Managed IT services in United Kingdom
As of 4 November 2026, 17,588 managed it services companies are based in United Kingdom; 455 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 17,588
- Hiring now
- 455 · 116 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- SME managed IT services · 8,823
- Top city
- London · 1,814
- Parent market
- Technology & software · 94,820
Managed IT services in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| SME managed IT services | 8,823 | 50% |
| IT services & consulting | 8,017 | 46% |
| Managed cybersecurity services | 1,875 | 11% |
| IT consulting advisory | 1,648 | 9% |
| Managed cloud hosting provider | 1,302 | 7% |
| Custom software development agencies | 827 | 5% |
| Microsoft cloud specialist | 751 | 4% |
| Business voip telephony | 296 | 2% |
| Other managed IT services | 209 | 1% |
| Freelance IT infrastructure engineer | 196 | 1% |
| Erp & business management software | 155 | 1% |
| Data engineering & bi consultancies | 148 | 1% |
| AI automation agencies | 128 | 1% |
| Web hosting provider | 115 | 1% |
| CRM implementation partners | 81 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 7,758 · 11 |
| 2-10 employees | 6,129 · 82 |
| 11-50 employees | 2,945 · 175 |
| 51-200 employees | 581 · 120 |
| 201-500 employees | 118 · 43 |
| 501-1000 employees | 26 · 10 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 26 · 13 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 1,814 | 10% |
| Hoxton | 155 | 1% |
| Manchester | 146 | 1% |
| Birmingham | 131 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 115 | 1% |
| Leeds | 95 | 1% |
| Bristol | 87 | 0% |
| Reading | 81 | 0% |
| Milton Keynes | 79 | 0% |
| Newington | 79 | 0% |
| Canary Wharf | 78 | 0% |
| Aldgate East | 74 | 0% |
The biggest managed it services companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of managed it services in United Kingdom
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Other segments of technology & software in United Kingdom
Technology & software in United Kingdom, the whole market →
B2B SaaS platforms · 37,353 →
Software dev AI agencies · 21,725 →
Consumer software & mobile apps · 14,516 →
Web hosting & domains · 11,942 →
Developer apis & data infrastructure · 3,381 →
Health technology & life sciences · 2,222 →
Hospitality software · 2,121 →
Tracking & fleet software · 1,801 →
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17,588 managed it services companies are based in United Kingdom; 455 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/technology_software/united-kingdom/managed_it_services)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Managed IT services in United Kingdom: questions
How many managed it services companies are there in United Kingdom?
17,588 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Technology & software → Managed IT services → leaf niches such as sme managed it services, it services & consulting, managed cybersecurity services. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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