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How does your salary stack up? 2022 IT Salary Survey Results Revealed
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Distribution: A Year In Review 2

How are companies that InformationWeek considers as IT innovators changing to stay competitive? Examine year-over-year shifts in business-technology practices and priorities in this InformationWeek 500 2003 and 2002 comparison.
InformationWeek Staff
Contributor
September 18, 2003
SNAPSHOT
INSIDE COMPANIES
Average portion of revenue spent on IT 2%
Average percentage of industry applications and business processes that have Web-based front ends 34%
Companies with real-time business processes in place 62%
HOW COMPANIES DIVIDE THEIR I.T. BUDGETS
Hardware purchases 19%
Services or outsourcing 8%
Research and development 4%
Salaries and benefits 37%
Applications 21%
Everything else 11%
INDUSTRY FINANCIALS
Average year-over-year revenue change -9%
Average year-over-year net income change -131%
DATA: INFORMATIONWEEK RESEARCH

IN A NUTSHELL
INSIDE COMPANIES
Average portion of revenue spent on IT 1%
Companies providing customized solutions to customers 50%
Companies seeking IT patents, trademarks, or copyrights 24%
HOW COMPANIES DIVIDE THEIR I.T. BUDGETS
Hardware purchases 21%
Services or outsourcing 12%
Research and development 3%
Salaries and benefits 35%
Applications 19%
Everything else 10%
INDUSTRY FINANCIALS
Average year-over-year revenue change -4.4%
Average year-over-year net income change -59.3%
DATA: InformationWeek research

See the InformationWeek 500 2002 and 2001 comparison

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