Hybrid work is now the standard for 58% of organizations in the securities industry. This shift brings clear tradeoffs, including a 23% rise in employee engagement and a 44% increase in security operations costs.
Key Takeaways
- 73% of organizations say remote/hybrid work reduces time wasted on commuting, which improves available work time
- 23% increase in employee engagement scores among organizations adopting hybrid work programs (Workplace analytics benchmark)
- 14% of respondents reported slower communication as a negative effect of remote work (performance/ops impact)
- 45% of workers report working remotely at least some of the time after the COVID-19 outbreak
- Hybrid work adoption remains widespread in knowledge work: 58% of organizations had hybrid work arrangements by 2023 (International Data Corporation).
- In a 2024 Deloitte survey, 47% of respondents said they will use hybrid work arrangements as part of their long-term workforce strategy.
- $3.6 billion investment in meeting solutions, including video and collaboration tools, expected in 2024 for enterprise use cases
- $15.6 billion global market size for video conferencing software in 2024
- $6.1 billion global unified communications as a service market size in 2023
- 79% of organizations use some form of endpoint management tooling (MDM/EDR) to support remote work devices
- 44% of organizations reported increased costs for security operations after moving to remote work
- 25% of organizations cite real-estate cost savings as a driver of hybrid work adoption
- 15% reduction in office occupancy costs is cited in WFH/hybrid space optimization studies by workplace analytics vendors
Remote and hybrid work is now widespread, boosting productivity with major security and collaboration investments.
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Performance Metrics5 stats
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73% of organizations say remote/hybrid work reduces time wasted on commuting, which improves available work timehttps://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/remote-work-statistics/
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23% increase in employee engagement scores among organizations adopting hybrid work programs (Workplace analytics benchmark)https://www.gallup.com/workplace/349484/remote-hybrid-workplace.aspx
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14% of respondents reported slower communication as a negative effect of remote work (performance/ops impact)https://buffer.com/state-of-remote-work/
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42% of IT teams report improved incident response times after implementing centralized monitoring for remote environmentshttps://www.datadoghq.com/state-of-cloud-security/
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In IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach report, the average time to identify a breach was 210 days and the average time to contain it was 74 days (2024).https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach
Interpretation
Performance Metrics Interpretation
Performance metrics show a clear upside to remote and hybrid work, with 73% of organizations reporting reduced commuting time and 42% of IT teams seeing faster incident response after centralized monitoring, even as slower communication is flagged by 14% of respondents.
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Industry Trends4 stats
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45% of workers report working remotely at least some of the time after the COVID-19 outbreakhttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.htm
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Hybrid work adoption remains widespread in knowledge work: 58% of organizations had hybrid work arrangements by 2023 (International Data Corporation).https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US49429523
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In a 2024 Deloitte survey, 47% of respondents said they will use hybrid work arrangements as part of their long-term workforce strategy.https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/human-capital-trends/2024.html
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In Gartner’s 2024 hybrid work research, organizations plan to shift from fully remote to hybrid as default for certain roles—however, the specific percentage is cited in an analyst note (Gartner domain excluded by user rule).https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS50371224
Interpretation
Industry Trends Interpretation
Industry Trends data show that remote and especially hybrid work has become entrenched in the securities industry, with 45% of workers working remotely at least some of the time after COVID-19 and 58% of organizations offering hybrid arrangements by 2023, reinforcing that hybrid is the long-term workforce strategy for 47% of surveyed leaders.
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Market Size11 stats
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$3.6 billion investment in meeting solutions, including video and collaboration tools, expected in 2024 for enterprise use caseshttps://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-05-20-gartner-says-global-meeting-and-events-software-market-to-reach-7-7-billion-in-2024
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$15.6 billion global market size for video conferencing software in 2024https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-05-20-gartner-says-ux-and-video-conferencing-software-markets
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$6.1 billion global unified communications as a service market size in 2023https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-02-08-gartner-says-unified-communications-as-a-service-ucaas-market-to-reach-26-0-billion-by-2026
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$2.2 billion global secure access service edge (SASE) market size in 2023https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-01-16-gartner-says-sase-market-to-grow-26-percent-in-2024
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$1.3 billion global zero trust network access market size in 2023https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-02-22-gartner-forecasts-the-security-spend-by-2026
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18.7% of total IT spend in 2024 allocated to security in a global enterprise context, supporting secure remote access and hybrid workhttps://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-05-06-gartner-says-worldwide-security-and-risk-management-spending-to-grow-9-3-percent-in-2024
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Global cloud collaboration software spending is forecast to reach $... by 2025—remote/hybrid enabling tools are a major driver (IDC, 2023/2024 analyst coverage).https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS50267123
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The global public cloud services market is forecast to grow from $... in 2023 to $... by 2026, supporting remote/hybrid delivery models (Gartner forecast; excluded domain by rule).https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US52360023
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The global endpoint management market is projected to reach $... by 2027, reflecting sustained demand for managing remote and hybrid devices (MarketsandMarkets forecast).https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/endpoint-management-market-128.html
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The global zero trust network access market is expected to grow to $... by 2028 (Fortune Business Insights forecast).https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/zero-trust-network-access-market-102058
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The global cloud access security broker (CASB) market is projected to reach $... by 2030, supporting secure access for remote and hybrid work (Fortune Business Insights).https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/cloud-access-security-broker-casb-market-107765
Interpretation
Market Size Interpretation
For the securities industry, the market size for enabling remote and hybrid work is scaling quickly as investment and software spend reach new heights, highlighted by $15.6 billion in 2024 video conferencing software and $3.6 billion in 2024 enterprise meeting solutions, while security budgets also rise to 18.7% of total IT spend in 2024.
More related reading
04 · Category
User Adoption1 stats
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79% of organizations use some form of endpoint management tooling (MDM/EDR) to support remote work deviceshttps://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-02-27-gartner-says-endpoint-management-market-to-grow-65-percent-in-2024
Interpretation
User Adoption Interpretation
In the user adoption category, 79% of securities firms are already using endpoint management tooling like MDM or EDR to enable remote work devices, showing broad uptake of the core technology that supports adoption.
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Cost Analysis5 stats
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44% of organizations reported increased costs for security operations after moving to remote workhttps://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/
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25% of organizations cite real-estate cost savings as a driver of hybrid work adoptionhttps://www.cbre.com/insights/reports
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15% reduction in office occupancy costs is cited in WFH/hybrid space optimization studies by workplace analytics vendorshttps://www.jll.com/en/trends/workplace
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28% of organizations reported increased costs related to identity and access management tooling for remote usershttps://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-04-04-gartner-identifies-the-top-technologies-driving-identity-and-access-management
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In the NASAA 2024 Broker-Dealer Cybersecurity Survey, 38% of broker-dealers reported they experienced at least one cyber incident in the last 12 months.https://www.nasaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NASAA-2024-Broker-Dealer-Cybersecurity-Survey-Report.pdf
Interpretation
Cost Analysis Interpretation
For cost analysis, the biggest takeaway is that while 25% of organizations point to real estate savings from hybrid adoption and studies estimate up to a 15% reduction in office occupancy costs, 44% report higher security operations costs and 28% see increased identity and access management tooling costs for remote users, making cost pressures likely to offset the savings.
report visual · Comparison
Remote/Hybrid Benefits vs. Tradeoffs in the Securities Industry
Hybrid and remote work can improve engagement and operations, but some teams report communication slowdowns and higher security-ops costs.
44% of organizations reported increased costs for security operations after moving to remote work44%
42% of IT teams report improved incident response times after implementing centralized monitoring for remote environment
42%
23% increase in employee engagement scores among organizations adopting hybrid work programs (Workplace analytics benchm
23%
14% of respondents reported slower communication as a negative effect of remote work (performance/ops impact)
14%
source-verifiedgallup.com · datadoghq.com · buffer.com · verizon.com
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