The biggest challenge for IT leaders meeting their organizations’ goals and objectives in 2013 will be acquiring necessary budget
The top three areas of business that will have the biggest increase in IT needs are operations, marketing/sales and finance/accounting
39 percent of IT leaders expect to increase their permanent headcount, and 36 percent expect to increase their temporary headcount
55 percent of IT leaders expect their IT staff’s salary to increase in 2013
The top three IT skill sets expecting the biggest increases in salary in 2013 are software developers, software engineers and project managers
Developers are the most difficult position to fill due to a shortage of IT workers and an increase in IT demands
The top four industry trends that will have the biggest impact on their organization are business intelligence, cloud computing, security and shortage of IT workers
58 percent of IT leaders believe that the trend toward cloud-based and as-a-service IT offerings will increase demand for IT skills