In memory of David Roberts

My IT Budget Estimator

Estimates your annual $ spent on "Keeping Your IT Running".
Internal IT Labor Costs Yearly Utilization % Overhead % Hourly Yearly Cost Explanation
Salary for primary person doing IT related work
$0 $0 If there are NO dedicated internal IT staff, change the Utilization % to the approximate percentage of the time spent by the non-IT Person. Use Indeed.com, look for "IT Technician" to find competitive salaries for your region. Change the Over Head % to your company's Benefits cost (usually from 15% - 21%)
Salary for person #2 doing IT related work
$0 $0 Use Indeed.com, look for IT Technician to find competitive salaries for your region.
Salary for person #3 doing IT related work
$0 $0 Use Indeed.com, look for IT Technician to find competitive salaries for your region.
Salary for person #4 doing IT related work
$0 $0 Use Indeed.com, look for IT Technician to find competitive salaries for your region.
Unpaid OT (aggregate of all people)
Hours/Week
Weeks/Year
$0 $0 Many parts of IT work is performed after business hours and is unrecognized not paid.
Total Internal IT Labor Cost $0 Total annual cost of all IT labor including overhead and unpaid overtime
Outsourced IT Labor Costs Monthly Yearly Cost Explanation
Outsourced IT Support Service #1
$0 Aggregate costs for 3rd party technical work.
Outsourced IT Support Service #2
$0 Sometime there are more than 1 outsourced support services.
Total Outsourced IT Labor Cost $0 Total annual cost for all outsourced IT support services.
Mandatory IT Subscriptions Monthly Yearly Cost Explanation
Internet Service Provider #1 (Xfinity, Verizon, etc.)
$0 Monthly invoice from the internet provider.
Accounting System
$0 Monthly subscription for accounting software.
Line-of-Business Applications (required by the business)
$0 Monthly subscription for line-of-business applications required by your industry.
Total Mandatory Subscriptions $0 Total annual cost of all mandatory IT subscriptions.
Optional IT Subscriptions Monthly Yearly Cost Explanation
Internet Service Provider #2 (Xfinity, Verizon, etc.)
$0 Internet Service Provider (ISP) subscription.
Cloud Hosted Computers (e.g. MS Azure, AWS, etc)
$0 Cost of Ssrvers and virtual PCs hosted on a cloud service. Included.
General Applications (e.g., Office, Graphics, Video)
$0 Cost of applications NOT unique to your specific industry.
Cloud Storage (e.g. Dropbox, Google Drive, etc)
$0 Cost of cloud storage services and subscriptions. Included.
Intelligent Firewall Services
$0 Cost of physical VPN device and service to protect a location. Included.
Zero-Trust VPN Networks
$0 Cost of cloud based VPN service to protect cloud servers.
Backup & Disaster Recovery Testing
$0 Cost of backup services and disaster recovery testing. Included.
Antivirus
$0 Cost of antivirus software and services. Included.
AntiMalware
$0 Cost of antimalware software and services. Included.
Malicious Web Filtering
$0 Cost of web filtering and security services, also known as DNS filtering. Included.
Darkweb Monitoring
$0 Cost of dark web monitoring services. Included.
24x7 Security Operations Center Monitoring
$0 Cost of 24/7 security monitoring services. Included.
Periodic Emails Testing and Blacklisting
$0 Cost of email security testing services. Included.
Periodic Network Penetration Testing
$0 Cost of network penetration testing services. Included.
Live, in-person Employee IT Training
$0 Cost for live in-person on-site and video training. Included.
Other
$0 Other IT subscription costs not listed above. Included.
Total Optional Subscriptions $0 Total annual cost of all optional IT subscriptions.
Total IT Support Costs: $0
Total IT Subscription Costs: $0
My Annual IT Budget: $0
My Monthly IT Budget: $0