January 2026 · Spending

ITDM Spending Outlook 2026

How uncertainty is reshaping IT budgets.

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What the study covers

The annual spending study, and a longitudinal benchmark against the outlooks that came before it. This edition is about what happens to technology budgets when the economic picture stops being clear: what gets protected, what gets deferred, and how differently that plays by region.

51%Of North American organizations are planning for a recession, the highest of any region.
39%Put cybersecurity top of the budget, ahead of every other line.
31%Of EMEA organizations rank generative AI and LLMs a top IT priority.
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