Survey: IT is Everywhere (End Users’ Perspective, UK)

Survey: IT is Everywhere
End Users’ Perspective – United Kingdom

Overview
This survey, done in support of IT Professionals Day 2016, is one of two designed to
showcase how the realm of IT is expanding beyond the traditional borders of
company-owned devices and on-premises technology, thereby placing greater
demand on IT professionals to manage technology outside their traditional scope of
control. This new demand should subsequently drive a greater appreciation for IT
professionals and the important role they play.
The survey was fielded by Harris Poll on behalf of SolarWinds in June 2016 and
yielded responses from 481 employed end users (not as IT professionals) in the
United Kingdom.
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Results
• Question 1: Over the course of a typical week, which of the following devices
(whether personally-owned or company-provided) do you connect to your
employer’s network (wired or via Wi-Fi) while at work? Please select all that apply.
Answer Choices Responses
Laptop/Desktop Computer 56%
Smartphone/Mobile Phone 52%
Tablet 25%
Bluetooth device 8%
Streaming media players 7%
Wearable device 5%
eReader 5%
Other mobile device(s) 1%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Other mobile device(s)
Wearable device
eReader
Streaming media players
Bluetooth device
Tablet
Smartphone/Mobile Phone
Laptop/Desktop Computer

Results
• Question 2: Do you ever use cloud-based applications while at work? Please select
all that apply.
Yes 58%
No 42%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
No
Yes

Results
• Question 3: How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following
statement?
o At work, I expect my employer's IT department to ensure consistent availability and performance
for my personally-owned devices that are connected to my employer's network (e.g., connecting
my smartphone to my work email account, connecting my wearable device to the office Wi-Fi
network, etc.
Strongly agree 29%
Somewhat agree 33%
Somewhat disagree 13%
Strongly disagree 14%
Not applicable 12%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree
Not applicable

Results
statement?
o I regularly (i.e., at least once a week) use work-related applications (e.g., email, collaboration
tools, work-related productivity software) outside the office (i.e., at home, in a public location
such as a coffee shop or on a train) on either personally-owned or company-provided devices.
Strongly agree 26%
Somewhat agree 30%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree

Results
statement?
o When I use work-related applications outside of the workplace, I expect the same level of
performance and support from my employer’s IT department.
Strongly agree 33%
Somewhat agree 40%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree

Results
statement?
o I expect my employer’s IT department to ensure consistent availability and performance of the
cloud-based applications I use at work.
Strongly agree 44%
Somewhat agree 45%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree

Results
statement?
o It’s my employer’s IT department’s fault if I can’t access cloud-based applications to work in the
workplace.
Strongly agree 28%
Somewhat agree 43%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree

Results
• Question 8: For the following question, please think of devices that you either
personally own or that your company owns when answering. On average, how many
more devices do you connect to your employer’s network (wired or via Wi-Fi) while
at work today compared to 10 years ago (2006)?
1 15%
2 22%
3 6%
4 3%
5 3%
6 1%
7 0%
8 0%
9 0%
10 1%
11+ 1%
No more today than in 2006 32%
N/A - I was not employed in 2006. 17%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
No more today than in 2006
N/A - I was not employed in 2006.
11+
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Results
• Question 9: On average, how many more personally-owned devices do you connect
to your employer’s network (wired or via Wi-Fi) while at work today compared to
those 10 years ago (2006)?
1 25%
2 14%
3 4%
4 4%
5 1%
6 1%
7 0%
8 1%
9 0%
10 0%
11+ 1%
No more today than in 2006 32%
N/A - I was not employed in 2006. 17%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
No more today than in 2006
N/A - I was not employed in 2006.
11+
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
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