The statistic depicts the IT buyer and market spending sentiment index score from January to September 2020. The index is based on surveys of enterprise IT buyers around the world, who are asked to provide guidance on a number of factors including general business confidence, overall IT spending plans and specific changes to budget allocations for individual technologies. In September 2020, the buyer intent index fell slightly compared to the previous month to 971.
IT buyer and market spending sentiment index score from January to September 2020
Characteristic
Buyer Intent
Market Indicators
Total
Sep
971
965
968
Aug
973
961
967
July v2
979
956
967
July v1
987
952
970
June v2
967
949
958
June v1
954
952
953
May v2
982
943
962
May v1
983
944
964
Apr v2
998
956
977
Apr v1
1,006
969
987
Mar v2
1,023
988
1,005
Mar v1
1,048
1,008
1,028
Feb v2
1,051
1,022
1,037
9259509751,0001,0251,0501,075
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Index based on scale of 1000, where a score above 1000 indicates growth and below 1000 indicates a decline in IT spending: IT buyers were asked to provide guidance on IT spending plans; market indicators reflect a composite of macroeconomic factors; some historical intent data is estimated from analysis of previous surveys and relationship with forecasts published during this timeframe.
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IDC. (October 22, 2020). IT buyer and market spending sentiment index score from January to September 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116170/it-buyer-and-market-spending-sentiment-index/
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IDC. (2020). IT buyer and market spending sentiment index score from January to September 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116170/it-buyer-and-market-spending-sentiment-index/
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