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U.K. (FTSE) IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 02, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies15
  • 7D5.0%
  • 3M-9.0%
  • 1Y3.1%
  • YTDn/a

In the last week, the IT Consulting industry is up 5.0%, with Computacenter up 6.1%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 3.1%. 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, 02 Mar 2026UK£7.4bUK£10.4bUK£331.3m20.8x22.4x0.7x
Wed, 28 Jan 2026UK£8.2bUK£10.4bUK£329.3m21.4x25x0.8x
Fri, 26 Dec 2025UK£7.9bUK£10.4bUK£329.3m20.2x24.1x0.8x
Sun, 23 Nov 2025UK£7.9bUK£10.4bUK£323.4m20.1x24.3x0.8x
Tue, 21 Oct 2025UK£7.8bUK£10.0bUK£322.3m21x24.3x0.8x
Thu, 18 Sep 2025UK£7.6bUK£10.0bUK£319.7m16.1x23.8x0.8x
Sat, 16 Aug 2025UK£7.3bUK£9.1bUK£330.3m14.7x22x0.8x
Mon, 14 Jul 2025UK£7.5bUK£9.2bUK£331.6m20.7x22.6x0.8x
Wed, 11 Jun 2025UK£8.4bUK£9.2bUK£314.3m21.1x26.6x0.9x
Fri, 09 May 2025UK£8.2bUK£9.2bUK£330.7m19.3x24.8x0.9x
Sun, 06 Apr 2025UK£7.2bUK£9.2bUK£332.1m16.5x21.6x0.8x
Tue, 04 Mar 2025UK£7.2bUK£8.6bUK£335.0m20.2x21.5x0.8x
Thu, 30 Jan 2025UK£7.4bUK£8.6bUK£333.7m20.5x22.3x0.9x
Sat, 28 Dec 2024UK£7.6bUK£8.6bUK£338.9m25.7x22.3x0.9x
Mon, 25 Nov 2024UK£7.9bUK£8.7bUK£330.6m26.8x23.8x0.9x
Wed, 23 Oct 2024UK£9.9bUK£9.3bUK£297.7m23.8x33.3x1.1x
Fri, 20 Sep 2024UK£10.4bUK£9.3bUK£298.2m25.4x34.9x1.1x
Sun, 18 Aug 2024UK£10.9bUK£9.8bUK£365.8m28.8x29.9x1.1x
Tue, 16 Jul 2024UK£11.0bUK£9.8bUK£384.1m27.6x28.7x1.1x
Thu, 13 Jun 2024UK£11.1bUK£9.9bUK£379.8m27.1x29.1x1.1x
Sat, 11 May 2024UK£9.8bUK£9.9bUK£372.4m28.2x26.2x1x
Mon, 08 Apr 2024UK£9.8bUK£10.1bUK£352.9m28.4x27.9x1x
Wed, 06 Mar 2024UK£10.2bUK£10.4bUK£357.9m26.6x28.4x1x
Fri, 02 Feb 2024UK£10.7bUK£12.4bUK£369.1m25.3x29x0.9x
Sun, 31 Dec 2023UK£10.5bUK£12.6bUK£375.1m23.6x28.1x0.8x
Tue, 28 Nov 2023UK£9.6bUK£12.6bUK£383.1m25x25.1x0.8x
Thu, 26 Oct 2023UK£9.5bUK£12.5bUK£373.7m24.3x25.4x0.8x
Sat, 23 Sep 2023UK£10.4bUK£12.6bUK£386.7m26.1x26.8x0.8x
Mon, 21 Aug 2023UK£9.8bUK£11.7bUK£404.5m25.7x24.1x0.8x
Wed, 19 Jul 2023UK£10.2bUK£11.7bUK£400.6m24.7x25.5x0.9x
Fri, 16 Jun 2023UK£10.7bUK£11.7bUK£425.5m25.3x25.1x0.9x
Sun, 14 May 2023UK£10.7bUK£11.7bUK£419.3m25.5x25.6x0.9x
Tue, 11 Apr 2023UK£10.8bUK£11.7bUK£419.7m25.5x25.7x0.9x
Thu, 09 Mar 2023UK£11.4bUK£12.2bUK£426.2m28.8x26.8x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

26.8x


Total Market Cap: UK£11.4bTotal Earnings: UK£426.2mTotal Revenue: UK£12.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. IT Consulting Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 25.6x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British IT Consulting and Other Services industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 22.4x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 25.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.89x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT Consulting and Other Services industry have declined 8.1% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 5.4% 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 Market1.95%
Tech3.83%
IT4.82%
IT Consulting4.98%
Internet Services and Infrastructure1.88%
Data Processing Services-2.57%
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£31.746.1%
+UK£190.9m		45.2%PE20.8x
SCT SoftcatUK£11.403.4%
+UK£74.6m		-25.7%PE16.8x
KNOS Kainos GroupUK£7.557.4%
+UK£60.2m		8.0%PE29x
NCC NCC GroupUK£1.333.3%
+UK£10.2m		-0.7%PS1.6x
MTEC Made Tech GroupUK£0.4117.0%
+UK£8.8m		38.9%PE32.5x

Latest News

MTEC
UK£0.41
Made Tech Group
7D
17.0%
1Y
38.9%
SCT
UK£11.40
Softcat
7D
3.4%
1Y
-25.7%
CCC
UK£31.74
Computacenter
7D
6.1%
1Y
45.2%
TPX
UK£0.41
TPXimpact Holdings
7D
7.9%
1Y
67.3%
ING
UK£1.24
Ingenta
7D
-6.8%
1Y
93.0%
SWC
UK£0.32
Smarter Web
7D
4.6%
1Y
n/a
NCC
UK£1.33
NCC Group
7D
3.3%
1Y
-0.7%

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KNOS
UK£7.55
Kainos Group
7D
7.4%
1Y
8.0%
CLBS
UK£1.32
Celebrus Technologies
7D
0%
1Y
-46.3%
FDM
UK£1.42
FDM Group (Holdings)
7D
-1.7%
1Y
-37.3%
CLCO
UK£0.0011
CloudCoCo Group
7D
-4.3%
1Y
-29.0%
SPA
UK£0.72
1Spatial
7D
0.7%
1Y
13.4%

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