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U.K. (FTSE) IT Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies19
  • 7D0.08%
  • 3M-9.7%
  • 1Y-17.0%
  • YTD-3.1%

In the last week, the IT industry is flat overall, with Smarter Web standing out by going down 21%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 17% in the last year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 14% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. IT Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 21 Aug 2025UK£7.7bUK£9.5bUK£272.7m24.1x28.2x0.8x
Sat, 19 Jul 2025UK£7.9bUK£9.5bUK£334.2m19.6x23.7x0.8x
Mon, 16 Jun 2025UK£8.7bUK£9.5bUK£311.1m26x28x0.9x
Wed, 14 May 2025UK£8.7bUK£9.6bUK£327.5m19.6x26.6x0.9x
Fri, 11 Apr 2025UK£7.5bUK£9.6bUK£330.5m21.3x22.7x0.8x
Sun, 09 Mar 2025UK£8.0bUK£9.0bUK£333.4m23.8x23.9x0.9x
Tue, 04 Feb 2025UK£8.2bUK£9.0bUK£332.0m23x24.7x0.9x
Thu, 02 Jan 2025UK£8.1bUK£9.0bUK£337.2m25.7x24.1x0.9x
Sat, 30 Nov 2024UK£8.3bUK£9.0bUK£337.2m29.6x24.7x0.9x
Mon, 28 Oct 2024UK£8.7bUK£9.0bUK£322.5m24.2x27.1x1x
Wed, 25 Sep 2024UK£10.7bUK£9.7bUK£293.7m24.6x36.4x1.1x
Fri, 23 Aug 2024UK£11.4bUK£10.1bUK£361.0m27.8x31.7x1.1x
Sun, 21 Jul 2024UK£11.4bUK£10.2bUK£385.5m27.7x29.6x1.1x
Tue, 18 Jun 2024UK£11.6bUK£10.2bUK£381.2m27.2x30.5x1.1x
Thu, 16 May 2024UK£10.6bUK£10.2bUK£374.0m29x28.3x1x
Sat, 13 Apr 2024UK£10.2bUK£10.4bUK£355.1m28.1x28.7x1x
Mon, 11 Mar 2024UK£10.7bUK£10.8bUK£359.4m25.6x29.7x1x
Wed, 07 Feb 2024UK£11.1bUK£10.8bUK£359.3m25.6x30.9x1x
Fri, 05 Jan 2024UK£10.6bUK£12.8bUK£376.5m23.7x28.2x0.8x
Sun, 03 Dec 2023UK£10.1bUK£12.8bUK£385.2m22.7x26.3x0.8x
Tue, 31 Oct 2023UK£10.2bUK£13.4bUK£375.6m25.2x27.3x0.8x
Thu, 28 Sep 2023UK£10.9bUK£13.4bUK£388.8m25.7x28.1x0.8x
Sat, 26 Aug 2023UK£10.5bUK£12.6bUK£389.8m27.4x27.1x0.8x
Mon, 24 Jul 2023UK£11.4bUK£12.5bUK£400.4m27x28.6x0.9x
Wed, 21 Jun 2023UK£11.4bUK£12.5bUK£425.3m26x26.8x0.9x
Fri, 19 May 2023UK£11.5bUK£12.5bUK£420.4m26.7x27.4x0.9x
Sun, 16 Apr 2023UK£11.8bUK£12.4bUK£422.8m27x27.9x0.9x
Tue, 14 Mar 2023UK£35.1bUK£22.2bUK£2.0b26.1x17.4x1.6x
Thu, 09 Feb 2023UK£38.0bUK£21.9bUK£1.8b28x20.9x1.7x
Sat, 07 Jan 2023UK£36.7bUK£21.9bUK£1.8b28.2x20.4x1.7x
Mon, 05 Dec 2022UK£39.3bUK£21.6bUK£1.8b32.5x22.5x1.8x
Wed, 02 Nov 2022UK£35.4bUK£21.6bUK£1.8b27.9x19.9x1.6x
Fri, 30 Sep 2022UK£34.0bUK£21.7bUK£1.7b24.7x20.3x1.6x
Sun, 28 Aug 2022UK£33.4bUK£20.6bUK£1.6b28.7x20.4x1.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

20.4x


Total Market Cap: UK£33.4bTotal Earnings: UK£1.6bTotal Revenue: UK£20.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. IT Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 27.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British IT industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 27.4x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.1x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.81x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT industry have declined 45% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 23% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.K. Tech industry?

GB Market-1.68%
Tech0.22%
IT0.08%
IT Consulting0.27%
Internet Services and Infrastructure-3.12%
Data Processing Services-3.33%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the IT Consulting industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 27.6x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 13.0%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 20.3% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Data Processing Services industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 67% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the IT Consulting industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 13% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
KNOS Kainos GroupUK£7.103.0%
+UK£24.0m		-35.6%PE24.1x
FDM FDM Group (Holdings)UK£1.336.0%
+UK£8.3m		-68.7%PE9.4x
TRD Triad GroupUK£2.8518.8%
+UK£7.8m		9.6%PE28.7x
NCC NCC GroupUK£1.441.4%
+UK£6.1m		-7.2%PS1.4x
CLBS Celebrus TechnologiesUK£1.711.5%
+UK£989.0k		-42.2%PE14.2x

Latest News

TRD
UK£2.85
Triad Group
7D
18.8%
1Y
9.6%
RCN
UK£1.22
Redcentric
7D
-0.6%
1Y
-9.9%
KNOS
UK£7.10
Kainos Group
7D
3.0%
1Y
-35.6%

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Aug 15
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BKS
UK£2.11
Beeks Financial Cloud Group
7D
-6.9%
1Y
-26.4%
SYS
UK£0.17
SysGroup
7D
-5.4%
1Y
-51.4%
CCC
UK£23.52
Computacenter
7D
-0.7%
1Y
-13.9%
FDM
UK£1.33
FDM Group (Holdings)
7D
6.0%
1Y
-68.7%
MTEC
UK£0.39
Made Tech Group
7D
-5.5%
1Y
109.5%

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SWC
UK£1.65
Smarter Web
7D
-21.4%
1Y
n/a
AIQ
UK£0.04
AIQ
7D
14.3%
1Y
33.3%
SCT
UK£15.64
Softcat
7D
-0.2%
1Y
-2.6%

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CLBS
UK£1.71
Celebrus Technologies
7D
1.5%
1Y
-42.2%
ING
UK£0.61
Ingenta
7D
0.8%
1Y
-47.9%
NCC
UK£1.44
NCC Group
7D
1.4%
1Y
-7.2%
SPA
UK£0.47
1Spatial
7D
-4.1%
1Y
-30.6%