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Computer Science Industry Statistics

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Computer Science Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01 Industry overview

The computer science industry at a glance

Computer science is expanding rapidly around AI infrastructure, software and cloud services: global IT spending is forecast to reach $6.37 trillion in 2026, up 14.2% year over year, with AI-related investment concentrated in data centers, software and IaaS.

$6.37T[10]
Worldwide IT spending, 2026
14.2%[10]
IT spending growth, 2026
2.37M[66]
U.S. systems-design jobs, 2026
20.0%[8]
EU enterprises using AI, 2025
Market size
Worldwide IT spending, a broad proxy for the computer science industry, is forecast at $6.37 trillion in 2026. Gartner’s forecast covers data-center systems, devices, software, IT services, IaaS and communications services.[10]
Forecast & CAGR
Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending to rise 14.2% in 2026 from $5.577 trillion in 2025. Within the forecast, data-center systems are projected to grow 62.5%, software 15.5% and infrastructure-as-a-service spending 29.3% in 2026.[10]
Market share & regions
Regional demand is uneven in cloud infrastructure. Gartner forecasts 2026 sovereign-cloud IaaS spending of $47.4 billion in China, $16.4 billion in North America and $12.6 billion in Europe; China and North America are the two largest markets, while Europe is forecast to overtake North America in 2027.[10]
Segmentation
Gartner’s 2026 IT-spending segmentation assigns $822 billion to data-center systems, $868 billion to devices, $1.468 trillion to software, $1.570 trillion to services, $287 billion to IaaS and $1.354 trillion to communications services.[10]
Trends, drivers & challenges
AI is the principal growth driver: worldwide AI spending is forecast at $2.7 trillion in 2026, up 49.5% year over year. Gartner identifies AI-optimized servers, cloud services and AI-ready software as the fastest-growing areas, while inflation, supply shortages, rising hardware and memory costs and competing budget priorities remain constraints.[10]
Consumer behavior & competition
Enterprise adoption is moving from basic cloud services toward AI and higher-value computing. In the EU, 52.7% of enterprises used paid cloud services in 2025, while 20.0% used AI technologies; AI adoption ranged from 42.0% in Denmark to 5.2% in Romania, showing substantial competitive differences between national markets.[8]
M&A
Global technology M&A remained substantial but slower in volume during the first three quarters of 2025: 6,748 transactions were announced across computer software, hardware and semiconductors, down 6.6% from the same period in 2024. The United States accounted for 2,278 deals, close to one-third of global volume, and about two-thirds of the $529 billion global deal value.
Regulation
The EU AI Act is being implemented progressively. From 2 August 2026, enforcement began for applicable provisions and transparency requirements, including informing users when they interact with AI and labeling certain AI-generated or manipulated content; high-risk rules for Annex III systems apply from 2 December 2027, while product-embedded high-risk rules apply from 2 August 2028.[67]
Latest news
The latest major industry outlook is Gartner’s July 27, 2026 forecast, which raised worldwide IT-spending expectations to $6.37 trillion for 2026. Gartner said data-center systems and IaaS are the leading growth segments as hyperscalers and enterprises expand capacity for AI workloads.[10]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Computer Science Industry

The leading companies in the computer science industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Verdict

NVIDIA leads Gitnux's 2026 computer science ranking with an Overall score of 9.6, with $193.7 billion in fiscal 2026 Data Center revenue. Microsoft is the highest-ranked cloud and enterprise software provider at 9.5, with $168.9 billion in Microsoft Cloud revenue for fiscal 2025.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in AI compute infrastructure

    NVIDIA

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.6 · AI compute infrastructure

    Why we picked it: Their AI accelerators, GPUs and networking show up in data-center revenue scale.

    See in ranking ↓Visit nvidia.com ↗

  2. Leader in cloud and enterprise software

    Microsoft

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.5 · Cloud and enterprise software

    Why we picked it: Their cloud and software segments tie AI workload expansion to Microsoft Cloud revenue.

    See in ranking ↓Visit microsoft.com ↗

  3. Leader in semiconductors and infrastructure

    Broadcom

    US

    Ranked #4 · 9.2 · Semiconductors and infrastructure

    Why we picked it: Their semiconductor-solutions revenue anchors an infrastructure stack for AI-era demand.

    See in ranking ↓Visit broadcom.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

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Top 10 companies in the computer science industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

NVIDIA

AI compute infrastructure · US

9.6
2

Microsoft

Cloud and enterprise software · US

9.5
3

Alphabet

Cloud and enterprise software · US

9.3
4

Broadcom

Semiconductors and infrastructure · US

9.2
5

Oracle

Database and cloud services · US

9.2
6

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

Advanced semiconductor foundry manufacturing · TW

9.0
7

IBM

Enterprise software, cloud, mainframes and AI · US

8.7
8

Cisco

Networking, security and data-center infrastructure · US

8.7
9

Advanced Micro Devices

CPUs, GPUs and adaptive computing chips · US

8.6
10

SAP

Enterprise software, databases and cloud applications · DE

8.3

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 11, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 11). Top 10 companies in the computer science industry. In Computer Science Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/computer-science-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Comparison

ICT sector share of gross value added (European Union)

ICT sector share of gross value added: 4.9% in 2019, 5.2% in 2023.

20215.5%
20225.5%
20235.2%
20205.2%
20194.9%
source-verifiedec.europa.eu2023

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Developer usage of AI is high in 2025–2026, including 31% using AI agents in 2025 and 61% using AI to debug code in 2026.

AI in the computer science industry

  • 31% of surveyed developers used AI agents in 2025, with ChatGPT used by 82% and GitHub Copilot by 68% of agent users.[1]
  • 1.7 million software-developer jobs existed in the United States in 2025, a workforce increasingly exposed to AI-assisted development.[2]
  • 79% of surveyed developers used AI tools in 2025, up from 62% in 2024, according to Stack Overflow’s global developer survey.[1]
  • 29% of developers reported that AI generated code accounted for their coding output in HackerRank’s 2025 developer survey.[3]
  • 51% of professional software developers surveyed by the International AI Safety Report used AI tools daily in 2025.[4]
  • 47% of surveyed developers reported using AI tools every day in 2025.[1]

Automation in the computer science industry

  • 61% of developers used AI to debug code in 2026, according to Stack Overflow’s global developer survey.[5]
  • 21.8% growth is projected for U.S. computer-and-information-research-scientist employment between 2025 and 2035.[2]
  • 67% of developers used AI to generate code in 2026, according to Stack Overflow’s global developer survey.[5]
  • 20% of developers used AI for deploying or troubleshooting production systems in 2026.[5]
  • 7.3% decline is projected for U.S. computer-programmer employment between 2025 and 2035.[2]
  • 5.7% growth is projected for U.S. software-quality-assurance-analyst and tester employment between 2025 and 2035.[2]

Digital Transformation in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 45% of North American technology and business decision-makers planned to adopt AI and machine learning to improve business within 12 to 24 months.[6]
  • 34% of surveyed organizations globally identified replacing or upgrading legacy technology as a top digital-transformation goal in 2024.[6]
  • 75% of digital leaders globally planned to increase AI-related business expenditure in 2024.[6]
  • 54.8% of surveyed organizations reported having a chief digital officer or another executive responsible for digital transformation.[7]
  • 72% of digital leaders globally expected to increase technology spending in 2024, compared with 50% of digital laggards, according to a survey of 855 technology and business decision-makers.[6]

Technology Adoption in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 57.7% of surveyed organizations reported having a chief information security officer or equivalent in 2024.[7]
  • More than 50% of surveyed global IT decision-makers were exploring AI use cases or piloting AI technologies in 2024.[6]
  • 67.6% of IT services were delivered through cloud infrastructure among surveyed organizations in 2024.[7]
  • 51.8% of surveyed organizations reported that AI solutions were somewhat or extremely rare in 2024.[7]

Cloud Computing in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 71.7% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for office software in 2025.[8]
  • 71.5% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for file storage in 2025.[8]
  • 26.1% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used computing platforms for application development, testing or deployment in 2025.[8]
  • 65.5% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for security software applications in 2025.[8]
  • 52.7% of EU enterprises with at least 10 employees used paid cloud-computing services in 2025.[8]
  • 85.2% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for email in 2025.[8]

Big Data in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 40% was the highest reported enterprise adoption rate for big-data analytics across OECD countries in the latest available data through 2023.[9]
  • Big-data analytics adoption averaged 14% among OECD enterprises with at least 10 employees, compared with 49% for cloud computing in the latest comparable data.[9]
  • 14% of enterprises with at least 10 employees across the OECD used big-data analytics on average, based on 2022 data or the latest available year.[9]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Data quality and governance show up as operational constraints, including 95% reporting a data-quality issue with business impact.

Business intelligence in the computer science industry

  • 14% was the growth rate achieved by leading cloud providers in the 2024 data and analytics software market.[10]
  • $175 billion was the global data and analytics software market in 2024.[10]
  • 14% was software and ICT services’ share of total global R&D spending in 2018.[11]
  • 91% of Freshworks’ ARR came from customers contributing more than $5,000 in ARR in 2025.[12]
  • More than 20% was software and ICT services’ share of total global R&D spending in 2024.[11]
  • 90% of Freshworks’ ARR came from customers contributing more than $5,000 in ARR in 2024.[13]

Data analytics in the computer science industry

  • $63.1 billion was business R&D performed by U.S. software publishers in 2024.[14]
  • 2.4% of Irish enterprises used government open data for data analytics in 2023.[15]
  • 13.9% was global data and analytics software market growth in 2024.[10]
  • $368.5 billion was U.S. software spending in 2024.[11]

Data Quality in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • In 2024, 95% of enterprise data leaders and practitioners reported a data-quality issue with a direct impact on business outcomes, across companies with at least $1 billion in revenue.[16]
  • In 2025, 46% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for accuracy and integrity, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[17]
  • In 2025, 43% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for quality and completeness, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[17]
  • In 2025, 34% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for relevance and suitability, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[17]
  • In 2025, 35% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for consistency and standardization, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[17]
  • In 2025, 46% of organizations globally said they were fully confident in their data quality, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[17]

Data Governance in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • In 2024, 35% of U.S. technology executives prioritized data governance among their data-management areas for the next 12 months.[18]
  • In 2024, 61% of supply-management organizations reported having a dedicated data-governance function, based on an Institute for Supply Management survey.[19]
  • In 2024, 81.7% of organizations reported having no data-governance or catalog solution as part of their governance program, according to a global governance study.[20]
  • In 2024, 18.3% of organizations reported having a data-governance or catalog solution as part of their governance program, according to a global governance study.[20]
  • In 2024, 32% of global technology leaders prioritized data governance among their data-management areas for the next 12 months.[18]
  • In 2026, 76% of global data leaders said their company’s AI governance did not completely keep pace with employee use of AI technology.[20]

KPIs in the computer science industry

  • 3,061 was Fastly’s total customer count at December 31, 2024.[21]
  • 108% was Freshworks’ net dollar retention rate at December 31, 2025.[12]
  • 101.8% was HubSpot’s net revenue retention rate in 2024.[12]
  • 9% was the share of PagerDuty’s 2024 revenue represented by its ten largest customers.[13]
  • 24,762 was Freshworks’ number of customers contributing more than $5,000 in ARR at December 31, 2025.[12]
  • 596 was Fastly’s enterprise customer count at December 31, 2024.[21]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Cloud growth and AI-referenced M&A appear together, including Microsoft Cloud at $168.9B in fiscal 2025 and $420B software M&A in 2025.

Growth in the computer science industry

  • Microsoft’s total revenue reached $281.724 billion in fiscal 2025, compared with $245.122 billion in fiscal 2024.[22]
  • Cambodia and Uzbekistan recorded the highest IT-services export growth in the World Bank’s 2024 country analysis.[23]
  • Microsoft Cloud revenue rose to $168.9 billion in fiscal 2025 from $137.7 billion in fiscal 2024, an increase of approximately 22.6%.[22]
  • Computer services exports grew 14% in the World Bank’s 2024 analysis of global IT services.[23]
  • Global software M&A transaction value increased 66% from $253 billion in 2024 to $420 billion in 2025.[24]
  • Microsoft 365 Consumer subscribers reached 89.0 million in fiscal 2025, growing 8% year over year.[22]

Differentiation in the computer science industry

  • 99% of U.S. enterprise software-development respondents had used AI coding tools at work in 2024.[25]
  • 99% of U.S. respondents expected AI coding tools to improve software security in 2024.[25]
  • 73% of U.S. enterprise software-development respondents said AI coding tools improved their ability to meet customer requirements in 2024.[25]
  • 90% of U.S. enterprise software-development respondents said AI coding tools improved code quality in 2024.[25]
  • 38% of U.S. respondents said their companies actively encouraged adoption of AI coding tools in 2024.[25]
  • 49% of U.S. respondents said their companies allowed AI coding tools with limited encouragement in 2024.[25]

Mergers and acquisitions in the computer science industry

  • Palo Alto Networks’ acquisition of CyberArk was valued at $23.6 billion in 2025.[24]
  • The median disclosed enterprise-value multiple for software transactions was 3.2 times revenue over the 36 months ending in 2025.[26]
  • AI-referenced targets represented approximately 72% of SaaS M&A transactions in 2025.[27]
  • $420 billion in software M&A transaction value was recorded globally in 2025, up 66% from $253 billion in 2024.[24]
  • ServiceNow’s acquisition of Armis was valued at $7.8 billion in 2025.[24]
  • SaaS transactions represented approximately 58% of total software M&A activity in 2025.[27]

Strategic partnerships in the computer science industry

  • CDW maintained more than 1,000 vendor partnerships in 2024, spanning established and emerging technology companies.[28]
  • Microsoft’s enterprise and partner-services revenue increased 2% in fiscal 2025.[22]
  • Microsoft generated $7.76 billion in enterprise and partner-services revenue in fiscal 2025.[22]
  • Apple’s TestFlight supports beta collaboration with up to 10,000 external testers per app.[29]
  • Microsoft Cloud revenue reached $168.9 billion in fiscal 2025, integrating partner-oriented cloud and enterprise offerings.[22]
  • The Developer Nation survey was promoted through 48 community and media partners in 2025.[30]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce patterns reflect hybrid and remote delivery at scale, including 48% of U.S. software professionals working remotely in 2026.

Hiring in the computer science industry

  • 106,100 annual U.S. job openings are projected for software developers, quality-assurance analysts and testers during 2025–2035.[2]
  • 187,600 software-quality-assurance-analyst and tester jobs were recorded in the United States in 2025.[2]
  • 29% of U.S. software developers worked in computer-systems-design and related services in 2025.[2]
  • 8.4 million people were employed as ICT specialists in the EU in 2025, representing 5.0% of total employment.[8]
  • 10.2% growth is projected for U.S. software-developer employment from 2025 to 2035.[2]

Remote Work in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 48% of U.S. software and IT professionals surveyed worked remotely in 2026, compared with 21% in France.[5]
  • 10% of technology-services respondents worked under fully flexible arrangements in 2025, allowing employees substantial control over remote work.[31]
  • 84% of technology-services employers agreed in 2025 that the ability to work remotely is important for employee retention.[31]
  • 34.8% of global software and IT services respondents worked remotely in 2026, according to the Stack Overflow Developer Survey.[5]
  • 6% of global respondents worked fully remotely in 2025, defined as spending less than one day per week in the office.[31]

Hybrid Work in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 47% of global respondents worked in hybrid arrangements in 2025, down from 63% in Cisco’s 2022 study.[31]
  • 55% of technology-services respondents worked in a hybrid arrangement in 2025, the highest share among industries measured by Cisco.[31]
  • 56% of IT employees worked in hybrid arrangements in 2025, while 31% were fully remote and 13% attended the office daily.[32]
  • 52% of U.S. employees with remote-capable jobs worked in hybrid arrangements in May 2026, according to Gallup.[33]
  • 61% of U.S. employees with remote-capable jobs preferred hybrid work in November 2025, compared with 33% preferring fully remote work.[33]

Upskilling in the computer science industry

  • 69% of surveyed developers spent time learning new coding techniques or a programming language during 2025.[34]
  • 35% of developers responding to Stack Overflow’s 2025 survey had been coding for fewer than 10 years.[5]
  • 83.4% of EU residents employed with an ICT educational background were men in 2025.[8]
  • 3.4 million employed people in the EU had an ICT education in 2025.[8]
  • 44% of surveyed developers learned new coding techniques or programming languages with AI-enabled tools in 2025.[34]

Employee Engagement in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 22.2% of global software and IT respondents were happy with their current professional role in 2026, while 32.6% were unhappy.[5]
  • 92% of employees ranked collaboration and community as very important aspects of office culture in Cisco’s 2025 global study.[31]
  • 74% of respondents approved of fully flexible hybrid policies in 2025, the highest positive sentiment among the policy types Cisco measured.[31]
  • 37% of exclusively remote U.S. employees were engaged in May 2026, compared with 34% of hybrid employees and 29% of on-site employees with remote-capable jobs.[33]
  • 54% of exclusively remote U.S. employees were thriving in May 2026, compared with 52% of hybrid employees and 49% of on-site employees with remote-capable jobs.[33]

DEI in the computer science industry

  • 27.8% of Romania’s ICT specialists were women in 2025, the highest share in the EU.[8]
  • 80.5% of EU ICT specialists were men in 2025.[8]
  • 12.9% of Czechia’s ICT specialists were women in 2025, the lowest share in the EU.[8]
  • 15.0% of Hungary’s ICT specialists were women in 2025.[8]
  • 15.5% of Slovakia’s ICT specialists were women in 2025.[8]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Retention and customer-success measurement drive operator expectations, including 71.7% of professional software developers reporting benefits from AI tools in 2024.

Customer experience in the computer science industry

  • 48% of North American SaaS companies had a formal digital customer-success program in 2023, supporting scaled customer experience and engagement.[35]
  • 82% of software-company NPS promoters said they trusted the company, compared with 22% of detractors, in the 2022 U.S. study.[36]
  • 71% of software-company NPS promoters said they would forgive a mistake, compared with 18% of detractors, in the 2022 U.S. study.[36]
  • 14 was the average Net Promoter Score for 11 software companies based on 4,984 customers in the 2022 U.S. consumer benchmark study.[36]
  • 19% of North American SaaS respondents identified improving customer experience and product adoption as their primary digital customer-success objective in 2023.[35]

Customer retention in the computer science industry

  • 64% of North American companies primarily measured customer-success organizations on customer retention in 2023.[35]
  • 103% was the median net revenue retention for bootstrapped B2B SaaS companies with $3 million–$20 million ARR in 2026.[37]
  • 117.9% was the 90th-percentile net revenue retention for bootstrapped B2B SaaS companies with $3 million–$20 million ARR in 2026.[37]
  • 101% was the median net revenue retention for private B2B SaaS companies in Benchmarkit’s 2025 report, based on 2024 data.[38]
  • 91% was the median gross revenue retention for bootstrapped B2B SaaS companies with $3 million–$20 million ARR in 2026.[37]

Customer acquisition in the computer science industry

  • $1.61 was the median blended CAC ratio for B2B SaaS companies in 2023, up 22% from $1.32 in 2022.[38]
  • $1.76 was the median new-customer CAC ratio for B2B SaaS companies in 2023.[38]
  • $2.00 of sales-and-marketing expense was the median cost to acquire $1 of new customer ARR for B2B SaaS companies in 2024.[38]
  • $1.50 or less was Benchmarkit’s recommended new-customer CAC-ratio goal for SaaS companies with annual contract values above $10,000 in 2023.[38]
  • 11% was the median CAC payback-period figure reported in Benchmarkit’s 2026 B2B SaaS and AI-native metrics summary.[38]

Customer loyalty in the computer science industry

  • 4.0 times as many software-company NPS promoters as detractors said they would forgive a company mistake in Qualtrics’ 2022 U.S. study.[36]
  • 3.6 times as many software-company NPS promoters as detractors were likely to purchase more, according to Qualtrics’ 2022 U.S. study.[36]
  • 71% of software-company promoters would forgive a mistake, compared with 38% of passives and 18% of detractors, in 2022.[36]
  • 4.0 times as many software-company NPS promoters as detractors said they trusted the company in Qualtrics’ 2022 U.S. study.[36]
  • 82% of software-company promoters trusted the company, compared with 47% of passives and 22% of detractors, in 2022.[36]

Lead generation in the computer science industry

  • 85% of surveyed IT-services firms made generating new leads a top marketing or sales priority for 2025.[39]
  • Less than 20% of surveyed IT-services leaders said their sales and marketing teams truly collaborated in 2025.[39]
  • 76.2% of respondents in the Spring 2024 CMO Survey reported using lead generation as a marketing-technology capability.[40]
  • 47% of surveyed IT-services firms identified improving lead-conversion rates as a top marketing or sales priority for 2025.[39]
  • 16 was the average number of marketing channels used by technology providers with at least $100 million in annual revenue in 2024.[10]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Go-to-market emphasis is measurable in lead generation and creator activity, including 85% of IT-services firms prioritizing new lead generation in 2025.

Marketing in the computer science industry

  • 49% of surveyed IT-services firms ranked strengthening brand awareness among their top marketing and sales priorities for 2025.[39]
  • 35% of digital agencies offered paid-media services in 2025, according to Promethean Research’s agency-industry survey.[41]
  • 33% of digital agencies offered content-marketing services in 2025, according to Promethean Research’s agency-industry survey.[41]
  • 40% of digital agencies offered search-engine optimization services in 2025, according to Promethean Research’s agency-industry survey.[41]
  • 85% of surveyed IT-services firms ranked generating new leads among their top marketing and sales priorities for 2025.[39]

Digital marketing in the computer science industry

  • 35% of digital agencies offered paid-media services in 2025.[41]
  • 71% of digital agencies offered web-design services in 2025.[41]
  • 73% of digital agencies offered web-development services in 2025.[41]
  • 27% of digital agencies offered social-media-marketing services in 2025.[41]
  • 40% of digital agencies offered search-engine optimization services in 2025.[41]

Branding in the computer science industry

  • 35% of digital agencies offered branding or identity-design services in 2025.[41]
  • 33% of digital agencies offered content-marketing services in 2025, a service closely associated with technology-brand positioning.[41]

Social media in the computer science industry

  • 27% of digital agencies offered email-marketing services in 2025, alongside their social-media offerings.[41]
  • 40% of technology marketers identified SEO or organic website traffic as their best-performing MQL channel in Gartner’s 2024 technology-marketing survey.[10]

Influencer Marketing in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across B2B companies, 55% of marketing organizations were using influencers in 2025, based on an Ipsos survey of 1,500 marketing leaders.[42]
  • Across B2B companies, another 29% of marketing organizations planned to adopt influencer marketing within the next year in 2025, based on an Ipsos survey of 1,500 marketing leaders.[42]
  • Across technology companies, 27% of marketers reported dedicated but flat budgets for creator or influencer marketing in 2026, according to Nielsen’s global marketing survey.[43]
  • Across technology companies, 64% of marketers reported dedicated and growing budgets for creator or influencer marketing in 2026, according to Nielsen’s global marketing survey.[43]
  • Across B2B companies, 43% of marketers reported outstanding results from their influencer programs in the 2025 B2B Influencer Marketing Report.[44]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Delivery-lifecycle inefficiencies remain prominent while AI coding changes output mix, including 55% faster coding with GitHub Copilot in 2024.

Process optimization in the computer science industry

  • 55% faster coding was achieved by developers using GitHub Copilot in an enterprise study in 2024.[25]
  • 71% of U.S. developers said AI coding tools helped them adopt programming languages or understand existing codebases in 2024.[25]
  • 37%–43% of developers said AI enabled them to spend more time refactoring and optimizing code in 2024.[25]
  • 40%–47% of developers said AI enabled them to spend more time designing systems and customer solutions in 2024.[25]
  • 43%–47% of developers said AI enabled them to spend more time learning and developing skills in 2024.[25]

Operational efficiency in the computer science industry

  • AI coding tools increased software-development productivity by up to 17% in Linux Foundation research published in 2026.[45]
  • 59% of enterprise technology respondents identified policy and security gates as a delivery-lifecycle inefficiency.[46]
  • 68% of participants made more progress on top priorities after redesigning their calendars in an Atlassian experiment.[46]
  • 63% of enterprise technology respondents identified waiting for responses as a delivery-lifecycle inefficiency.[46]
  • 90% of developers reported losing at least 6 hours per week to organizational inefficiencies in 2025.[46]

Quality management in the computer science industry

  • 90% of U.S. developers reported that AI coding tools improved code quality in 2024.[25]
  • 44%–46% of developers said AI enabled them to spend more time on research and development and emerging technologies in 2024.[25]
  • 82% of software practitioners warned that overreliance on AI tools was weakening developers’ security skills in 2026.[45]
  • 30% more false positives from scanning tools were reported as an AI-related software-security workload increase in 2026.[45]
  • 85% of developers using GitHub Copilot in an Accenture study felt more confident in their code quality in 2024.[25]

Supply chain in the computer science industry

  • 34% of data-center operators expected cooling equipment to be most affected by supply shortages over the next two to three years in 2024.[47]
  • 48% of data-center suppliers added new suppliers to reduce project delays caused by supply-chain issues in 2024.[47]
  • 39% of data-center suppliers increased supply-chain monitoring to reduce customer delays in 2024.[47]
  • 44% of organizations staffed technical roles in software supply-chain security in the Linux Foundation’s 2024 survey.[45]
  • 76% of data-center operators were satisfied with suppliers’ actions to address disruptions and delays in 2024.[47]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across EU enterprises sourcing business functions internationally during 2021–2023, 28.7% moved information and communication technology services abroad.[8]
  • Among German IT-service generalists, 10.2% of digital-experience services for customer projects were delivered offshore in 2024.[48]
  • Across European organizations, 35% planned to increase their use of nearshore outsourcing in the 2024/2025 sourcing study.[49]
  • Across German digital-experience service providers, 13.2% of services for customer projects were delivered nearshore in 2024.[48]
  • Across German digital-experience service providers, 7.6% of services for customer projects were delivered offshore in 2024.[48]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Cloud monetization and recurring revenue remain central, including Microsoft Azure revenue of $75B in fiscal 2025 and Microsoft’s 98% annuity mix.

Pricing strategy in the computer science industry

  • 89.0 million Microsoft 365 consumer subscribers were reported after a price increase announced in January 2025.[22]
  • 18% growth lifted Oracle NetSuite Cloud ERP revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.[50]
  • 120% year-on-year growth brought Salesforce Data Cloud and AI annual recurring revenue to $900 million in fiscal 2025.[51]
  • 98% was Microsoft’s annuity mix in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, reflecting its recurring-revenue pricing model.[22]
  • 14% growth lifted Microsoft 365 commercial products and cloud-services revenue in fiscal 2025.[22]

Cost reduction in the computer science industry

  • 69% was Microsoft Cloud’s gross margin percentage in fiscal 2025 despite scaling AI infrastructure.[22]
  • 17% growth in Microsoft operating income exceeded operating-expense growth in fiscal 2025.[22]
  • $12.4 billion was Salesforce’s free cash flow in fiscal 2025, up 31% year on year.[52]
  • $13.1 billion was Salesforce’s operating cash flow in fiscal 2025, up 28% year on year.[52]
  • Operating expenses of $12.51 billion at Adobe were approximately flat year on year in fiscal 2025.[53]

Profitability in the computer science industry

  • $101.832 billion was Microsoft’s net income in fiscal 2025.[22]
  • $17.65 billion was Adobe Digital Media revenue in fiscal 2025, up 11% year on year.[53]
  • $57.4 billion was Oracle’s total revenue in fiscal 2025, up 8% year on year.[50]
  • 19.0% was Salesforce’s GAAP operating margin in fiscal 2025.[52]
  • 33.0% was Salesforce’s non-GAAP operating margin in fiscal 2025.[52]

Financial planning in the computer science industry

  • $75 billion was Microsoft Azure revenue in fiscal 2025, up 34% year on year.[22]
  • $368 billion was Microsoft commercial remaining performance obligation in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.[22]
  • 35% of Microsoft commercial remaining performance obligation was expected to be recognized as revenue in the next 12 months in fiscal 2025.[22]
  • $9.3 billion was Salesforce’s total cash returned to stockholders in fiscal 2025.[52]
  • $41.5 billion was Salesforce fiscal-2026 revenue, up 10% year on year.[51]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Release cadence is frequent in early 2026, with 12% of surveyed software organizations releasing new code daily.

Product development in the computer science industry

  • 20% was the year-over-year R&D growth rate for software and computer services in the fourth quarter of 2025.[9]
  • 13.9% was the 2024 growth rate of the global data and analytics software market, which reached $175 billion.[10]
  • $675 billion was global software spending in 2024.[11]
  • $368.5 billion was spent on software in the United States in 2024.[11]
  • $63.1 billion was spent on business R&D by U.S. software publishers in 2024.[14]

Product lifecycle in the computer science industry

  • 12% of surveyed software organizations released new code daily in the first half of 2026.[54]
  • 37% of surveyed software organizations released new code weekly in the first half of 2026.[54]
  • 30% of surveyed software organizations released new code monthly in the first half of 2026.[54]
  • 18% of software-testing respondents deployed new releases weekly in 2023.[55]
  • 13% of surveyed software organizations released new code quarterly in the first half of 2026.[54]

After-sales in the computer science industry

  • 12% was Salesforce’s year-over-year growth in subscription and support revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2027.[51]
  • 103% was Freshworks’ net dollar retention rate in 2024.[13]
  • 22,558 customers contributed more than $5,000 in annual recurring revenue to Freshworks in 2024.[13]
  • 102.3% was Fastly’s last-twelve-month net retention rate at December 31, 2024.[21]
  • $10.8 billion was Salesforce’s subscription and support revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2027.[51]

Value proposition in the computer science industry

  • 288,706 was HubSpot’s customer count at December 31, 2025.[12]
  • $11,414 was HubSpot’s average subscription revenue per customer in 2025.[12]
  • $168.9 billion was Microsoft Cloud revenue in fiscal 2025, up 23% from fiscal 2024.[22]
  • 60% of Salesforce Agentforce and Data 360 fourth-quarter bookings came from existing-customer expansion in fiscal 2026.[52]
  • 103.5% was HubSpot’s net revenue retention rate in 2025.[12]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Operational energy and governance metrics coexist, including 68 TWh electricity consumed by EU data centers in 2024.

Sustainability in the computer science industry

  • 88.1% of Microsoft’s operational waste was diverted from landfill and incineration in fiscal year 2024.[22]
  • 94.8% was Microsoft’s product-packaging recyclability rate in fiscal year 2024.[22]
  • 103 digital companies had submitted Scope 1 and 2 emissions-reduction targets to the Science Based Targets initiative in the 2024 assessment.[56]
  • 5.2% was the ICT sector’s share of EU gross value added in 2023, while ICT personnel represented 3.4% of total employment.[8]
  • 68 TWh of electricity was consumed by EU data centres in 2024, with consumption projected to reach 114 TWh by 2030.[57]

ESG in the computer science industry

  • 12% of the 200 digital companies assessed met expectations for AI governance in the latest Digital Inclusion Benchmark.[58]
  • 32.8 out of 100 was the average safe-use score for the 200 companies in the 2026 Digital Inclusion Benchmark.[58]
  • 27.8 out of 100 was the average 2026 Digital Inclusion Benchmark score for 200 major digital technology companies worldwide.[58]
  • 24.2 out of 100 was the average digital-skills score for the 200 companies in the 2026 Digital Inclusion Benchmark.[58]
  • 79% of assessed digital companies scored zero on protecting children online in the latest Digital Inclusion Benchmark.[58]

Ethics in the computer science industry

  • 59% of surveyed organizations identified knowledge gaps as an obstacle to implementing responsible AI in 2025.[59]
  • 22% to 94% was the range of hallucination rates across 26 leading AI models in a 2025 accuracy benchmark.[59]
  • 11% of surveyed businesses reported having no responsible-AI policies in 2025, down from 24% in 2024.[59]
  • 1,278 responsible-AI papers were accepted at leading AI conferences in 2024, up 28.8% from 992 in 2023.[59]
  • 362 documented AI incidents were recorded worldwide in 2025, up from 233 in 2024.[59]

CSR in the computer science industry

  • 84.3 out of 100 was Telefónica’s score, the highest company score in the latest Digital Inclusion Benchmark.[58]
  • 200 major digital technology companies were assessed on access, skills, safe use, innovation and sustainable value creation in the Digital Inclusion Benchmark.[58]
  • 7 of the top 20 digital companies were East Asian in the latest benchmark, compared with 5 in 2023.[58]
  • 83% of assessed digital companies disclosed commitments to promote diverse and inclusive workplaces.[58]
  • 79% of assessed digital companies scored zero on the child-rights indicator.[58]

Circular economy in the computer science industry

  • 92% of Microsoft hardware was reused or recycled in 2024, exceeding its 90% target one year early.[22]
  • 94.8% of Microsoft product packaging was recyclable in fiscal year 2024.[22]
  • Approximately 26,000 metric tonnes of Microsoft operational waste were diverted from landfill or incineration in fiscal year 2024.[22]
  • Approximately 40% of the gold used across Apple product lines came from certified recycled sources in 2024.[60]
  • 85% recycled aluminum was used in the enclosures of the iPhone 16e, iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus.[60]

Carbon footprint in the computer science industry

  • 21.927 million metric tonnes of carbon removals had been contracted by Microsoft in fiscal year 2024.[22]
  • 301 million tonnes of Scope 1 and 2 emissions were reported by digital companies in 2024.[56]
  • 4.5% of U.S. combustion emissions could be represented by data-centre emissions in 2035 under the IEA Lift-Off Case.[57]
  • 76% was the reduction in Apple’s aluminum-related emissions since 2015, according to its 2025 environmental report.[60]
  • 1.2% was the increase in digital companies’ reported operational emissions from 2023 to 2024.[56]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Cross-border services scale is measurable, including $4.8 trillion in digitally deliverable services exported globally in 2024.

Globalization in the computer science industry

  • $4.8 trillion in digitally deliverable services were exported globally in 2024, supporting the international expansion of computer and software services.[23]
  • Computer services accounted for 20.5% of global digitally delivered-services exports in 2023.[65]
  • Computer services represented 93% of IT-services exports in the World Bank’s 2024 analysis.[23]
  • 52.4% of global information and communications technology services exports were AI-enabled in 2024, compared with 26.2% in 2022.[65]
  • The Developer Nation survey was translated into nine languages beyond English and promoted through 48 community and media partners in 2025.[30]

Cultural adaptation in the computer science industry

  • Germany recorded 20.7% of developers in a flexible self-selected work category in the 2025 Stack Overflow survey.[1]
  • The United Kingdom recorded 14.0% of developers in a flexible self-selected work category in the 2025 Stack Overflow survey.[1]
  • France recorded 32.8% of developers in an office-leaning hybrid arrangement in the 2025 Stack Overflow survey.[1]
  • The 2025 Developer Nation survey used nine translations in addition to English, including Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Russian, Japanese and Korean.[30]
  • India had the highest reported share of on-site developers among the countries highlighted in Stack Overflow’s 2025 survey, at 30.5%.[1]

Supplier management in the computer science industry

  • Microsoft’s enterprise and partner-services revenue increased 2% in fiscal 2025, according to its annual report.[22]
  • Microsoft reported $7.76 billion in enterprise and partner-services revenue in fiscal 2025.[22]
  • Microsoft Cloud revenue reached $168.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up from $137.7 billion in fiscal 2024.[22]
  • CDW identified Adobe, Apple, AWS, Broadcom, Cisco, Dell, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft and Samsung among its major vendor partners in 2024.[28]
  • CDW generated $2.0 billion in net sales from each of its three largest vendor partners in 2024.[28]

Stakeholder management in the computer science industry

  • 32.4% of developers reported working completely remotely in Stack Overflow’s 2025 survey.[1]
  • 82% of developers reported some degree of remote-work flexibility in Stack Overflow’s 2025 survey.[1]
  • 75% of employed developers who described their job-search status in Stack Overflow’s 2025 survey were either complacent or unhappy at work.[1]
  • 37.1% of developers reported working in one of two structured hybrid models in Stack Overflow’s 2025 survey.[1]
  • 15.0% of developers viewed AI as a threat to their job in 2025, up from 12.1% in 2024.[1]

Distribution channels in the computer science industry

  • Apple’s Small Business Program applies a 15% commission to developers with no more than $1 million in prior-year proceeds.[29]
  • CDW served customers in approximately 150 countries through cross-border relationships in 2024.[28]
  • Apple’s App Store commission is 30% for digital goods and services, with a 15% rate for qualifying programs and subscriptions.[29]
  • Apple says developers keep 70% of App Store sales proceeds, or 85% when enrolled in the Small Business Program.[29]
  • Apple allows TestFlight distribution to as many as 10,000 external testers for an app.[29]

Key questions about the computer science industry

What is the worldwide IT-spending level in 2026?
Worldwide IT spending is forecast at $6.37 trillion in 2026.
How fast is the computer science-related IT spend forecast to grow in 2026?
IT spending is forecast to rise 14.2% year over year in 2026 from $5.577 trillion in 2025.
Which companies lead the computer science industry?
NVIDIA leads Gitnux's 2026 computer science ranking with an Overall score of 9.6, with $193.7 billion in fiscal 2026 Data Center revenue. Microsoft is the highest-ranked cloud and enterprise software provider at 9.5, with $168.9 billion in Microsoft Cloud revenue for fiscal 2025.
Which parts of the stack are growing fastest as AI adoption expands?
Gartner projects data-center systems to grow 62.5% and IaaS spending to grow 29.3% in 2026, alongside software growth of 15.5%.
How concentrated is demand for cloud infrastructure by region?
Gartner forecasts 2026 sovereign-cloud IaaS spending of $47.4 billion in China, $16.4 billion in North America, and $12.6 billion in Europe.
What is changing in day-to-day software development usage of AI in 2026?
61% of developers used AI to debug code in 2026, and 20% used AI for deploying or troubleshooting production systems in 2026.
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