2026 CIO Benchmark Report

This is the moment CIOs have been asking for. We're no longer the team people call when their laptop breaks. We're in the room where strategy gets made, budgets get allocated, and the future of our companies gets decided.

The data in this report confirms what many of us are living: we feel that our role as CIO has grown in the last year. And that we have gained influence as AI investment increased.

This research surveyed 182 IT leaders on the budgets, board access, technical debt, data silos, and integration challenges shaping the CIO role in 2026.