Editor’s note: Nicole Catchpole is Senior Analyst at Technology Business Research.

HAMPTON, N.H. – Changes in general purchasing habits brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have proved disruptive for many professional services vendors; however, the market is expected to rebound quickly as customers replace legacy IT systems with cloud solutions.

As a result, managed cloud services is expected to be the fastest-growing subsegment of the cloud professional services market, especially as hybrid IT sprawl intensifies.

However, some other submarkets, primarily application development and maintenance, will feel some pressure from automation, especially as adoption of cloud-native technologies rises and plays a role in suppressing labor-driven resources.

Here’s a breakdown of the market:

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