Computer Weekly Data Bank

April 2013

• Application Software Spend - Accountants

  Kris Wicka 28 Apr 2013

Smaller accountancy firms, employing under 100 staff, have expenditure per employee on application package software which is twice the UK norm. For concerns with 1000+ staff, accountants' outlay ...

• Software Spend - Retail Trade

  Kris Wicka 24 Apr 2013

Small retailers - employing 50-99 staff - spend £3,700 each on custom software. Outlay on application packages and system software is similar at £3,400 per company. Less than a third of that is ...

• IT & Telecom Spend - Employment Agencies

  Kris Wicka 21 Apr 2013

Employment agencies' largest spend category is staff which represents 60% of IT & telecom budgets. Computer services and telecom services expenditure each contribute just over 15%. Between ...

• Revealed: The top ten most networked countries.

  Kris Wicka 19 Apr 2013

The World Economic Forum's Networked Readiness Index (NRI), measures the capacity of 144 economies to leverage ICT for economic growth and the well-being of their populations

• Interactive map: the most networked countries in the world

  Kris Wicka 19 Apr 2013

The index of 144 countries claims to be the most authoritative and effective assessment of the effect of ICT on the competitiveness of nations and the well-being of their citizens

• Computer Services Spend - Professional & Technical Companies

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 17 Apr 2013

Companies employing 100-999 staff in the professional & technical industry sectors, on average, spend £450k each on computer services. By far the largest spending group are those organisations ...

• Hardware - Top Spending Industry Sectors

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 14 Apr 2013

Education establishments have the highest proportion of total IT & telecom spend dedicated to hardware. It amounts to almost a quarter of their budgets. Next in line are water supply and ...

• System Software Spend - Printing Companies

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 10 Apr 2013

Spend per employee on system software by all printing companies is half that for UK organisations. The comparative ratio is smallest for printing firms with 1000+ staff whilst those employing fewer ...

• Telecom Services Spend - Public Administration

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 07 Apr 2013

The public administration spends around £400 per employee on telecom services. For all UK organisations the value is 50% higher. The pattern across size of organisation shows a notably larger ...

• Development Tools Spend - Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Organisations

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 03 Apr 2013

Gambling & betting firms far outstrip other organisations in the arts, entertainment & recreation sector in their spend per employee on development tools. Their outlay is more than double ...

• IT & Telecom Spend - Education Institutions

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 31 Mar 2013

Medium sized education institutions with 100-999 employees spend over a third of their IT & telecom budgets on staff. The next largest category is hardware with a quarter of the expenditure.