Overview
Kainos is a Belfast-based software and digital services company listed on the London Stock Exchange, with a fiscal year ending 31 March. For FY26 it reported revenue of £431.1 million, up 17%, and annual recurring revenue in its Workday Products business up 23% to £89.0 million.[11] Headcount rose by more than 20% to 3,475, including about 120 staff from the Canadian public-sector consultancy Davis Pier, whose acquisition completed in September 2025.[12] Kainos combines a digital services practice, best known for UK government and NHS work, with a Workday partner practice and its own testing and security software for Workday customers. It is the smallest company in this list by headcount but one of the faster-growing.
Kainos strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Strong track record in UK public-sector digital services
- Specialist Workday consulting and products
- Revenue growth of 17% in FY26
- Own Workday products alongside services
Limitations
- Revenue concentrated in the UK public sector and Workday ecosystem
- Commercial-sector business was deprioritised in FY2026
- Smallest bench in the list
- Heavy reliance on UK public-sector demand
Appears in
- Best Digital Transformation Companies in 2026 #9
- Best Software Development Companies in 2026 #10
- Top 50 IT Outsourcing Companies in Europe: 2026 Edition #37
- Top 50 Software Development Companies: 2026 Edition #30
Kainos alternatives and competitors
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