By 2025, 33% of organizations plan to deploy generative AI within the next 12 months, yet security is still the biggest cloud adoption barrier cited by 29% of respondents. At the same time, U.S. employers are trying to fill 2.1 million cybersecurity job openings in 2023 while the average cost of a breach climbs to $9.48 million in 2024. Below, we connect these pressures to industry spending, cloud and infrastructure trends, and workforce signals.
Key Takeaways
- 2.2% average annual growth rate for the global IT services market over 2024–2028, reaching $1.5 trillion by 2028
- $4.4 trillion projected global IT spending in 2023
- $675 billion projected worldwide public cloud end-user spending by 2027
- 29% of respondents cited security as the #1 barrier to cloud adoption
- 1.1 trillion records were exposed or leaked in 2023 due to misconfigurations and breaches (Verizon DBIR summary)
- 33% of organizations plan to deploy generative AI in the next 12 months
- 4.5 million unfilled IT jobs in the EU by 2030 (European Commission forecast)
- 18% of the cybersecurity workforce is female in the U.S. (ISC2/ISC2 workforce study)
- 56% of IT professionals say training is required to keep skills current (U.S. workforce survey)
- 34% of organizations are using managed security services (Gartner/industry survey)
- 74% of organizations use endpoint protection platforms (EPP) (Microsoft security report)
- 36% of organizations have implemented data loss prevention (DLP) (industry survey)
- 15.9 million U.S. cyber professionals were employed in 2022, representing 10.2% of the total U.S. workforce (ISC2 workforce estimate for 2022)
- 2.1 million cybersecurity job openings were posted in the U.S. in 2023 (Cybersecurity job postings estimate)
- The average cost of a data breach in the U.S. was $9.48 million in 2024 (global average $4.88 million)
IT spending keeps rising and cloud and AI adoption accelerates, but security and skills gaps remain major risks.
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Market Size
12.2% average annual growth rate for the global IT services market over 2024–2028, reaching $1.5 trillion by 2028[1]
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2$4.4 trillion projected global IT spending in 2023[2]
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3$675 billion projected worldwide public cloud end-user spending by 2027[3]
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4$1.2 trillion projected worldwide IT infrastructure spending in 2024[4]
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5$1.6 trillion projected worldwide IT spending on data center infrastructure in 2024[5]
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6$597 billion forecast for worldwide enterprise software market in 2024[6]
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7$1.9 billion market size for the global IT managed services market in 2023[7]
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Market Size Interpretation
The market size data shows steady, expanding demand across IT segments, with the global IT services market growing at a 2.2% annual rate through 2028 to reach $1.5 trillion while overall IT spending is projected to hit $4.4 trillion in 2023 and climb toward massive cloud and infrastructure investments by 2024 to 2027.
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Industry Trends
129% of respondents cited security as the #1 barrier to cloud adoption[8]
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21.1 trillion records were exposed or leaked in 2023 due to misconfigurations and breaches (Verizon DBIR summary)[9]
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333% of organizations plan to deploy generative AI in the next 12 months[10]
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475% of organizations are exploring generative AI[11]
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530% of organizations have already implemented generative AI[12]
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670% of workloads are expected to be containerized by 2026[13]
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727% increase in ransomware-related incident counts in 2021 compared with 2020[14]
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851% of enterprises are using SaaS for core functions[15]
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973% of IT leaders report cloud migration is a top priority[16]
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102.8% of global GDP was spent on IT in 2022 (IT spending as a share of GDP)[17]
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1145% of enterprise IT organizations reported that they will use a cloud-first strategy for new applications in 2024[18]
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Industry Trends Interpretation
For today’s Industry Trends, the clear signal is that cloud and automation are accelerating together, with 73% of IT leaders prioritizing cloud migration and 45% adopting cloud first for new applications in 2024 while generative AI adoption climbs quickly, since 75% of organizations are exploring it and 30% have already implemented it.
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Workforce & Skills
14.5 million unfilled IT jobs in the EU by 2030 (European Commission forecast)[19]
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218% of the cybersecurity workforce is female in the U.S. (ISC2/ISC2 workforce study)[20]
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356% of IT professionals say training is required to keep skills current (U.S. workforce survey)[21]
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4$138,600 median annual wage for Computer and Information Research Scientists in the U.S. (2023)[22]
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5The U.S. employed 4.4 million software developers in 2023 (BLS employment, OES)[23]
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6The U.S. employed 175,600 information security analysts in 2023 (BLS employment, OES)[24]
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711.3% employment growth projected for software developers in the U.S. from 2022 to 2032[25]
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8Cybersecurity roles are projected to grow to 3.5 million by 2025 in the U.S. (U.S. cyber workforce projections baseline)[26]
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93.7% projected employment growth for computer network architects in the U.S. from 2022 to 2032[27]
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103.2% projected employment growth for database administrators in the U.S. from 2022 to 2032[28]
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1115.3% projected employment growth for computer support specialists in the U.S. from 2022 to 2032[29]
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12The U.S. employed 309,300 computer network architects in 2023 (BLS employment, OES)[30]
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13The U.S. employed 883,500 computer support specialists in 2023 (BLS employment, OES)[31]
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1412% of U.S. IT workers are employed in data processing, hosting, and related services (BLS industry employment)[32]
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1525% of U.S. employers in information services reported difficulty filling vacancies in 2023 (BLS JOLTS for NAICS 51)[33]
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164.0% of the U.S. workforce worked in computer and mathematical occupations in 2023 (BLS employment)[34]
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Workforce & Skills Interpretation
With 4.5 million IT jobs forecast to remain unfilled in the EU by 2030 and US hiring facing 25% of information services employers reporting difficulty filling vacancies in 2023, the Workforce and Skills gap is widening as demand for tech talent outpaces the current pipeline.
User Adoption
134% of organizations are using managed security services (Gartner/industry survey)[35]
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274% of organizations use endpoint protection platforms (EPP) (Microsoft security report)[36]
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336% of organizations have implemented data loss prevention (DLP) (industry survey)[37]
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474% of enterprises have adopted some form of digital identity (industry study)[38]
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515% of all software engineering work accounted for by generative AI by 2025 (Gartner forecast)[39]
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User Adoption Interpretation
User adoption in cybersecurity and digital identity is broadly moving forward, with 74% of organizations using endpoint protection platforms and 74% of enterprises adopting some form of digital identity, while only 34% use managed security services and 36% have data loss prevention in place.
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Workforce
115.9 million U.S. cyber professionals were employed in 2022, representing 10.2% of the total U.S. workforce (ISC2 workforce estimate for 2022)[40]
Directional
22.1 million cybersecurity job openings were posted in the U.S. in 2023 (Cybersecurity job postings estimate)[41]
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Workforce Interpretation
The Workforce picture for IT and cybersecurity is tightening as 15.9 million US cyber professionals in 2022 still left 2.1 million cybersecurity job openings posted in 2023, signaling sustained demand for talent.
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Cost Analysis
1The average cost of a data breach in the U.S. was $9.48 million in 2024 (global average $4.88 million)[42]
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Cost Analysis Interpretation
In cost analysis terms, the average U.S. data breach cost of $9.48 million in 2024, well above the $4.88 million global average, shows that organizations face significantly higher financial impact at home than the worldwide benchmark.
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