Apr 7, 2021 CIOs plan to increase their IT staffing so they can further accelerate digital initiatives this year. A recent survey by Gartner found that 55% of CIOs will up the total number of full-time employees (FTEs) in IT across the course of 2021. They will predominantly focus staffing growth in the areas of automation, cloud and analytics platforms, and support for remote work. “The critical role IT played across most firms’ response to the pandemic appears to have had a positive impact on IT staffing plans,” says Matthew Charlet, research vice-president at Gartner. “The initial pessimism around the 2021 talent situation that many CIOs expressed mid-2020 has since dwindled.”