A Deep Dive into the Western European Professional Services Sector

This study discusses the business and IT trends of the Western European professional services sector at the subindustry level. The analysis includes market structure indicators, business initiatives, IT spending dynamics and an overview of relevant IT players, and it is presented for the following six subindustries: recruitment, accounting, legal, IT, consulting, and architecture and engineering.

"The professional services industry is healthy and striving to achieve its business goals through an improved use of innovative technologies. Still, IT vendors willing to tackle it should also be aware that it might be a challenging task as it is very diverse and fragmented space," said Angela Vacca, manager, IDC European Industry Solutions.