The appointment of new UK CEO, Ursula Morgenstern, at the beginning of the year seems to be helping the UK market buck the general trend of declining revenues in Europe.

Anthony Miller, managing partner at analyst firm TechMarketView, highlights that with 6.7 percent like-for-like growth, to £635 million, Atos UK has moved up the rankings to become Atos' second fastest growing market behind North America, which was up 8.6 percent.

Miller said: "The UK business shined in almost every respect: operating margins expanded by nearly a point year-on-year to 6.9 percent, ahead of the group aggregate 5.7 percent margin; systems integration revenues remain 'solid' vs. a two percent decline at group level; HTTS (transaction process) revenues grew by 20 percent; and consulting revenues - previously a problem child for Atos UK - leapt 16 percent."

Although, Miller also highlights that Atos Managed Services in the UK appears to be its 'soft spot', which only posted 'slight growth'. However, the UK results are much stronger than many other parts of Europe, including France and Benelux, which are in decline.

of Atos' long-standing contract with the Welsh Government is likely to have buoyed its UK results, where it will provide IT services up until 2019 as part of the £70 million deal.