services 2025 RadarView™ can help engineering and construction enterprises craft a robust strategy based on industry outlook, best practices, and digital transformation. The report can also aid them in identifying the right partners and service providers to accelerate their digital transformation in this space. The 53-page report also highlights top market trends in the engineering and construction industry and Avasant’s viewpoint.

• Typical IT Budget Increases Disguise Major Transformation in IT Departments

  Many of the top line IT metrics from Avasant’s latest IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2025/2026 study may look roughly the same as they have been for much of the last decade. On the surface, it is easy to say that this is another ho-hum, predictable year for IT departments. But a deeper dive shows significant transformation that’s underway. This Research Byte is a brief description of some of the findings in our IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2025/2026 study.

  August, 2025

• IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2025/2026: Chapter 1: Executive Summary

  This chapter provides composite metrics for all survey respondents across all sectors and organization sizes. The sample includes over 300 organizations and is stratified by size and sector as described in the survey methodology section. Respondents must have at least $50 million in annual revenue or IT spending greater than $1 million, and maintain at least some operations in the US or Canada. There is no upper limit on the size of survey respondents.

  August, 2025

• IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2025/2026: Chapter 50: Higher Education Subsector Benchmarks

  Chapter 50 provides benchmarks for higher education institutions. This subsector includes public and private colleges and universities, research universities, business and medical schools, and for-profit institutions. The 20 respondents in the sample have annual revenues ranging in size from about $50 million to about $8 billion. 

  August, 2025

• IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2025/2026: Chapter 49: Logistics Subsector Benchmarks

  Chapter 49 provides benchmarks for logistics providers. The 32 respondents in this sample range in size from about $50 million to over $80 billion. This subsector is comprised of logistics companies that transport goods, including refined petroleum distributors, national moving or courier companies, freight transportation companies, supply chain logistics providers, and other logistics companies. 

  August, 2025

• IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2025/2026: Chapter 48: Government Agencies Subsector Benchmarks

  Chapter 48 provides benchmarks for federal, state, and regional government agencies. This category includes public health agencies, courts and law enforcement agencies, organizations that provide IT services to government agencies, social service agencies, state parks, and other federal, state, and regional government units. The 15 respondents in the sample have operating budgets that range in size from about $50 million to about $70 billion.

  August, 2025

• IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2025/2026: Chapter 47: City and County Government Subsector Benchmarks

  Chapter 47 provides benchmarks for city and county governments. This chapter concerns the IT workings of city or county governments and not individual agencies within larger governments (which can be found in Chapter 48). The 15 respondents in this subsector have annual operating budgets ranging from $50 million to around $5 billion. 

  August, 2025

• IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2025/2026: Chapter 46: IT Services and Consulting Subsector Benchmarks

  Chapter 46 provides IT spending and staffing statistics for the IT services and consulting sector. This category includes systems integrators, IT solution providers, business process outsourcing firms, managed services companies, IT consultants, and other providers of IT services and solutions. There are 20 organizations in the sample, ranging in size from around $50 million to over $20 billion in annual revenue. 

  August, 2025

• IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2025/2026: Chapter 45: Software and Technology Subsector Benchmarks

  Chapter 45 provides IT spending and staffing statistics for the software and technology subsector. This category includes software companies, SaaS providers, and technology solutions companies. There are 25 organizations in the sample, ranging in size from around $50 million to over $60 billion in annual revenue.

  August, 2025