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The Benchmark of IT Spending 2006 provides an appraisal of IT spending levels and spending ratios, enabling organisations to benchmark their IT spending in support of their IT decision making.

Respondents revealed details of current and predicted expenditure up to 2008. Headlines include:

• The median level of corporate IT spend across all sectors is £3891 per end user.


• Finance sector reported a median spend of £9,864 per end user


• Health sector reported a median spend of £1,713 per end user


• Median IT spend as a percentage of turnover was 2.5% growth (last year 2.4%)


• Overall staffing rates up by 15%


• Capital spending on central computing up, whilst desktop spend declines


• Windows XP dominates the desktop and prospects for Windows Vista look good


• Strong growth seen in portable devices, especially Personal Digital Assistants


• Voice over IP is the most popular development activity for IT purchasers