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U.K. (FTSE) IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 23, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies14
  • 7D0.3%
  • 3M2.6%
  • 1Y16.1%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the IT Consulting industry has remained flat, although notably Computacenter gained 6.5%. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 16% in that time. 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, 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
Tue, 09 May 2023UK£10.8bUK£11.7bUK£419.9m25.8x25.6x0.9x
Thu, 06 Apr 2023UK£10.7bUK£11.7bUK£419.6m25.5x25.5x0.9x
Sat, 04 Mar 2023UK£11.5bUK£12.2bUK£425.9m28.4x27x0.9x
Mon, 30 Jan 2023UK£11.4bUK£12.2bUK£425.6m26.7x26.7x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

26.7x


Total Market Cap: UK£11.4bTotal Earnings: UK£425.6mTotal 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 Market-0.45%
Tech0.17%
IT0.24%
IT Consulting0.28%
Data Processing Services-0.63%
Internet Services and Infrastructure-0.64%
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
CCC ComputacenterUK£33.686.5%
+UK£216.0m		61.5%PE22.1x
FDM FDM Group (Holdings)UK£1.434.4%
+UK£6.6m		-45.9%PE10.1x
SPA 1SpatialUK£0.725.9%
+UK£4.5m		2.1%PE2777.2x
TRD Triad GroupUK£2.502.0%
+UK£871.5k		-28.6%PE23.8x
CLCO CloudCoCo GroupUK£0.001511.1%
+UK£105.9k		-6.3%PE0.4x

Latest News

NCC
UK£1.35
NCC Group
7D
-3.4%
1Y
-2.7%
CCC
UK£33.68
Computacenter
7D
6.5%
1Y
61.5%
ING
UK£1.02
Ingenta
7D
-3.8%
1Y
47.3%
CLCO
UK£0.0015
CloudCoCo Group
7D
11.1%
1Y
-6.3%
CLBS
UK£1.40
Celebrus Technologies
7D
-5.1%
1Y
-42.3%

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SCT
UK£14.03
Softcat
7D
-4.0%
1Y
-7.3%

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FDM
UK£1.43
FDM Group (Holdings)
7D
4.4%
1Y
-45.9%
MTEC
UK£0.36
Made Tech Group
7D
-1.4%
1Y
35.8%

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SPA
UK£0.72
1Spatial
7D
5.9%
1Y
2.1%

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KNOS
UK£9.54
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7D
-5.8%
1Y
24.5%

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TRD
UK£2.50
Triad Group
7D
2.0%
1Y
-28.6%
SWC
UK£0.49
Smarter Web
7D
-4.4%
1Y
n/a
NARF
UK£0.0047
Narf Industries
7D
-5.0%
1Y
11.8%