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U.K. (FTSE) IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 22, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies15
  • 7D2.7%
  • 3M25.3%
  • 1Y10.8%
  • YTDn/a

In the last week, the IT Consulting industry is up 2.2%, with Softcat up 5.5%. Meanwhile, Smarter Web actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 9.4% in the last week. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 9.2%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 12% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 22 May 2026UK£8.9bUK£12.0bUK£331.0m23.1x27x0.7x
Sun, 19 Apr 2026UK£8.0bUK£12.0bUK£320.1m25x24.9x0.7x
Tue, 17 Mar 2026UK£7.3bUK£11.7bUK£325.3m20.6x22.4x0.6x
Thu, 12 Feb 2026UK£7.1bUK£10.4bUK£329.3m18.3x21.6x0.7x
Sat, 10 Jan 2026UK£8.3bUK£10.4bUK£329.2m21.5x25.3x0.8x
Mon, 08 Dec 2025UK£8.2bUK£10.4bUK£323.4m21x25.5x0.8x
Wed, 05 Nov 2025UK£8.1bUK£10.4bUK£329.9m21.1x24.5x0.8x
Fri, 03 Oct 2025UK£8.0bUK£10.0bUK£322.4m21.6x24.9x0.8x
Sun, 31 Aug 2025UK£7.3bUK£9.1bUK£330.3m14.1x22.2x0.8x
Tue, 29 Jul 2025UK£7.4bUK£9.2bUK£335.8m13.9x22.1x0.8x
Thu, 26 Jun 2025UK£8.0bUK£9.2bUK£332.2m20.6x24x0.9x
Sat, 24 May 2025UK£8.0bUK£9.2bUK£322.5m18.2x24.7x0.9x
Mon, 21 Apr 2025UK£7.3bUK£9.2bUK£332.1m18.5x22.1x0.8x
Wed, 19 Mar 2025UK£7.8bUK£9.1bUK£335.7m19x23.3x0.9x
Fri, 14 Feb 2025UK£7.6bUK£8.6bUK£335.0m20.2x22.7x0.9x
Sun, 12 Jan 2025UK£7.3bUK£8.6bUK£337.2m24.5x21.6x0.8x
Tue, 10 Dec 2024UK£7.9bUK£8.6bUK£339.4m26.3x23.3x0.9x
Thu, 07 Nov 2024UK£7.9bUK£8.7bUK£325.6m23.5x24.3x0.9x
Sat, 05 Oct 2024UK£10.2bUK£9.3bUK£297.3m24x34.3x1.1x
Mon, 02 Sep 2024UK£10.9bUK£9.8bUK£365.6m27.6x29.7x1.1x
Wed, 31 Jul 2024UK£10.9bUK£9.8bUK£384.1m26.9x28.4x1.1x
Fri, 28 Jun 2024UK£11.3bUK£9.9bUK£379.4m27.4x29.9x1.1x
Sun, 26 May 2024UK£11.3bUK£9.9bUK£379.2m29.1x29.8x1.1x
Tue, 23 Apr 2024UK£9.4bUK£10.1bUK£352.9m27.3x26.5x0.9x
Thu, 21 Mar 2024UK£9.8bUK£10.1bUK£350.4m27x28x1x
Sat, 17 Feb 2024UK£10.6bUK£10.4bUK£357.8m26.9x29.5x1x
Mon, 15 Jan 2024UK£10.0bUK£12.4bUK£378.3m24.5x26.4x0.8x
Wed, 13 Dec 2023UK£9.7bUK£12.6bUK£379.0m21.7x25.6x0.8x
Fri, 10 Nov 2023UK£10.0bUK£12.5bUK£378.1m24.2x26.5x0.8x
Sun, 08 Oct 2023UK£10.2bUK£12.6bUK£370.4m25.4x27.5x0.8x
Tue, 05 Sep 2023UK£10.1bUK£11.7bUK£387.1m26.1x26.2x0.9x
Thu, 03 Aug 2023UK£10.2bUK£11.7bUK£404.7m25.8x25.1x0.9x
Sat, 01 Jul 2023UK£10.3bUK£11.7bUK£425.9m24.7x24.1x0.9x
Mon, 29 May 2023UK£10.4bUK£11.7bUK£423.2m25.3x24.5x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

24.5x


Total Market Cap: UK£10.4bTotal Earnings: UK£423.2mTotal Revenue: UK£11.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. IT Consulting Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 25.5x202420252026
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 25.5x.
  • 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 7.9% 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 Market0.25%
Tech-1.27%
IT2.42%
IT Consulting2.74%
Data Processing Services15.42%
Internet Services and Infrastructure-4.65%
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£14.425.5%
+UK£147.2m		-18.3%PE20.1x
KNOS Kainos GroupUK£8.467.5%
+UK£68.4m		14.5%PE23.1x
NCC NCC GroupUK£1.402.8%
+UK£10.4m		-10.5%PS1.6x
FDM FDM Group (Holdings)UK£1.157.9%
+UK£9.2m		-51.0%PE22.2x
CCC ComputacenterUK£40.740.2%
+UK£8.4m		59.9%PE27.8x

Latest News

CCC
UK£40.74
Computacenter
7D
0.2%
1Y
59.9%
NCC
UK£1.40
NCC Group
7D
2.8%
1Y
-10.5%
KNOS
UK£8.46
Kainos Group
7D
7.5%
1Y
14.5%
SWC
UK£0.33
Smarter Web
7D
-9.4%
1Y
-33.3%
SCT
UK£14.42
Softcat
7D
5.5%
1Y
-18.3%
Narrative Update • May 02

SCT: Rich Dividend Payout Will Continue To Mask Weak Earnings Power

Analysts have raised their Softcat price target by £0.10 to reflect slightly higher assumed revenue growth and a marginally higher forward P/E. This is partly offset by a small reduction in expected profit margins and a modest increase in the discount rate.
FDM
UK£1.15
FDM Group (Holdings)
7D
7.9%
1Y
-51.0%
CLBS
UK£0.88
Celebrus Technologies
7D
3.5%
1Y
-47.5%
Narrative Update • Apr 24

CLBS: Share Repurchases And Thin Margins Will Drive Future Equity Upside Potential

Analysts have trimmed their price target on Celebrus Technologies to £2.40. This reflects updated assumptions for a slightly softer revenue trend, a much lower profit margin outlook and a very large forward P/E multiple that together temper expectations for near term upside.
TPX
UK£0.52
TPXimpact Holdings
7D
9.5%
1Y
126.1%
CLCO
UK£0.0022
CloudCoCo Group
7D
-2.3%
1Y
30.3%
DOTL
UK£0.12
Dotlines Global
7D
-11.1%
1Y
-71.4%
MTEC
UK£0.40
Made Tech Group
7D
3.3%
1Y
35.0%
NARF
UK£0.0047
Narf Industries
7D
-9.5%
1Y
-5.0%