"The supply of labor tightened, with 5.8 percent of respondents reporting IT labor is 'plentiful' (vs. 6.2 percent in September); 56.7 percent cite IT labor is 'available' (vs. 59 percent in September) and 35 percent report that IT professionals are 'hard to find' (vs. 31.1 percent in September)," according to the survey.

Of those eyeing potential upgrades to Microsoft Vista or Office 2007 in 2007, 20.7 percent said they need to evaluate pricing and user training costs before considering any such move, according to the survey. Of the 15.8 percent who said they will upgrade, 8.3 percent plan to upgrade to both, while 5.8 percent said they will only upgrade to Office 2007 and 1.7 percent said they will only upgrade to Vista.