<p>The 80bn UK IT market is expected to grow 4.6% in 2014, according to a forecast by analyst firmForrester Research.</p><p>In its latest IT spending predictions, Forrester claimed the UK tech market would edge up by0.5% to hit 80bn sales this year, before rising by 4.6% the following year.</p><p>The Continued gloom for European ICT report, found most areas of IT spending woulddecline apart from software purchases, which would be boosted by mobile apps andanalytics.</p><p>"Our data indicates that European (specifically, British, French, and German) CIOsin a recessionary business environment will pare their new project budgets for packaged processapps and platform software," said Forrester principal analyst AndrewBartels.</p><p><a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240188019/Forrester-UK-IT-spending-set-to-rise-by-46-in-2014">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.information-age.com/it-management/finance-and-project-management/123457195/uk-lags-germany-in-advanced-technology-adoption--forrester-finds">UK lags Germany in advanced technology adoption, Forrester finds</a> (Information Age)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dsRptMeI2bDZSqMzwZGeLV0WQBliM&ned=us">15 additional articles.</a></p>