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U.K. (FTSE) IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 09, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies14
  • 7D5.2%
  • 3M5.0%
  • 1Y18.6%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the IT Consulting industry has risen 1.5%, driven by gains from Computacenter of 9.6%. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 14%. 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
Fri, 09 Jan 2026UK£8.4bUK£10.4bUK£329.2m21.5x25.4x0.8x
Sun, 07 Dec 2025UK£8.2bUK£10.4bUK£323.4m21x25.5x0.8x
Tue, 04 Nov 2025UK£8.2bUK£10.4bUK£329.9m21.4x24.7x0.8x
Thu, 02 Oct 2025UK£7.9bUK£10.0bUK£322.4m21.1x24.5x0.8x
Sat, 30 Aug 2025UK£7.3bUK£9.1bUK£330.3m14.1x22.2x0.8x
Mon, 28 Jul 2025UK£7.4bUK£9.2bUK£335.8m13.9x22x0.8x
Wed, 25 Jun 2025UK£8.0bUK£9.2bUK£332.2m20.5x24x0.9x
Fri, 23 May 2025UK£8.1bUK£9.2bUK£322.5m18.5x25.1x0.9x
Sun, 20 Apr 2025UK£7.3bUK£9.2bUK£332.1m18.5x22.1x0.8x
Tue, 18 Mar 2025UK£7.3bUK£8.6bUK£335.1m18.8x21.7x0.8x
Thu, 13 Feb 2025UK£7.5bUK£8.6bUK£335.0m20.1x22.4x0.9x
Sat, 11 Jan 2025UK£7.3bUK£8.6bUK£337.2m24.5x21.6x0.8x
Mon, 09 Dec 2024UK£7.9bUK£8.6bUK£339.4m26.3x23.3x0.9x
Wed, 06 Nov 2024UK£7.9bUK£8.7bUK£325.7m23.1x24.3x0.9x
Fri, 04 Oct 2024UK£10.1bUK£9.3bUK£297.2m24.3x34.1x1.1x
Sun, 01 Sep 2024UK£10.9bUK£9.8bUK£365.6m27.6x29.7x1.1x
Tue, 30 Jul 2024UK£10.9bUK£9.8bUK£384.0m26.9x28.3x1.1x
Thu, 27 Jun 2024UK£11.4bUK£9.9bUK£379.8m27.4x29.9x1.2x
Sat, 25 May 2024UK£11.3bUK£9.9bUK£379.2m29.1x29.8x1.1x
Mon, 22 Apr 2024UK£9.4bUK£10.1bUK£352.9m27.3x26.5x0.9x
Wed, 20 Mar 2024UK£10.3bUK£10.4bUK£346.1m27.7x29.6x1x
Fri, 16 Feb 2024UK£10.5bUK£10.4bUK£357.8m26.7x29.4x1x
Sun, 14 Jan 2024UK£10.0bUK£12.4bUK£378.3m24.5x26.4x0.8x
Tue, 12 Dec 2023UK£9.7bUK£12.6bUK£378.9m21.6x25.6x0.8x
Thu, 09 Nov 2023UK£10.0bUK£12.5bUK£378.1m24.3x26.4x0.8x
Sat, 07 Oct 2023UK£10.2bUK£12.6bUK£370.4m25.4x27.5x0.8x
Mon, 04 Sep 2023UK£10.1bUK£11.7bUK£387.1m26.1x26.2x0.9x
Wed, 02 Aug 2023UK£10.3bUK£11.7bUK£404.8m26.1x25.3x0.9x
Fri, 30 Jun 2023UK£10.1bUK£11.7bUK£426.0m24.1x23.8x0.9x
Sun, 28 May 2023UK£10.4bUK£11.7bUK£423.2m25.3x24.5x0.9x
Tue, 25 Apr 2023UK£10.9bUK£11.7bUK£420.0m24.3x26x0.9x
Thu, 23 Mar 2023UK£10.7bUK£12.4bUK£419.8m26x25.5x0.9x
Sat, 18 Feb 2023UK£11.7bUK£12.2bUK£427.9m27.6x27.4x1x
Mon, 16 Jan 2023UK£11.4bUK£12.2bUK£426.0m27.4x26.7x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

26.7x


Total Market Cap: UK£11.4bTotal Earnings: UK£426.0mTotal 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 Market1.28%
Tech1.95%
IT4.88%
IT Consulting5.17%
Data Processing Services0%0
Internet Services and Infrastructure-0.62%
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
CCC ComputacenterUK£32.129.6%
+UK£295.8m		57.8%PE21.1x
SCT SoftcatUK£14.643.3%
+UK£93.7m		-1.2%PE21.9x
KNOS Kainos GroupUK£10.242.0%
+UK£22.8m		38.6%PE39.7x
SWC Smarter WebUK£0.4022.3%
+UK£21.8m		n/aPE-236.5x
CLBS Celebrus TechnologiesUK£1.489.3%
+UK£4.9m		-42.7%PE20.1x

Latest News

CCC
UK£32.12
Computacenter
7D
9.6%
1Y
57.8%
SCT
UK£14.64
Softcat
7D
3.3%
1Y
-1.2%
FDM
UK£1.30
FDM Group (Holdings)
7D
-2.8%
1Y
-55.3%
ING
UK£1.10
Ingenta
7D
3.3%
1Y
50.0%

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Jan 04
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NCC
UK£1.39
NCC Group
7D
-0.3%
1Y
0.3%
RCGH
UK£0.017
RC365 Holding
7D
54.5%
1Y
6.3%
KNOS
UK£10.24
Kainos Group
7D
2.0%
1Y
38.6%

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Dec 10
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CLBS
UK£1.48
Celebrus Technologies
7D
9.3%
1Y
-42.7%
TPX
UK£0.20
TPXimpact Holdings
7D
-4.7%
1Y
-49.4%
TRD
UK£2.50
Triad Group
7D
-3.8%
1Y
-13.8%
SWC
UK£0.40
Smarter Web
7D
22.3%
1Y
n/a
NARF
UK£0.0047
Narf Industries
7D
-9.5%
1Y
0%
CLCO
UK£0.0014
CloudCoCo Group
7D
-6.7%
1Y
-12.5%