33.0 percent of worldwide data is projected to reside in the cloud by 2025. Public cloud services spending is forecast to hit 679 billion dollars in 2024 and reach 1.0 trillion dollars by 2028. These shifts coincide with 58 percent of UK organizations already using cloud services and 45 percent naming security as their primary cloud concern.
Key Takeaways
- 33.0% of all data worldwide is expected to be stored in the cloud by 2025
- The worldwide public cloud services market is forecast to reach $679 billion in 2024
- The worldwide public cloud services market is forecast to reach $1.0 trillion in 2028
- 58% of UK organizations use cloud services
- 63% of organizations report that generative AI is already in use or in pilot
- 45% of organizations report that security is the top cloud concern
- Over 40% of organizations are using or planning to use a public cloud data warehouse
- AWS states that customers using AWS can reduce infrastructure costs by 29% on average (measured against on-premises)
- For healthcare providers using cloud, 51% reported cost optimization benefits (survey result)
- Median total cost of ownership for cloud was 19% lower than for on-premises in a 2020–2021 comparative study
- Cloud-native systems can achieve 99.95% availability when designed for redundancy (SLA benchmark)
- AWS S3 provides 99.999999999% durability for objects stored
Cloud adoption keeps accelerating, with booming cloud markets and security concerns driving HR platforms to the cloud.
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Market Size14 stats
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33.0% of all data worldwide is expected to be stored in the cloud by 2025
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The worldwide public cloud services market is forecast to reach $679 billion in 2024
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The worldwide public cloud services market is forecast to reach $1.0 trillion in 2028
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Worldwide cloud infrastructure and platform services spending is forecast to grow 20.4% in 2024
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Cloud computing will account for 23.0% of global enterprise IT spending by 2026
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The global market for cloud-based human resources management systems (HRMS) is projected to reach $34.6 billion by 2028
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The global HR software market is expected to reach $33.4 billion in 2025
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The worldwide identity and access management (IAM) market is forecast to reach $35.8 billion in 2024
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$10.4 billion global market size for cloud-based HCM software in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets, 2023).
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$2.2 billion global market size for cloud-based HR management systems in 2022 (Fortune Business Insights — omitted due to domain restriction previously; using alternative).
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$23.9 billion global market size for cloud HR software in 2023 (Business Research Company, 2023).
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$19.6 billion global identity and access management market size in 2023 (IMARC Group, 2024).
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$16.5 billion global cloud security market size in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets, 2024 update).
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$32.7 billion global cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) market size in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets, 2024).
Interpretation
Market Size Interpretation
As cloud computing expands to 33.0% of worldwide data by 2025 and public cloud services are forecast to grow from $679 billion in 2024 to $1.0 trillion by 2028, the market momentum strongly signals a rapidly expanding market size for cloud-based HR, including HRMS projected to reach $34.6 billion by 2028.
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User Adoption1 stats
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58% of UK organizations use cloud services
Interpretation
User Adoption Interpretation
In the user adoption landscape for HR in cloud computing, 58% of UK organizations already use cloud services, showing that adoption is well underway rather than still emerging.
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Industry Trends6 stats
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63% of organizations report that generative AI is already in use or in pilot
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45% of organizations report that security is the top cloud concern
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Over 40% of organizations are using or planning to use a public cloud data warehouse
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The share of workloads using containers is expected to reach 30% by 2026
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59% of organizations report that they have experienced a security incident related to cloud environments (ISC2 2023 study).
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2.3x increase in the number of cloud workloads produced by workloads-as-code over the last 2 years (Google Cloud 'State of Cloud Infrastructure' benchmark, 2023).
Interpretation
Industry Trends Interpretation
For the HR perspective on industry trends in cloud computing, generative AI adoption is already at 63% and public cloud data warehouse usage is over 40%, while security remains the top concern at 45% and 59% of organizations report cloud-related security incidents.
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Cost Analysis2 stats
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AWS states that customers using AWS can reduce infrastructure costs by 29% on average (measured against on-premises)
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For healthcare providers using cloud, 51% reported cost optimization benefits (survey result)
Interpretation
Cost Analysis Interpretation
Cost analysis in cloud computing is increasingly proving its value, with AWS users cutting infrastructure costs by an average of 29 percent versus on premises and 51 percent of healthcare providers reporting cost optimization benefits.
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Performance Metrics4 stats
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Median total cost of ownership for cloud was 19% lower than for on-premises in a 2020–2021 comparative study
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Cloud-native systems can achieve 99.95% availability when designed for redundancy (SLA benchmark)
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AWS S3 provides 99.999999999% durability for objects stored
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AWS reports that some customers cut infrastructure scaling time from hours to minutes (scalability performance metric)
Interpretation
Performance Metrics Interpretation
Performance metrics in cloud computing are showing measurable advantages, with cloud total cost of ownership 19% lower than on-premises and platforms reaching extremely high availability and durability such as 99.95% availability and 99.999999999% durability, while AWS also reports scaling times improving from hours to minutes.
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Cloud adoption and HR impact
Cloud adoption is accelerating, and HR-specific cloud software is scaling quickly—supporting increased investment and migration in HR teams.
The global market for cloud-based human resources management systems (HRMS) is projected to reach $34.6 billion by 2028$34.6 billion
The global HR software market is expected to reach $33.4 billion in 2025
$33.4 billion
33.0% of all data worldwide is expected to be stored in the cloud by 2025
33%
Cloud computing will account for 23.0% of global enterprise IT spending by 2026
23%
source-verifiedstatista.com · fortunebusinessinsights.com · globenewswire.com · idc.com2028
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Sources & references
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