September 8th, 2010 | 
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Europe will increase its IT outsourcing spending over the remainder of 2010, leading to a possible surge in recruitment for IT professionals, a new survey has revealed.
IT research firm Gartner surveyed 206 organisations across Europe and discovered that 53 per cent of firms plan to increase their outsourcing in 2010, while 40 per cent plan to up their external IT services spending.
Of the firms that have an IT budget of less than €1 million (£82 million), 14.7 per cent said that they would increase their outsourcing, up from 6.1 per cent in 2009.
Claudio Da Rold, vice president and analyst at Gartner, commented: “Organisations in Europe are expecting – or are in need of – growth, but they are also still highly cautious.”
“Regardless of the future direction of the economy, European businesses and their service providers need to optimize their multisourced environments, while increasingly adopting industrialized IT services,” he added.
Gerry McLaughlin from ITContractor.com recently claimed that IT services are too crucial to cut, despite firms experiencing further cost reductions.
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