Remote and hybrid work is reshaping services, and the security and collaboration spend is following fast. In 2024 alone, global enterprise spending on secure access service edge is forecast to hit $5.0 billion, climbing to $18.2 billion by 2028, even as workers report tangible day to day shifts like less commuting time and higher engagement. The surprising part is how quickly productivity, privacy, and video driven collaboration now move together, down to how often teams use collaboration tools and what they rely on to stay protected.
Key Takeaways
- In the U.S., 6.1 hours per week were spent working from home on average by those who worked from home (ATUS-based average)
- In Gallup’s 2023 analysis, remote/hybrid workers reported slightly higher engagement vs. fully on-site (engagement metric comparison)
- In the same Buffer survey, 20% of remote workers cited fewer distractions as a primary benefit (share citing benefit)
- 62% of employees say they are more productive working remotely at least part of the time (survey-based productivity perception)
- Microsoft’s Work Trend Index reported that 68% of employees said flexible work reduced their commuting time (time cost reduction metric, survey-based)
- In IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report, average time to contain a breach was 80 days (business metric)
- FBI IC3 reported 857,000 total cybercrime complaints received in 2023 (complaint volume metric)
- Global enterprise spending on secure access service edge (SASE) is forecast to reach $5.0 billion in 2024 and grow to $18.2 billion by 2028 (by MarketsandMarkets)
- The secure web gateway market is forecast to reach $5.2 billion in 2023 and grow to $13.2 billion by 2028 (by MarketsandMarkets)
- The global cloud collaboration market is forecast to reach $19.3 billion by 2027 (by MarketsandMarkets)
- In 2023, 62% of organizations used collaboration software daily (company usage frequency metric reported by Omdia/analyst study)
- In a Gartner survey, 82% of organizations planned to increase or maintain investment in collaboration tools during 2021–2023 (investment adoption metric)
- In 2023, 48% of organizations planned to adopt or expand VPN/zero trust access to support remote work (security tool adoption metric, survey share)
- 14.6% of workers worked from home in March 2023 (share of workers working from home)
- 62% of organizations reported using MFA (multi-factor authentication) for remote access, according to a 2023 survey (share using MFA for remote access)
Remote and hybrid work is boosting engagement and productivity, while driving major growth in secure collaboration and access tools.
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Performance Metrics
1In the U.S., 6.1 hours per week were spent working from home on average by those who worked from home (ATUS-based average)[1]
Verified
2In Gallup’s 2023 analysis, remote/hybrid workers reported slightly higher engagement vs. fully on-site (engagement metric comparison)[2]
Single source
3In the same Buffer survey, 20% of remote workers cited fewer distractions as a primary benefit (share citing benefit)[3]
Verified
4A Stanford study (2020) reported that working from home reduced the frequency of workplace interruptions by about 1.5 per hour (behavioral metric from field experiment)[4]
Directional
547% of employees reported improved work-life balance due to hybrid work, according to a 2023 survey (share reporting improved WLB)[5]
Single source
646% of managers reported that hybrid work increased productivity at their organization in 2023 (share reporting productivity increase)[6]
Verified
733% of employees reported less stress as a result of hybrid work, according to a 2023 survey (share reporting stress reduction)[7]
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Performance Metrics Interpretation
Performance metrics show that hybrid and remote work are associated with measurable gains, including 47% of employees reporting improved work life balance and 46% of managers saying productivity increased in 2023, alongside reduced workplace interruptions by about 1.5 per hour in a Stanford field experiment.
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Industry Trends
162% of employees say they are more productive working remotely at least part of the time (survey-based productivity perception)[8]
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Industry Trends Interpretation
In the services industry, 62% of employees say they are more productive when working remotely at least part of the time, reinforcing the growing Industry Trends shift toward hybrid and remote work models.
Cost Analysis
1Microsoft’s Work Trend Index reported that 68% of employees said flexible work reduced their commuting time (time cost reduction metric, survey-based)[9]
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2In IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report, average time to contain a breach was 80 days (business metric)[10]
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3FBI IC3 reported 857,000 total cybercrime complaints received in 2023 (complaint volume metric)[11]
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4A Gartner estimate put the total annual cost of cybercrime worldwide at $8 trillion in 2023 (global economic cost estimate)[12]
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5According to IWG, coworking/office space providers reported that hybrid work supports occupancy optimization, with typical coworking members working 4–5 days per week (occupancy utilization metric)[13]
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Cost Analysis Interpretation
From a cost analysis perspective, flexible and hybrid work appears to deliver measurable savings and efficiency, with 68% of employees reporting reduced commuting time while the broader economic burden of cybersecurity remains massive at an estimated $8 trillion in annual global cost for 2023.
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Market Size
1Global enterprise spending on secure access service edge (SASE) is forecast to reach $5.0 billion in 2024 and grow to $18.2 billion by 2028 (by MarketsandMarkets)[14]
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2The secure web gateway market is forecast to reach $5.2 billion in 2023 and grow to $13.2 billion by 2028 (by MarketsandMarkets)[15]
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3The global cloud collaboration market is forecast to reach $19.3 billion by 2027 (by MarketsandMarkets)[16]
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4The global video conferencing market is projected to grow from $6.5 billion in 2020 to $10.9 billion by 2027 (by Fortune Business Insights)[17]
Verified
5The global enterprise collaboration software market is forecast to reach $19.2 billion by 2028 (by Grand View Research)[18]
Single source
6The global endpoint security market is expected to reach $15.7 billion by 2028 (by MarketsandMarkets)[19]
Verified
7The global identity and access management (IAM) market is forecast to reach $24.4 billion by 2026 (by MarketsandMarkets)[20]
Directional
8The global UCaaS (unified communications as a service) market is forecast to reach $102.0 billion by 2030 (by Fortune Business Insights)[21]
Single source
9The global collaboration software market is expected to reach $87.9 billion by 2026 (by Global Market Insights)[22]
Directional
Market Size Interpretation
For the Market Size angle, services companies are set to keep scaling their remote and hybrid work infrastructure fast, with MarketsandMarkets projecting SASE spending rising from $5.0 billion in 2024 to $18.2 billion by 2028.
User Adoption
1In 2023, 62% of organizations used collaboration software daily (company usage frequency metric reported by Omdia/analyst study)[23]
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2In a Gartner survey, 82% of organizations planned to increase or maintain investment in collaboration tools during 2021–2023 (investment adoption metric)[24]
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3In 2023, 48% of organizations planned to adopt or expand VPN/zero trust access to support remote work (security tool adoption metric, survey share)[25]
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4In the U.S. IPEDS data for colleges and universities, 45% of institutions reported using distance education in 2021–2022 (remote learning adoption proxy, service-sector adjacent educational services)[26]
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527% of employees reported working from home “more than 50% of the time” in 2022 (share working WFH majority of time)[27]
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User Adoption Interpretation
From daily use of collaboration tools by 62% of organizations in 2023 to 48% planning to adopt or expand VPN and zero trust access for remote work, user adoption in services is clearly accelerating while 27% of employees worked from home more than half the time in 2022.
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Workforce Distribution
114.6% of workers worked from home in March 2023 (share of workers working from home)[28]
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Workforce Distribution Interpretation
In the workforce distribution for services, 14.6% of workers were working from home in March 2023, showing that remote work had a meaningful but still limited footprint.
Security & Compliance
162% of organizations reported using MFA (multi-factor authentication) for remote access, according to a 2023 survey (share using MFA for remote access)[29]
Directional
259% of organizations reported they use endpoint detection and response (EDR) to protect remote employees, according to a 2022 survey (share using EDR for remote protection)[30]
Single source
Security & Compliance Interpretation
In Security & Compliance, the shift toward securing remote work is clear as 62% of organizations use MFA for remote access and 59% deploy EDR to protect remote employees.
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Technology & Collaboration
174% of organizations worldwide reported increased use of video conferencing during 2020–2021 (share reporting increased use)[31]
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256% of knowledge workers reported using virtual collaboration tools daily in 2021 (share using daily)[32]
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Technology & Collaboration Interpretation
In the Technology and Collaboration category, the data show that 74% of organizations increased their use of video conferencing in 2020 to 2021 while 56% of knowledge workers used virtual collaboration tools every day in 2021, signaling rapid normalization of these technologies for remote and hybrid services work.
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