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U.K. (FTSE) IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 04, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies15
  • 7D7.6%
  • 3M38.3%
  • 1Y22.4%
  • YTDn/a

Softcat is up 11%, leading the way for the IT Consulting industry, which has gained 7.5%. During this same period, the Smarter Web underperformed, falling 7.4%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 24%. 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
Thu, 04 Jun 2026UK£10.2bUK£12.0bUK£331.0m25.7x30.8x0.9x
Sat, 02 May 2026UK£8.4bUK£11.9bUK£320.0m25.7x26.2x0.7x
Mon, 30 Mar 2026UK£7.0bUK£12.0bUK£323.6m20.2x21.6x0.6x
Wed, 25 Feb 2026UK£7.0bUK£10.4bUK£330.9m19.6x21.3x0.7x
Fri, 23 Jan 2026UK£8.3bUK£10.4bUK£329.3m21.5x25.2x0.8x
Sun, 21 Dec 2025UK£8.1bUK£10.4bUK£329.2m20.5x24.5x0.8x
Tue, 18 Nov 2025UK£7.9bUK£10.4bUK£325.1m20.4x24.4x0.8x
Thu, 16 Oct 2025UK£8.0bUK£10.0bUK£322.3m21.5x24.8x0.8x
Sat, 13 Sep 2025UK£7.5bUK£10.0bUK£319.1m15.2x23.6x0.8x
Mon, 11 Aug 2025UK£7.3bUK£9.1bUK£330.3m14.3x22.1x0.8x
Wed, 09 Jul 2025UK£7.6bUK£9.2bUK£331.6m21.4x23.1x0.8x
Fri, 06 Jun 2025UK£8.2bUK£9.2bUK£314.3m20.7x26.1x0.9x
Sun, 04 May 2025UK£7.9bUK£9.2bUK£332.0m18.5x23.9x0.9x
Tue, 01 Apr 2025UK£7.5bUK£9.2bUK£332.1m17.7x22.6x0.8x
Thu, 27 Feb 2025UK£7.4bUK£8.6bUK£335.0m20.6x22x0.9x
Sat, 25 Jan 2025UK£7.3bUK£8.6bUK£333.8m21.6x22x0.9x
Mon, 23 Dec 2024UK£7.5bUK£8.6bUK£338.9m25.5x22x0.9x
Wed, 20 Nov 2024UK£8.0bUK£8.7bUK£330.6m27.4x24.1x0.9x
Fri, 18 Oct 2024UK£10.1bUK£9.3bUK£297.7m24.2x33.9x1.1x
Sun, 15 Sep 2024UK£10.1bUK£9.3bUK£338.3m26.2x30x1.1x
Tue, 13 Aug 2024UK£10.7bUK£9.8bUK£365.8m27.3x29.1x1.1x
Thu, 11 Jul 2024UK£11.1bUK£9.8bUK£384.1m26.6x28.8x1.1x
Sat, 08 Jun 2024UK£11.1bUK£9.9bUK£379.0m29.1x29.2x1.1x
Mon, 06 May 2024UK£9.5bUK£9.9bUK£372.4m28.3x25.6x1x
Wed, 03 Apr 2024UK£9.8bUK£10.1bUK£351.6m27.8x27.9x1x
Fri, 01 Mar 2024UK£10.2bUK£10.4bUK£357.9m26.1x28.5x1x
Sun, 28 Jan 2024UK£10.5bUK£12.4bUK£368.8m25.7x28.4x0.8x
Tue, 26 Dec 2023UK£10.4bUK£12.6bUK£375.1m22.8x27.8x0.8x
Thu, 23 Nov 2023UK£9.7bUK£12.5bUK£377.4m25.6x25.8x0.8x
Sat, 21 Oct 2023UK£9.8bUK£12.6bUK£369.9m25.9x26.6x0.8x
Mon, 18 Sep 2023UK£10.4bUK£12.6bUK£386.5m26.9x26.9x0.8x
Wed, 16 Aug 2023UK£10.0bUK£11.7bUK£404.7m25.3x24.8x0.9x
Fri, 14 Jul 2023UK£10.3bUK£11.7bUK£400.3m24.5x25.8x0.9x
Sun, 11 Jun 2023UK£10.4bUK£11.7bUK£422.6m26.1x24.7x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

24.7x


Total Market Cap: UK£10.4bTotal Earnings: UK£422.6mTotal Revenue: UK£11.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. IT Consulting Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 25.6x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the British IT Consulting and Other Services industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 31.0x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 25.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.87x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT Consulting and Other Services industry have declined 7.8% 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 Comparison

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

GB Market-1.54%
Tech3.24%
IT7.26%
IT Consulting7.56%
Internet Services and Infrastructure-0.35%
Data Processing Services-5.64%
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
SCT SoftcatUK£18.4611.3%
+UK£367.1m		2.0%PE25.7x
CCC ComputacenterUK£45.167.1%
+UK£312.7m		71.5%PE30.8x
NCC NCC GroupUK£1.486.0%
+UK£22.9m		-6.9%PS1.7x
KNOS Kainos GroupUK£8.551.4%
+UK£13.9m		16.9%PE23.3x
TPX TPXimpact HoldingsUK£0.6019.8%
+UK£9.3m		188.1%PS0.7x

Latest News

SCT
UK£18.46
Softcat
7D
11.3%
1Y
2.0%
NCC
UK£1.48
NCC Group
7D
6.0%
1Y
-6.9%
CCC
UK£45.16
Computacenter
7D
7.1%
1Y
71.5%
CLBS
UK£1.02
Celebrus Technologies
7D
2.5%
1Y
-39.4%
FDM
UK£1.11
FDM Group (Holdings)
7D
-1.3%
1Y
-51.1%
ING
UK£0.95
Ingenta
7D
-2.6%
1Y
53.2%
KNOS
UK£8.55
Kainos Group
7D
1.4%
1Y
16.9%
SWC
UK£0.28
Smarter Web
7D
-6.0%
1Y
-65.4%
TPX
UK£0.60
TPXimpact Holdings
7D
19.8%
1Y
188.1%
DOTL
UK£0.085
Dotlines Global
7D
-29.2%
1Y
-79.8%
MTEC
UK£0.38
Made Tech Group
7D
-1.3%
1Y
24.6%