Introduction

IT consulting has grown significantly to become a considerable contributor to the overall IT services market. It is also one of the most complex segments with a variety of models and flavors, delivered by a large and diverse set of suppliers, ranging from typical IT services firms to technology product vendors and management consulting firms. The IT consulting supplier landscape report presents detailed profiles of fifteen major suppliers of IT consulting services.

This report features profiles of fifteen major IT suppliers which describe the key focus areas of their IT consulting business. Both buyers and suppliers will gain a deeper understanding of the changing drivers of and broader trends in the IT consulting market. In addition, buyers’ decision-making will be better informed by suppliers’ IT consulting profiles consisting of a comprehensive discussion of their key focus areas, including (but not limited to) consulting solution offerings and industry, buyer and geography focus. 

Scope

• Definition of the IT consulting market segments, and models
• Analysis of the emerging market models and observations from interviews with 15 IT consulting companies
• Profiles of 15 consulting companies with different focus and go-to-market strategies

Contents

This report provides an understanding of fifteen key suppliers who serve the IT consulting market. Key Insights are divided into two categories: consulting market definition and overview, and the IT consulting supplier landscape. The first category contains 3-5 key trends which are discussed in detail (and illustrated with supporting data and analysis) to provide the reader with information in easy-to-apply, bite-size pieces. The supplier landscape section provides detailed, 3-page profiles for fifteen suppliers of IT consulting services. In particular, the market definition section talks about the following key trends:

• IT consulting consists primarily of five segments, which have a variety of flavors, e.g. IT strategy consulting, IT infrastructure consulting, etc.
• Suppliers usually follow one of four philosophies in their approach toward the IT consulting business
• Consulting solutions often span multiple IT segments (e.g., applications, infrastructure) and exhibit a general trend towards being more industry-specific
• Detailed analysis of the revenue and headcount of participating companies reveals that
• The consulting business in North America is relatively mature, while there is a general move to the EU and common acknowledgement of large opportunities in the APAC market
• From a delivery perspective, the consulting headcount is split evenly between low cost and typical buyers’ geographies, with offshore suppliers showing much more aggressive offshore rates