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U.K. (FTSE) IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 23, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies13
  • 7D1.6%
  • 3M-7.2%
  • 1Y-14.2%
  • YTDn/a

Kainos Group is up 4.9%, leading the way for the IT Consulting industry, which has gained 1.6%. In the same time, Smarter Web was down 19%. In the past year, the industry is down 14%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 13% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sat, 23 Aug 2025UK£7.4bUK£9.1bUK£330.3m14.7x22.3x0.8x
Mon, 21 Jul 2025UK£7.5bUK£9.2bUK£337.5m14.1x22.2x0.8x
Wed, 18 Jun 2025UK£8.2bUK£9.2bUK£315.3m20.6x26.1x0.9x
Fri, 16 May 2025UK£8.4bUK£9.2bUK£330.7m18.8x25.3x0.9x
Sun, 13 Apr 2025UK£7.1bUK£9.2bUK£332.1m17.8x21.3x0.8x
Tue, 11 Mar 2025UK£7.3bUK£8.6bUK£335.0m19.1x21.9x0.9x
Thu, 06 Feb 2025UK£7.6bUK£8.6bUK£333.8m20.1x22.7x0.9x
Sat, 04 Jan 2025UK£7.5bUK£8.6bUK£337.3m25.4x22.3x0.9x
Mon, 02 Dec 2024UK£7.8bUK£8.6bUK£339.3m26.4x22.9x0.9x
Wed, 30 Oct 2024UK£8.4bUK£8.7bUK£325.7m23.9x25.9x1x
Fri, 27 Sep 2024UK£10.3bUK£9.3bUK£298.4m25.1x34.4x1.1x
Sun, 25 Aug 2024UK£10.9bUK£9.8bUK£365.8m28.1x29.8x1.1x
Tue, 23 Jul 2024UK£11.0bUK£9.8bUK£384.1m27.8x28.6x1.1x
Thu, 20 Jun 2024UK£11.2bUK£9.9bUK£379.8m28.1x29.6x1.1x
Sat, 18 May 2024UK£10.2bUK£9.9bUK£372.4m29.1x27.5x1x
Mon, 15 Apr 2024UK£9.7bUK£10.1bUK£352.8m28.1x27.4x1x
Wed, 13 Mar 2024UK£10.3bUK£10.4bUK£357.9m27.8x28.9x1x
Fri, 09 Feb 2024UK£10.5bUK£10.4bUK£357.7m26.3x29.5x1x
Sun, 07 Jan 2024UK£9.9bUK£12.4bUK£378.4m23.1x26.2x0.8x
Tue, 05 Dec 2023UK£9.6bUK£12.6bUK£384.3m21.5x24.9x0.8x
Thu, 02 Nov 2023UK£9.6bUK£12.5bUK£373.6m24x25.7x0.8x
Sat, 30 Sep 2023UK£10.3bUK£12.6bUK£370.5m25.5x27.9x0.8x
Mon, 28 Aug 2023UK£9.8bUK£11.7bUK£387.3m26x25.2x0.8x
Wed, 26 Jul 2023UK£10.7bUK£11.7bUK£400.3m26.3x26.6x0.9x
Fri, 23 Jun 2023UK£10.4bUK£11.7bUK£425.6m24.8x24.3x0.9x
Sun, 21 May 2023UK£10.8bUK£11.7bUK£419.2m25.9x25.9x0.9x
Tue, 18 Apr 2023UK£11.1bUK£11.7bUK£419.9m25.6x26.4x1x
Thu, 16 Mar 2023UK£10.5bUK£12.2bUK£425.6m27.4x24.6x0.9x
Sat, 11 Feb 2023UK£11.7bUK£12.2bUK£427.7m27.2x27.3x1x
Mon, 09 Jan 2023UK£11.6bUK£12.2bUK£425.7m26.9x27.3x1x
Wed, 07 Dec 2022UK£11.6bUK£12.2bUK£424.1m25.9x27.4x1x
Fri, 04 Nov 2022UK£10.5bUK£12.1bUK£428.7m26.6x24.5x0.9x
Sun, 02 Oct 2022UK£10.4bUK£12.4bUK£433.0m27.3x24x0.8x
Tue, 30 Aug 2022UK£11.6bUK£11.9bUK£411.6m35.1x28.3x1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

28.3x


Total Market Cap: UK£11.6bTotal Earnings: UK£411.6mTotal Revenue: UK£11.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. IT Consulting Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 27.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British IT Consulting and Other Services industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 22.3x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 27.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.97x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT Consulting and Other Services industry have declined 7.1% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 8.4% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. IT Consulting compare with similar industries?

GB Market-0.39%
Tech1.40%
IT1.74%
IT Consulting1.60%
Internet Services and Infrastructure4.13%
Data Processing Services2.60%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
KNOS Kainos GroupUK£7.224.9%
+UK£39.8m		-33.6%PE24.5x
SCT SoftcatUK£15.771.2%
+UK£35.9m		-0.8%PE25.1x
NCC NCC GroupUK£1.484.7%
+UK£20.2m		-4.4%PS1.4x
FDM FDM Group (Holdings)UK£1.3711.2%
+UK£15.1m		-68.0%PE9.7x
CCC ComputacenterUK£23.880.08%
+UK£2.1m		-12.3%PE14.7x

Latest News

CCC
UK£23.88
Computacenter
7D
0.08%
1Y
-12.3%
TRD
UK£2.95
Triad Group
7D
3.5%
1Y
7.3%
KNOS
UK£7.22
Kainos Group
7D
4.9%
1Y
-33.6%

Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of £0.191

Aug 15
Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of £0.191
FDM
UK£1.37
FDM Group (Holdings)
7D
11.2%
1Y
-68.0%
MTEC
UK£0.40
Made Tech Group
7D
-0.6%
1Y
125.2%

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Aug 08
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SWC
UK£1.53
Smarter Web
7D
-18.7%
1Y
n/a
NARF
UK£0.0057
Narf Industries
7D
-4.2%
1Y
-32.4%
SCT
UK£15.77
Softcat
7D
1.2%
1Y
-0.8%

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CLBS
UK£1.71
Celebrus Technologies
7D
2.7%
1Y
-40.7%
ING
UK£0.61
Ingenta
7D
0.8%
1Y
-47.9%
NCC
UK£1.48
NCC Group
7D
4.7%
1Y
-4.4%
SPA
UK£0.47
1Spatial
7D
-2.1%
1Y
-30.6%