Overall the top priorities for 2025 are cybersecurity (36%), artificial intelligence (AI) (21%), and business process automation (13%)
For leaders the top priorities are cybersecurity (33%), artificial intelligence (AI) (24%), SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, X-aaS/the as-a-service model/everything-as-a-service (11%), and business process automation (also 11%)
For IT professionals the top priorities are cybersecurity (33%), artificial intelligence (AI) (19%), and business process automation (16%)
Only 5% of leaders and IT professionals think their organisation has enough resources to achieve their priorities for 2025
63% feel that their organisation needs enhanced IT capability and skills in their existing workforce to achieve their priorities
Cybersecurity/resilience is most likely to keep leaders and IT professionals awake at night, when considering upcoming changes and trends in the IT industry - 31% ranked this first and 57% ranked it in the top three.
