The top 200 school leaver employers
in the UK
The Cibyl School Leaver Research UK survey reveals the 200 most popular employers in the UK, as voted for by school and further education students from years 7 to 13.
2025 rankings
2025
Employer
2024
Movement
1
NHS
1
+0
2
BBC
2
+0
3
Warner Bros.
3
+0
4
The Walt Disney Company
4
+0
5
ITV
7
+2
6
Apple
5
-1
7
Google
6
-1
8
Microsoft
8
+0
9
MI6 - Secret Intelligence Service
11
+2
10
Bank of England
14
+4
11
Mclaren
13
+2
12
Cancer Research UK
10
-2
13
AstraZeneca
9
-4
14
Amazon
15
+1
15
Get Into Teaching
16
+1
16
Civil Service
18
+2
17
Sky
17
+0
18
Rolls-Royce plc
27
+9
19
Channel 4
21
+2
20
J.P. Morgan
20
+0
21
The Royal Air Force
19
-2
22
MI5 - The Security Service
24
+2
23
British Airways
25
+2
24
Pfizer
12
-12
25
Barclays
32
+7
26
The Army
22
-4
27
HSBC
37
+10
28
EasyJet
137
+109
29
KPMG
26
-3
30
Lloyd's
46
+16
31
HM Revenue and Customs
35
+4
32
Airbus
29
-3
33
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
34
+1
34
BMW Group
33
-1
35
PwC
28
-7
36
American Express
53
+17
37
Goldman Sachs
38
+1
38
BAE Systems
47
+9
39
Samsung
39
+0
40
Sony
30
-10
41
Deloitte
42
+1
42
Lockheed Martin
48
+6
43
Teach First
51
+8
44
Boeing
45
+1
45
Clifford Chance
36
-9
46
The Royal Navy
31
-15
47
National Grid
87
+40
48
Slaughter and May
75
+27
49
Police Now
63
+14
50
A&O Shearman
52
+2
51
Clyde & Co
60
+9
52
Heathrow
41
-11
53
Aston Martin Lagonda
57
+4
54
Dyson
61
+7
55
Bentley
62
+7
56
TUI Group
54
-2
57
Hilton
50
-7
58
Lloyds Banking Group
59
+1
59
L'Oreal
65
+6
60
London Stock Exchange Group
44
-16
61
Intel
43
-18
62
JD Sports
NEW
63
EY
71
+8
64
TikTok
NEW
65
Meta
66
+1
66
Harrods
64
-2
67
Boots
82
+15
68
GSK
56
-12
69
Tesco
83
+14
70
Simmons & Simmons
70
+0
71
STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council)
55
-16
72
Superdrug
88
+16
73
Ford
92
+19
74
Gymshark
NEW
75
Network Rail
124
+49
76
Adobe
68
-8
77
Met Office
72
-5
78
Travelodge
94
+16
79
Bird & Bird
73
-6
80
BlackRock
76
-4
81
Volkswagen Group
69
-12
82
John Lewis Partnership
85
+3
83
Santander
78
-5
84
Transport for London
91
+7
85
CGI
95
+10
86
Deutsche Bank
101
+15
87
BDO
109
+22
88
National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL)
67
-21
89
Virgin Media O2
74
-15
90
Bank of America
98
+8
91
Morgan Stanley
81
-10
92
Nestle
105
+13
93
Browne Jacobson
135
+42
94
Addleshaw Goddard
93
-1
95
NatWest Group
116
+21
96
Aldi
90
-6
97
Farrer & Co
NEW
98
ASOS
NEW
99
GKN Aerospace
162
+63
100
Baker McKenzie
125
+25
101
Coca Cola European Partners
102
+1
102
Mastercard
79
-23
103
Costa Coffee
NEW
104
Linklaters
84
-20
105
Accenture
113
+8
106
Travis Perkins
140
+34
107
Ashfords
100
-7
108
Irwin Mitchell
106
-2
109
Merlin Entertainments
103
-6
110
Toyota
111
+1
111
IBM
77
-34
112
Nissan
138
+26
113
GCHQ
80
-33
114
Allianz
134
+20
115
Marks & Spencer
99
-16
116
Starbucks
40
-76
117
Greene King
143
+26
118
Approach Social Work (delivered by Frontline)
118
+0
119
Grant Thornton
89
-30
120
Pinsent Masons
120
+0
121
GWR (Great Western Railway)
190
+69
122
Next
126
+4
123
Vodafone
200
+77
124
HM Treasury
104
-20
125
AWE: Nuclear Security Technologies
86
-39
126
Nationwide Building Society
107
-19
127
Lidl
142
+15
128
INEOS
NEW
129
Weightmans
146
+17
130
bet365
NEW
131
UBS
187
+56
132
Co-op
130
-2
133
Ashurst LLP
108
-25
134
Thermo Fisher Scientific
NEW
135
Kennedys
97
-38
136
JLR
58
-78
137
Asda
117
-20
138
Evelyn Partners
141
+3
139
DLA Piper
179
+40
140
ARM
171
+31
141
Macfarlanes Group
180
+39
142
TJX Europe (TK Maxx)
122
-20
143
McDonald's
49
-94
144
Arup
165
+21
145
RSM
173
+28
146
Vinted
NEW
147
BT Group
119
-28
148
WSP
133
-15
149
Aviva
182
+33
150
NBC Universal
NEW
151
Charles Russell Speechlys
121
-30
152
Marriott International
131
-21
153
Siemens
127
-26
154
FCA
114
-40
155
Northrop Grumman
192
+37
156
Reed Smith
NEW
157
White & Case Llp
144
-13
158
Bayer
NEW
159
Cisco
147
-12
160
Jacobs
150
-10
161
Defence Equipment & Support
NEW
162
Womble Bond Dickinson
184
+22
163
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
NEW
164
Mars
160
-4
165
Babcock
NEW
166
Morrisons
167
+1
167
Osborne Clarke
176
+9
168
Bosch
NEW
169
AECOM
170
+1
170
AtkinsRéalis
129
-41
171
Wells Fargo
172
+1
172
Amey
NEW
173
Dentons
110
-63
174
Latham & Watkins
186
+12
175
Arcadis
NEW
176
Mencap
185
+9
177
Admiral
198
+21
178
Colas Rail
NEW
179
National Audit Office
123
-56
180
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
NEW
181
Shell
115
-66
182
RPC
155
-27
183
Kier
NEW
184
AIG
NEW
185
Azets
152
-33
186
Hill Dickinson
NEW
187
Thales Group
NEW
188
Poundland
NEW
189
Mitchells & Butlers
NEW
190
DWF
NEW
191
GE (General Electric)
145
-46
192
Capital One
NEW
193
Forvis Mazars
154
-39
194
Eversheds Sutherland
195
+1
195
B&Q
NEW
196
British Gas
NEW
197
Qualcomm
NEW
198
Pepsico
NEW
199
McKinsey and Company
158
-41
200
Sainsbury's
149
-51
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