At the start of September 2023, we published an article containing the findings from polls conducted on social media. Using LinkedIn and Twitter, we spent the summer trying to gauge the thoughts of fellow IT professionals. The findings were interesting enough for us to continue in our poll efforts during September and October. Today, in ‘Market Research for IT’, we present the results – like us, we hope you find them to be of great interest!
Read our previous poll results piece, ‘IT Market Research (A short report).’
As an IT professional, which of the following tasks do you enjoy performing the most?
Analysing, solving tech issues 0%
System design & implementation 100%
Dealing with user needs 0%
Other (please specify) 0%
As an IT professional, which of the following tasks do you least enjoy performing?
Analysing, solving tech issues 0%
System design & implementation 0%
Dealing with user needs 100%
Other (please specify) 0%
IT Specialists: How much emphasis do you place on cyber security within technology projects?
Great emphasis 67%
A little emphasis 0%
It depends upon the project 33%
Other (please comment) 0%
IT Specialists: How much emphasis do you place on software testing within technology projects?
Great emphasis 67%
A little emphasis 0%
It depends upon the project 33%
Other (please comment) 0%
Which is your preferred antivirus solution?
Bitdefender 38%
McAfee 25%
Norton 0%
Other (please comment) 38%
IT professionals: In your opinion, what is the most reliable laptop brand?
Apple 50%
Dell 38%
HP 13%
Other (please specify) 0%
IT professionals: Which operating system do you primarily use?
Windows 62%
macOS 31%
Linux 8%
Other (please comment) 0%
As an IT professional, which of the following tasks do you enjoy performing the most?
Analysing, solving tech issues 0%
System design & implementation 0%
Dealing with user needs 100%
Other (please specify) 0%
As an IT professional, which of the following tasks do you least enjoy performing?
Analysing, solving tech issues 0%
System design & implementation 33.3%
Dealing with user needs 33.3%
Other (please specify) 33.3%
IT Specialists: How much emphasis do you place on cyber security within technology projects?
Great emphasis 100%
A little emphasis 0%
It depends upon the project 0%
Other (please comment) 0%
IT Specialists: How much emphasis do you place on software testing within technology projects?
Great emphasis 33.3%
A little emphasis 0%
It depends upon the project 33.3%
Other (please comment) 33.3%
Which is your preferred antivirus solution?
Bitdefender 50%
McAfee 50%
Norton 0%
Other (please comment) 0%
IT professionals: In your opinion, what is the most reliable laptop brand?
Apple 25%
Dell 25%
HP 25%
Other (please specify) 25%
IT professionals: Which operating system do you primarily use?
Windows 100%
macOS 0%
Linux 0%
Other (please comment) 0%
Conclusion
Firstly, a huge thanks goes out to all those who voted in our polls. So what are the key takeaways from ‘Market Research for IT’?
- IT professionals on LinkedIn enjoy performing system design & implementation tasks the most- Conversely, those on Twitter prefer dealing with user needs
- In quite the reversal, LinkedIn voters saw dealing with user needs as the least enjoyable task!
- Twitter voters were evenly split on the least enjoyable task between system design & implementation, dealing with user needs – how strange – and ‘other’, though no comments were left
- Neither LinkedIn nor Twitter participants were inclined to comment despite many votes for ‘Other (please comment)’
- Most of our voters place great emphasis on cyber security within their projects, although many also believe that it can depend on the project itself
- LinkedIn participants felt the same about software testing, whilst those on Twitter also added votes for ‘other’ (no comments again though, sadly)
- Bitdefender and McAfee emerged as clear antivirus favourites across the board
- There were no clear winners for most reliable laptop brand on Twitter, although Apple and Dell were ahead on LinkedIn
- Whilst all Twitter voters primarily use Windows, our LinkedIn voters mainly use that or macOS
What do you think about these findings? Any major surprises? Are they in line with your own feelings? We’d love to hear from you either way!
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