The report finds a strong rate of growth for consultants working in the financial services market in 2017, owing to digital transformation, a need to respond to risk & regulation, and the desire to drive out costs and find new efficiencies. We expect 2018 to be another year of strong—if slightly slower—growth, partly tied to macroeconomic and political uncertainty in large markets, like the US and Europe, and partly due to cyclical pressures on client budgets.

The report provides data at a global level, as well as breakdowns by sub-sector, service, and geography. It concludes with a projection of growth to the end of 2017, and a forecast figure for 2018.