*NEW RESEARCH* UK public sector market trends & forecasts

The TechMarketView PublicSectorViews team last published our broad view of the trends impacting the UK public sector software and IT services (SITS) market in December 2014. Since then much has changed. We have witnessed a new majority Conservative government voted into Parliament. Most SITS suppliers we spoke to were initially delighted, holding the view that – regardless of your political leanings - a majority government would spell a period of greater certainty for the industry.

However, now the dust has settled, much remains uncertain for software and IT services suppliers to the UK public sector when it comes to the Government’s approach to the procurement, delivery and management of ICT. That uncertainty deepened over the summer months as key figures in the Cabinet Office, and most notably from the Government Digital Service (GDS), departed Whitehall.

Over the next five years, there is no doubt that efficiency savings will remain a feature of the landscape. It is our view that in order to achieve the necessary level of savings, radical civil service reform - involving 'Joining the Dots' across the public sector to break down the long-established silos - will be required. In this latest PublicSectorViews report – UK public sector SITS market trends & forecasts – September 2015 – we consider the likely extent of that reform, the role that ICT will play, and how public sector organisations are likely to work with industry to achieve their objectives. We analyse the situation not just across Whitehall (central government and defence) but across the broader public sector: in local government & education, in the health sector, and across police.

PublicSectorViews subscribers can download the report now. If you are not yet a subscriber, you can rectify the situation by contacting Deb Seth in our Client Services team.

Posted by Georgina O'Toole at '20:36' - Tagged: publicsector   markettrends   forecasts   research