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2007 Spending on IT By Industry

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The 2008 "State of the CIO" study is highlighted in the article "Information Technology Budgets: Which Industry Spends the Most?" provides some useful statistics on spending by industry.  The 2008 State of the CIO asked IT leaders about their budgets, and how many users they have per IT employee.
 

Industry IT Budget as a Percent of Revenue Users per IT Staffer
Financial Services

10.5

15.7
Government

7.8

37.8
Employee/former employee

6.2

48.3
Health Care

5.0

25.4
Wholesale and Retail

3.9

47.5
Manufacturing

3.4

40.9
Overall Sample

6.7

35.1

SOURCE: 2008 "State of the CIO" survey of 558 heads of IT. NOTE: Survey respondents in financial services, government, health care and wholesale/retail industries said they expect to be hiring IT staff in the next 12 months.

How does your organisation’s IT spending stack-up?

 

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