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U.K. (FTSE) IT Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 16, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies21
  • 7D0.8%
  • 3M-9.1%
  • 1Y1.8%
  • YTD-3.2%

In the last week, the IT industry is up 3.3%, with Kainos Group up 5.6%. Despite this gain, the industry's performance has been flat over the past year. Earnings are forecast to grow by 17% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 16 Apr 2026UK£8.0bUK£12.3bUK£256.2m29.5x31.2x0.6x
Sat, 14 Mar 2026UK£7.7bUK£12.1bUK£263.3m28.5x29.1x0.6x
Mon, 09 Feb 2026UK£7.7bUK£10.7bUK£267.3m23.7x28.7x0.7x
Wed, 07 Jan 2026UK£8.4bUK£10.7bUK£267.3m22.3x31.4x0.8x
Fri, 05 Dec 2025UK£8.7bUK£10.8bUK£261.6m24.3x33.4x0.8x
Sun, 02 Nov 2025UK£8.6bUK£10.8bUK£273.8m26.8x31.4x0.8x
Tue, 30 Sep 2025UK£8.2bUK£10.4bUK£265.7m27.5x31x0.8x
Thu, 28 Aug 2025UK£7.7bUK£9.5bUK£272.6m23.5x28.1x0.8x
Sat, 26 Jul 2025UK£7.8bUK£9.6bUK£278.2m24.5x28.1x0.8x
Mon, 23 Jun 2025UK£8.7bUK£9.5bUK£321.8m25.5x27x0.9x
Wed, 21 May 2025UK£8.7bUK£9.5bUK£319.3m21.2x27.1x0.9x
Fri, 18 Apr 2025UK£7.8bUK£9.6bUK£330.6m20.4x23.5x0.8x
Sun, 16 Mar 2025UK£7.7bUK£9.0bUK£333.4m20.7x23.1x0.9x
Tue, 11 Feb 2025UK£8.1bUK£9.0bUK£333.2m21.6x24.2x0.9x
Thu, 09 Jan 2025UK£7.9bUK£9.0bUK£335.6m25.9x23.4x0.9x
Sat, 07 Dec 2024UK£8.4bUK£9.0bUK£337.2m28.3x25x0.9x
Mon, 04 Nov 2024UK£8.5bUK£9.0bUK£322.5m23.1x26.4x0.9x
Wed, 02 Oct 2024UK£10.7bUK£9.7bUK£292.7m24.7x36.6x1.1x
Fri, 30 Aug 2024UK£11.5bUK£10.1bUK£360.9m27.9x31.8x1.1x
Sun, 28 Jul 2024UK£11.5bUK£10.2bUK£384.6m27.3x29.8x1.1x
Tue, 25 Jun 2024UK£12.1bUK£10.2bUK£381.2m28x31.7x1.2x
Thu, 23 May 2024UK£11.7bUK£10.2bUK£380.7m29.9x30.7x1.1x
Sat, 20 Apr 2024UK£9.9bUK£10.4bUK£355.1m27.4x28x1x
Mon, 18 Mar 2024UK£10.8bUK£10.8bUK£348.4m28x31x1x
Wed, 14 Feb 2024UK£10.9bUK£10.8bUK£359.2m25.5x30.2x1x
Fri, 12 Jan 2024UK£10.4bUK£12.8bUK£376.4m25.2x27.7x0.8x
Sun, 10 Dec 2023UK£10.1bUK£12.8bUK£379.4m22.9x26.6x0.8x
Tue, 07 Nov 2023UK£10.6bUK£13.4bUK£379.8m24.7x27.9x0.8x
Thu, 05 Oct 2023UK£10.9bUK£13.4bUK£372.3m25.9x29.3x0.8x
Sat, 02 Sep 2023UK£10.9bUK£12.6bUK£389.7m28x28x0.9x
Mon, 31 Jul 2023UK£11.2bUK£12.5bUK£404.5m27x27.8x0.9x
Wed, 28 Jun 2023UK£10.9bUK£12.5bUK£425.4m25.4x25.6x0.9x
Fri, 26 May 2023UK£11.2bUK£12.5bUK£424.5m26.6x26.4x0.9x
Sun, 23 Apr 2023UK£11.6bUK£12.4bUK£422.6m25x27.5x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

27.5x


Total Market Cap: UK£11.6bTotal Earnings: UK£422.6mTotal Revenue: UK£12.4bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. IT Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 28.4x202420252026
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 28.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.89x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT industry have declined 15% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues have remained mostly flat.
  • This means that although sales have remained flat, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

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

GB Market-0.19%
Tech3.92%
IT0.77%
Data Processing Services1.27%
Internet Services and Infrastructure1.22%
IT Consulting0.75%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the IT Consulting industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 25.5x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 17.0%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 16.8% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Data Processing Services industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 96% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Internet Services and Infrastructure industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 8.4% 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£8.255.6%
+UK£50.9m		17.5%PE31.4x
SCT SoftcatUK£12.751.0%
+UK£23.6m		-20.2%PE17.7x
MTEC Made Tech GroupUK£0.4210.6%
+UK£5.8m		68.7%PE32.9x
SWC Smarter WebUK£0.344.0%
+UK£4.6m		n/aPE74.3x
RCN RedcentricUK£1.182.2%
+UK£4.0m		-3.3%PE67.3x

Latest News

CCC
UK£31.62
Computacenter
7D
-0.7%
1Y
37.2%

Computacenter plc Just Missed EPS By 12%: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Apr 12
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CLBS
UK£0.86
Celebrus Technologies
7D
-8.5%
1Y
-58.8%
ING
UK£1.15
Ingenta
7D
11.4%
1Y
125.5%
SCT
UK£12.75
Softcat
7D
1.0%
1Y
-20.2%

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CLCO
UK£0.0021
CloudCoCo Group
7D
-2.4%
1Y
141.2%
TIA
UK£0.34
Tialis Essential IT
7D
13.1%
1Y
-54.6%
GST
UK£0.0022
GSTechnologies
7D
-10.0%
1Y
-83.3%
SWC
UK£0.34
Smarter Web
7D
4.0%
1Y
n/a
BKS
UK£1.71
Beeks Financial Cloud Group
7D
-2.8%
1Y
-24.3%
NCC
UK£1.20
NCC Group
7D
-2.1%
1Y
-11.8%
KNOS
UK£8.25
Kainos Group
7D
5.6%
1Y
17.5%
MTEC
UK£0.42
Made Tech Group
7D
10.6%
1Y
68.7%
RCGH
UK£0.012
RC365 Holding
7D
-3.9%
1Y
2.1%
RCN
UK£1.18
Redcentric
7D
2.2%
1Y
-3.3%
SYS
UK£0.15
SysGroup
7D
14.8%
1Y
-24.4%