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U.K. (FTSE) IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 10, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies15
  • 7D-0.9%
  • 3M-12.9%
  • 1Y3.6%
  • YTDn/a

The IT Consulting industry is up 3.8% in the last week, with Smarter Web up 29%. This means that the industry has gained 11% over the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 17% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 10 Apr 2026UK£7.3bUK£12.0bUK£320.2m24.3x22.8x0.6x
Sun, 08 Mar 2026UK£7.6bUK£10.4bUK£331.3m21.2x22.9x0.7x
Tue, 03 Feb 2026UK£8.4bUK£10.4bUK£329.3m21.8x25.5x0.8x
Thu, 01 Jan 2026UK£7.9bUK£10.4bUK£329.2m20.2x24.1x0.8x
Sat, 29 Nov 2025UK£8.1bUK£10.4bUK£323.5m20.6x25x0.8x
Mon, 27 Oct 2025UK£8.1bUK£10.4bUK£329.9m21.2x24.6x0.8x
Wed, 24 Sep 2025UK£7.6bUK£10.0bUK£319.7m16.3x23.9x0.8x
Fri, 22 Aug 2025UK£7.3bUK£9.1bUK£330.3m14.6x22.2x0.8x
Sun, 20 Jul 2025UK£7.5bUK£9.2bUK£337.5m14.1x22.2x0.8x
Tue, 17 Jun 2025UK£8.3bUK£9.2bUK£314.3m20.7x26.4x0.9x
Thu, 15 May 2025UK£8.3bUK£9.2bUK£330.7m19.3x25.1x0.9x
Sat, 12 Apr 2025UK£7.1bUK£9.2bUK£332.1m17.8x21.3x0.8x
Mon, 10 Mar 2025UK£7.5bUK£8.6bUK£335.1m20.6x22.4x0.9x
Wed, 05 Feb 2025UK£7.6bUK£8.6bUK£333.8m20.3x22.7x0.9x
Fri, 03 Jan 2025UK£7.6bUK£8.6bUK£337.3m25.5x22.5x0.9x
Sun, 01 Dec 2024UK£7.8bUK£8.6bUK£339.3m26.4x22.9x0.9x
Tue, 29 Oct 2024UK£8.3bUK£8.7bUK£325.6m23.9x25.6x1x
Thu, 26 Sep 2024UK£10.2bUK£9.3bUK£298.3m24.7x34.1x1.1x
Sat, 24 Aug 2024UK£10.9bUK£9.8bUK£365.8m28.1x29.8x1.1x
Mon, 22 Jul 2024UK£10.9bUK£9.8bUK£384.1m27.7x28.3x1.1x
Wed, 19 Jun 2024UK£11.3bUK£9.9bUK£379.8m28.4x29.8x1.1x
Fri, 17 May 2024UK£10.1bUK£9.9bUK£372.5m28.7x27.1x1x
Sun, 14 Apr 2024UK£9.7bUK£10.1bUK£352.8m28.1x27.4x1x
Tue, 12 Mar 2024UK£10.2bUK£10.4bUK£357.9m27.5x28.6x1x
Thu, 08 Feb 2024UK£10.6bUK£10.4bUK£357.7m26.6x29.5x1x
Sat, 06 Jan 2024UK£9.9bUK£12.4bUK£378.4m23.1x26.2x0.8x
Mon, 04 Dec 2023UK£9.7bUK£12.5bUK£384.3m21.4x25.1x0.8x
Wed, 01 Nov 2023UK£9.6bUK£12.5bUK£373.7m24.4x25.7x0.8x
Fri, 29 Sep 2023UK£10.2bUK£12.6bUK£370.4m25.3x27.5x0.8x
Sun, 27 Aug 2023UK£9.8bUK£11.7bUK£387.3m26x25.2x0.8x
Tue, 25 Jul 2023UK£10.6bUK£11.7bUK£400.5m25.5x26.4x0.9x
Thu, 22 Jun 2023UK£10.5bUK£11.7bUK£425.6m24.8x24.6x0.9x
Sat, 20 May 2023UK£10.8bUK£11.7bUK£419.2m25.9x25.9x0.9x
Mon, 17 Apr 2023UK£11.1bUK£11.7bUK£420.0m25.7x26.3x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

26.3x


Total Market Cap: UK£11.1bTotal Earnings: UK£420.0mTotal 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 0.88x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT Consulting and Other Services industry have declined 8.6% 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 Market1.74%
Tech2.13%
IT-0.70%
IT Consulting-0.92%
Internet Services and Infrastructure4.00%
Data Processing Services-4.74%
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
SWC Smarter WebUK£0.3428.5%
+UK£26.2m		n/aPE72.6x
NARF Narf IndustriesUK£0.00641.2%
+UK£3.0m		26.3%PS3.5x
MTEC Made Tech GroupUK£0.384.9%
+UK£2.6m		56.3%PE29.6x
ING IngentaUK£0.995.3%
+UK£754.9k		95.1%PE8x
AIQ AIQUK£0.0525.0%
+UK£647.6k		25.0%PE-7x

Latest News

CLBS
UK£0.85
Celebrus Technologies
7D
-6.6%
1Y
-61.4%
CCC
UK£30.66
Computacenter
7D
-0.4%
1Y
38.4%
AIQ
UK£0.05
AIQ
7D
25.0%
1Y
25.0%
SCT
UK£12.10
Softcat
7D
-2.4%
1Y
-20.4%

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ING
UK£0.99
Ingenta
7D
5.3%
1Y
95.1%
SWC
UK£0.34
Smarter Web
7D
28.5%
1Y
n/a
FDM
UK£0.98
FDM Group (Holdings)
7D
-3.2%
1Y
-56.7%
NCC
UK£1.15
NCC Group
7D
-3.4%
1Y
-11.1%
KNOS
UK£7.51
Kainos Group
7D
-1.3%
1Y
17.8%
MTEC
UK£0.38
Made Tech Group
7D
4.9%
1Y
56.3%
NARF
UK£0.006
Narf Industries
7D
41.2%
1Y
26.3%