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The data and statistics that help to understand modern technology trends.

Large market research companies spend £600 per employee on telecom services. This is comparable with the UK norm. For smaller sized research firms, the expenditure is higher than the corresponding ...

Overall technical testing & analysis companies spend 20% less per employee on software development tools than all UK organisations. This extends to 30% for large enterprises. For smaller ...

Security & investigation companies with 1000+ employees spend the most of their IT & telecom budget on staff. Following close behind is outlay on computer services. Each of these accounts ...

Overall chemical manufacturing companies spend over £100 per employee on external application software products. The norm for the UK is half as much again. There is a stark difference in comparable ...

Large civil engineering companies devote 1.3% of their turnover on IT & telecom expenditure. This is half the UK norm. Smaller sized civil engineering concerns also commit less than the UK ...

Research & development companies have an expenditure of over £500 per employee on system software. This is more than four times that of the national average. The vast gulf in spend levels ...

Custom software spend per employee by auxiliary financial & insurance companies increases with size of organisation. The smallest concerns outlay over £200 whilst for the largest it is almost ...

Overall membership organisations have an outlay of £1,000 per employee on computer services. This is much the same as the UK norm. By size of organisation the spend is far smaller for large ...

Electricity & gas supply companies devote around £500m on external software. The largest category is application packages with nearly 40% of the expenditure. Next in line is custom software ...

Hardware expenditure by oil & other fuel companies is in excess of £600 per employee. That is twice the national norm. Analysis by size of organisation reveals a much higher multiple for ...

In the distributive trades sector, post & courier firms devote the largest proportion of their turnover to expenditure on IT & telecom. At some 3% this is half as much again as the next ...

Public administration organisations are the top spenders on system software with a commitment approaching £600m. Next in line are telecommunication companies with an expenditure of over £400m. ...

Management consultancy firms commit almost 5% of their turnover to IT & telecoms spend. The corresponding all UK value is 2%. For larger management consultancies the proportion is over 8% ...

Medium sized printing companies outspend all other similar sized manufacturing firms in their outlay on IT & telecom staff. At almost £600k per enterprise it is a third greater than next placed ...

Travel agents & tour operators spend £1,000 per employee on telecom services. This is twice the UK norm. Smaller travel business concerns outlay is around £1,400 which is twice the expenditure ...

Medium sized retailers with 100-999 staff commit £500 per employee on computer services. This is 25% more than their larger counterparts who invest £400. Both, however, have expenditures notably ...

Wholesalers' expenditure on software development tools is £40 per employee. This is half the national average. For smaller wholesale trading companies, the spend is comparable with the all UK ...

Companies supplying waste management services spend £50 per employee on customised software. This is notably less than the all UK value of £125. Analyses by size of organisation shows similar ...

Post & courier firms have an expenditure of £170 per employee on hardware. This is half the national average. For organisations with 1000+ staff the proportion is a third. With the remaining ...

External application software expenditure by the public administration sector amounts to over £700m. This is almost 50% more than that spent by telecommunications companies. Banking & finance ...

Architectural & engineering consultancy firms with more than 1000 staff spend over £30m on external software. Almost half of that expenditure is on application packages. The remaining three ...

Overall, telecommunications companies spend 11% of their turnover on IT & telecom. This is a factor of 6 greater than the all UK value. Large telecom firms commit 13% of their turnover whilst ...

Medium sized management consultancies typically have an expenditure of £1.5m on IT and telecom staff. They are the largest such spenders in the professional & technical industry segment ...

Large pharmaceutical manufacturing companies have an expenditure of £3,200 per employee on computer services. The corresponding all UK value is £1,500. Across all employee sizes the national outlay ...

General insurance firms commit over £300 per employee on system software. This is nearly 3 times that of the whole UK value. Mid sized general insurance companies have the largest outgoing at £500 ...

Legal services firms devote over 4% of their turnover on IT & telecom expenditure. This is more than twice the all UK average. The larger the legal firm the more it spends on IT & telecom ...