Industry top performer
Gain a lens into how your organization performs against its peers with the Industry Top Performer Index.
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Use our metrics to evaluate your performance. Identify areas of under- and overspending and gain insights to optimize your technology budget and computing environment.
What is the Industry Top Performer Index?
Review the performance of leaders across 21 sectors. Gain insights into what leaders and average performers are spending, with IT costs as a percent of revenue and IT costs as a percent of operating costs, as well as critical compute capacity metrics.
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- Increase competitiveness: Ensure sufficient IT spending and focus it on the right priorities.
Top performer profile based on business performance
Ratio of top to average performer
Source: Rubin Systems, Inc.
Updated: Annually
| IT % Revenue | IT % Operating Expense | % of Compute Capacity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Public Cloud | % Mainframe | % Distributed | |||||
| Banking and Financial Services | 0.91 | 1.41 | 2.58 | 1.43 | 0.68 | ||
| Chemicals | 0.64 | 0.95 | 2.62 | 1.58 | 0.67 | ||
| Construction, Materials and Natural Resources | 1.08 | 1.43 | 2.88 | 1.71 | 0.68 | ||
| Consumer Products | 0.87 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 1.50 | 0.69 | ||
| Education | 0.92 | 1.09 | 1.68 | 1.62 | 0.75 | ||
| Energy | 0.63 | 2.94 | 1.70 | 1.76 | 0.79 | ||
| Food and Beverage Processing | 1.27 | 1.04 | 2.66 | 1.54 | 0.62 | ||
| Government — National and International | 1.23 | 2.59 | 1.32 | 0.69 | |||
| Government — State and Local | 1.64 | 2.88 | 1.36 | 0.67 | |||
| Healthcare Providers | 1.12 | 1.32 | 1.69 | 1.32 | 0.76 | ||
| Industrial Electronics and Electrical Equipment | 0.85 | 1.25 | 2.45 | 1.42 | 0.70 | ||
| Industrial Manufacturing | 0.93 | 1.10 | 2.58 | 1.66 | 0.65 | ||
| Insurance | 1.01 | 1.38 | 2.23 | 1.41 | 0.60 | ||
| Media and Entertainment | 0.83 | 1.17 | 2.33 | 1.55 | 0.71 | ||
| Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences and Medical Products | 0.96 | 1.14 | 1.67 | 1.37 | 0.71 | ||
| Professional Services | 0.87 | 1.33 | 1.65 | 1.55 | 0.76 | ||
| Retail and Wholesale | 1.13 | 1.31 | 2.37 | 1.33 | 0.67 | ||
| Software Publishing and Internet Services | 0.87 | 1.19 | 1.60 | 1.54 | 0.83 | ||
| Telecommunications | 0.92 | 1.12 | 2.40 | 1.44 | 0.75 | ||
| Transportation | 0.87 | 1.23 | 2.89 | 2.13 | 0.68 | ||
| Utilities | 0.86 | 1.26 | 2.91 | 1.12 | 0.81 | ||
| Averages | 0.92 | 1.31 | 2.31 | 1.51 | 0.71 | ||
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