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U.K. (FTSE) IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 12, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies14
  • 7D4.8%
  • 3M5.1%
  • 1Y19.7%
  • YTDn/a

In the last week, the IT Consulting industry is up 6.8%, with Computacenter up 8.5%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 18%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 18% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 12 Jan 2026UK£8.3bUK£10.4bUK£329.2m21.5x25.3x0.8x
Wed, 10 Dec 2025UK£8.3bUK£10.4bUK£323.4m20.6x25.6x0.8x
Fri, 07 Nov 2025UK£7.9bUK£10.4bUK£329.9m20.4x23.8x0.8x
Sun, 05 Oct 2025UK£8.0bUK£10.0bUK£322.4m21.4x24.8x0.8x
Tue, 02 Sep 2025UK£7.6bUK£9.1bUK£330.2m14.2x22.9x0.8x
Thu, 31 Jul 2025UK£7.3bUK£9.2bUK£335.9m13.7x21.7x0.8x
Sat, 28 Jun 2025UK£7.8bUK£9.2bUK£332.2m19.9x23.4x0.8x
Mon, 26 May 2025UK£8.0bUK£9.2bUK£322.5m18.2x24.7x0.9x
Wed, 23 Apr 2025UK£7.4bUK£9.2bUK£332.1m16.6x22.1x0.8x
Fri, 21 Mar 2025UK£8.0bUK£9.2bUK£332.1m18.9x24x0.9x
Sun, 16 Feb 2025UK£7.6bUK£8.6bUK£335.0m20.3x22.8x0.9x
Tue, 14 Jan 2025UK£7.2bUK£8.6bUK£337.2m24x21.2x0.8x
Thu, 12 Dec 2024UK£7.7bUK£8.6bUK£339.9m25.7x22.7x0.9x
Sat, 09 Nov 2024UK£7.9bUK£8.7bUK£327.4m28x24.2x0.9x
Mon, 07 Oct 2024UK£10.2bUK£9.3bUK£297.3m24x34.3x1.1x
Wed, 04 Sep 2024UK£10.6bUK£9.8bUK£365.6m27.2x29x1.1x
Fri, 02 Aug 2024UK£10.9bUK£9.8bUK£373.8m27.9x29.2x1.1x
Sun, 30 Jun 2024UK£11.4bUK£9.8bUK£381.5m26.6x29.9x1.2x
Tue, 28 May 2024UK£11.3bUK£9.9bUK£379.2m29.1x29.8x1.1x
Thu, 25 Apr 2024UK£9.6bUK£10.1bUK£353.7m28x27x0.9x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024UK£9.7bUK£10.1bUK£350.4m26.6x27.7x1x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024UK£10.6bUK£10.4bUK£357.8m26.9x29.5x1x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024UK£10.0bUK£12.4bUK£378.3m24.9x26.4x0.8x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023UK£9.9bUK£12.6bUK£379.1m21.7x26.1x0.8x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023UK£9.9bUK£12.5bUK£378.2m24x26.2x0.8x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023UK£9.9bUK£12.6bUK£370.4m24.8x26.8x0.8x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023UK£10.2bUK£11.7bUK£386.9m27.9x26.4x0.9x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023UK£10.1bUK£11.7bUK£405.0m25.8x25x0.9x
Mon, 03 Jul 2023UK£10.3bUK£11.7bUK£425.9m24.7x24.1x0.9x
Wed, 31 May 2023UK£10.4bUK£11.7bUK£423.0m25.5x24.6x0.9x
Fri, 28 Apr 2023UK£10.9bUK£11.7bUK£420.4m25.3x26x0.9x
Sun, 26 Mar 2023UK£10.8bUK£12.4bUK£419.7m26.1x25.8x0.9x
Tue, 21 Feb 2023UK£11.8bUK£12.2bUK£427.9m27.6x27.5x1x
Thu, 19 Jan 2023UK£11.3bUK£12.2bUK£425.5m26.8x26.7x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

26.7x


Total Market Cap: UK£11.3bTotal Earnings: UK£425.5mTotal Revenue: UK£12.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. IT Consulting Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 25.8x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British IT Consulting and Other Services 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 25.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.90x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT Consulting and Other Services industry have declined 8.2% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 5.3% 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 Market1.34%
Tech2.60%
IT4.55%
IT Consulting4.85%
Data Processing Services0.62%
Internet Services and Infrastructure-1.01%
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£14.826.5%
+UK£180.2m		1.1%PE22.2x
CCC ComputacenterUK£31.684.7%
+UK£148.9m		56.5%PE20.8x
KNOS Kainos GroupUK£10.222.5%
+UK£29.1m		38.1%PE39.7x
NCC NCC GroupUK£1.394.0%
+UK£16.6m		1.3%PS1.8x
SWC Smarter WebUK£0.4010.3%
+UK£11.3m		n/aPE-238x

Latest News

CCC
UK£31.68
Computacenter
7D
4.7%
1Y
56.5%
CLBS
UK£1.50
Celebrus Technologies
7D
11.1%
1Y
-39.4%

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Jan 10
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SCT
UK£14.82
Softcat
7D
6.5%
1Y
1.1%

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MTEC
UK£0.34
Made Tech Group
7D
3.0%
1Y
36.0%

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Jan 04
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ING
UK£1.11
Ingenta
7D
-1.3%
1Y
50.3%

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Jan 04
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NCC
UK£1.39
NCC Group
7D
4.0%
1Y
1.3%
RCGH
UK£0.017
RC365 Holding
7D
54.5%
1Y
-19.0%
KNOS
UK£10.22
Kainos Group
7D
2.5%
1Y
38.1%

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Dec 10
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TPX
UK£0.20
TPXimpact Holdings
7D
-4.7%
1Y
-49.4%
SWC
UK£0.40
Smarter Web
7D
10.3%
1Y
n/a
NARF
UK£0.005
Narf Industries
7D
-4.8%
1Y
5.3%
CLCO
UK£0.0014
CloudCoCo Group
7D
-6.7%
1Y
-12.5%