In my experience it's definitely been about lack of time more than anything else. And why become an expert in a field that's not your own? Rather get an expert

In my experience it's definitely been about lack of time more than anything else. And why become an expert in a field that's not your own? Rather get an expert in! Collaboration is always something that's strongly emphasised in research. In some non-STEM disciplines, the researcher may understand that something "vaguely IT related" will be able to help their research, but doesn't even know where to start.