Abstract
This IDC study presents the worldwide and U.S. IT education services forecast for 2008 through 2012. The forecast includes an analysis of the regional drivers of IT education growth, delivery modalities and illustrates several high-growth computer-related professions that will influence training growth for the period. The study also includes a breakout of the U.S. market by IDC' s primary and secondary software markets and illustrates several of the market dynamics in the primary markets that are making those markets attractive as training domains.
"IT education remains a challenging and opportunistic business. Vendors that can focus on the business value of the supported technology will be appropriately responding to buyer skepticism about the business value of training and will be better positioned to support ongoing relationships," said Cushing Anderson, vice president for IT Education and Training Services research at IDC.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Methodology
- Situation Overview
- Overall: Situation Tenuous, Impact Uncertain
- Future Outlook
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Assumptions: Skills and Technology Purchased Impact Training
- Global Outlook
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Support and Training Macromarket, 2008-2012
- Table: Worldwide IT Education Services Spending by Region, 2005-2012 ($M)
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide IT Education Services Market, 2008-2012
- Spike in Growth - Impact of Exchange Rates
- Figure: Worldwide IT Education Services Spending Growth by Region, 2006-2012
- IT Education Forecast by Primary Software Market
- Table: U.S. IT Education Services Spending by Primary Market, 2005-2012 ($M)
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the U.S. IT Education Services Market, 2008-2012
- Application Development and Deployment Software Training Outlook
- Table: U.S. Application Development and Deployment Training Content Revenue by Secondary Market, 2005-2012 ($M)
- Application Software Training Outlook
- Table: U.S. Application Software Training Content Revenue by Secondary Market, 2005-2012 ($M)
- U.S. System Infrastructure Software Training Outlook
- Table: U.S. System Infrastructure Software Training Content Revenue by Secondary Market, 2005-2012 ($M)
- IT Education by Delivery Modality: ILT Commands, eLearning Grows
- Table: U.S. IT Education Services Revenue by Delivery Modality, 2006-2012 ($M)
- Table: Worldwide IT Education Services Revenue by Delivery Modality, 2006-2012 ($M)
- Figure: Worldwide IT Education Services Revenue Share by Delivery Modality, 2007 and 2012
- Vendor Strengths and Weaknesses - Summary of IDC' s MarketScape
- Sell the Impact of IT Education on Technology Value
- Market Context
- Table: Worldwide and U.S. IT Education Services Revenue, 2005-2012: Comparison of August 2007 and March 2008 Forecasts ($M)
- Figure: Worldwide IT Education Services Revenue Growth, 2005-2012: Comparison of August 2007 and March 2008 Forecasts
- Figure: U.S. IT Education Services Revenue Growth, 2005-2012: Comparison of August 2007 and March 2008 Forecasts
- Market Strategies: Size and Growth Equals Market Opportunity
- Table: Top 12 High-Growth U.S. IT Education Segments, 2007 and 2012 ($M)
- Top IT Job Prospects - Another Training Opportunity
- Table: Employment in the Fastest-Growing Computer-Related Occupations, 2006 and 2011 (000)
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Methodology
- Historical Market Values and Exchange Rates
- Table: Exchange Rates, 2003-2007 (%)
- Synopsis

