TEKsystems Annual IT Forecast - 2015

2015 TEKsystems IT FORECAST More than 500 IT leaders were polled on their expectations for their IT organizations in the coming year. BUDGET & CONFIDENCE Expectations for budget increases drop, but confidence in the ability to meet business demands continues to rise How do you expect your organization's IT budget to change? 2013 2014 2015 26% 48% 36% 62% 45% 39% 12% 16% 16% Increase Stay the same Decrease How confident are you in your IT department's ability to satisfy business demands? 2013 2014 2015 28% 20% 30% 54% 66% 71% 6% 16% Confident Neutral Unconfident IN-DEMAND CORE SKILLS Most critical IT roles for organizational success 2014 2015 1) Programmers and developers IT managers (line-level) 2) Project managers 2 Project managers 3 Help desk / Technical support 3) Programmers and developers 4) Software Engineers VP and director-level leaders 5) Architects 5) Help desk / technical support Doers Leaders Noteworthy: IT leaders shift from valuing the doers in IT to valuing VPs, directors and line-level IT managers. Top three most difficult IT roles to find PROGRAMMERS SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ARCHITECTS AND DEVELOPERS 2015 2014 3 2013 The hardest to find roles remained virtually the same. IT is focusing its efforts on core projects that require these difficult to fill roles. IMPACT & SPENDING Trends expected to have the largest organizational impact Trends expected to have the biggest increase in spending 1 Security Security 2 Mobility Business Intelligence / Big Data Analytics Cloud Computing Mobility 4 Business Intelligence / Big Data Analytics Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud Computing Storage The areas where most IT leaders expect to increase spending align closely with the areas they expect to have the biggest impact on their organizations in 2015. SALARY & HIRING Salaries and hiring continue to rise, but at a slower rate. How do you expect your overall IT staff's salaries to change in 2015 versus 2014? 76% 21% 3% of IT leaders expect an INCREASE of IT leaders expect NO CHANGE of IT leaders expect a DECREASE Percentage is down 5% from 2014 Percentage is up 3% from 2014 Percentage is up 2% from 2014 Hiring model How much do you expect hiring to change in 2015? Contingent IT Staff Full-time IT Staff OUT OF 36% 40% 54% 50% 10% 10% IT personnel is a contingent Increase Stay the same Decrease worker Infographic created by: TEKsystems TEKsystems, Inc. is an Allegis Group, Inc. company. Certain names, products and services listed in the document are trademarks, register trademarks, or service marks of their respective companies. Copyright 2014 TEKsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.