The top 300 graduate employers in the UK
The Cibyl Graduate Research UK survey reveals the 300 most popular employers in the UK, as voted for by students and graduates.
2022/23 rankings
2022
Employer
2021
Movement
1
Google
1
Same
2
Amazon
2
Same
3
BBC
3
Same
4
AstraZeneca
14
Up 10
5
MI6 - Secret Intelligence Service
5
Same
6
Cancer Research UK
4
Down 2
7
Microsoft
8
Up 1
8
The Walt Disney Company
0
New
9
Pfizer
18
Up 9
10
Rolls-Royce
10
Same
11
ASOS
13
Up 2
12
Apple
25
Up 13
13
MI5 - The Security Service
9
Down 4
14
GSK
6
Down 8
15
J.P. Morgan
7
Down 8
16
Deloitte
12
Down 4
17
British Airways
17
Same
18
Goldman Sachs
11
Down 7
19
NHS Leadership Academy
24
Up 5
20
The Civil Service Fast Stream
15
Down 5
21
GCHQ
27
Up 6
22
L'Oréal
19
Down 3
23
PwC
21
Down 2
24
Jaguar Land Rover
20
Down 4
25
Barclays
28
Up 3
26
EY
16
Down 10
27
Bank of England
23
Down 4
28
Teach First
32
Up 4
29
Accenture
37
Up 8
30
BAE Systems
29
Down 1
31
British Council
30
Down 1
32
KPMG
26
Down 6
33
Clifford Chance
40
Up 7
34
Airbus
31
Down 3
35
IBM
38
Up 3
36
Sky
36
Same
37
Johnson & Johnson
47
Up 10
38
Allen & Overy LLP
39
Up 1
39
Bloomberg
35
Down 4
40
HM Revenue & Customs
41
Up 1
41
Local Government - National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP)
33
Down 8
42
Arup
34
Down 8
43
McKinsey & Company
44
Up 1
44
Aldi
46
Up 2
45
HSBC Bank plc
45
Same
46
American Express
67
Up 21
47
BMW Group
60
Up 13
48
Morgan Stanley
43
Down 5
49
McLaren
52
Up 3
50
Ministry of Justice (National Probation Service)
48
Down 2
51
BlackRock
50
Down 1
52
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
51
Down 1
53
Bank of America
55
Up 2
54
Boeing
49
Down 5
55
Facebook
70
Up 15
56
Marks & Spencer
84
Up 28
57
Charityworks
54
Down 3
58
The Army
76
Up 18
59
Siemens
57
Down 2
60
Ministry of Defence
65
Up 5
61
Boots
97
Up 36
62
BT
78
Up 16
63
Rockstar Games
71
Up 8
64
The Royal Air Force
72
Up 8
65
Boston Consulting Group
61
Down 4
66
Linklaters
58
Down 8
67
Dyson
63
Down 4
68
Hilton
68
Same
69
Adobe
0
New
70
Deutsche Bank
66
Down 4
71
Bupa
0
New
72
Lloyds Banking Group
74
Up 2
73
Aston Martin Lagonda
79
Up 6
74
Slaughter and May
75
Up 1
75
Nestlé
73
Down 2
76
Ubisoft
85
Up 9
77
Asda
150
Up 73
78
Unilever
22
Down 56
79
AECOM
64
Down 15
80
The Royal Navy
92
Up 12
81
Sony
112
Up 31
82
Irwin Mitchell
62
Down 20
83
GE (General Electric)
89
Up 6
84
Bain & Company
77
Down 7
85
Atkins
56
Down 29
86
Clyde & Co LLP
99
Up 13
87
Virgin Media
98
Up 11
88
STFC
86
Down 2
89
DLA Piper
91
Up 2
90
Merlin Entertainments
109
Up 19
91
Baker McKenzie
69
Down 22
92
Credit Suisse
102
Up 10
93
Bird & Bird
87
Down 6
94
Bayer
93
Down 1
95
London Stock Exchange Group
95
Same
96
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
100
Up 4
97
BP
80
Down 17
98
Explore Learning
120
Up 22
99
Roche
103
Up 4
100
EDF Energy
83
Down 17
101
Allianz
110
Up 9
102
Mott MacDonald
82
Down 20
103
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
42
Down 61
104
Citi
115
Up 11
105
Shell
90
Down 15
106
Capital One
108
Up 2
107
Police Now
94
Down 13
108
Intel
131
Up 23
109
Abbott UK
140
Up 31
110
National Grid
118
Up 8
111
Addleshaw Goddard
107
Down 4
112
White & Case LLP
101
Down 11
113
Network Rail
53
Down 60
114
CERN
129
Up 15
115
Frontline
123
Up 8
116
Admiral
126
Up 10
117
Transport for London
122
Up 5
118
Samsung
176
Up 58
119
Capgemini
139
Up 20
120
Ford
152
Up 32
121
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
105
Down 16
122
Eversheds Sutherland
143
Up 21
123
PepsiCo
0
New
124
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
114
Down 10
125
Mastercard
161
Up 36
126
Cisco
127
Up 1
127
NatWest Group
133
Up 6
128
Tesco
142
Up 14
129
Think Ahead
125
Down 4
130
Visa
153
Up 23
131
TJX Europe (TK Maxx)
145
Up 14
132
Grant Thornton
111
Down 21
133
Wellcome
124
Down 9
134
ExxonMobil
116
Down 18
135
Lloyd's
128
Down 7
136
Bosch
135
Down 1
137
Santander
132
Down 5
138
Lockheed Martin
119
Down 19
139
ABB
178
Up 39
140
Balfour Beatty
117
Down 23
141
Shoosmiths
121
Down 20
142
Arm
81
Down 61
143
Kennedys
113
Down 30
144
Mondelez International (Cadbury, Oreo etc)
59
Down 85
145
Next
197
Up 52
146
Lidl
173
Up 27
147
BLM
148
Up 1
148
BNP Paribas
130
Down 18
149
Ashurst LLP
144
Down 5
150
BDO
138
Down 12
151
ScottishPower
162
Up 11
152
Rothschild & Co
0
New
153
Anthony Gold Solicitors
242
Up 89
154
Babcock
156
Up 2
155
Co-op
172
Up 17
156
Hogan Lovells
137
Down 19
157
Arcadis
185
Up 28
158
Associated British Foods (ABF)
0
New
159
Jacobs
136
Down 23
160
Simmons & Simmons
186
Up 26
161
nucleargraduates
167
Up 6
162
Honda
181
Up 19
163
Aviva
194
Up 31
164
FTI Consulting
141
Down 23
165
Toyota
106
Down 59
166
Royal Mail Group
217
Up 51
167
AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment)
163
Down 4
168
Dentons
170
Up 2
169
MSD UK
171
Up 2
170
Volkswagen Group
169
Down 1
171
Nationwide Building Society
244
Up 73
172
CMS
155
Down 17
173
Ocado Group
187
Up 14
174
Pinsent Masons LLP
134
Down 40
175
Ashfords
183
Up 8
176
PA Consulting Group
179
Up 3
177
Baillie Gifford
158
Down 19
178
Fidelity International
157
Down 21
179
Mishcon de Reya
154
Down 25
180
Burges Salmon
177
Down 3
181
Latham & Watkins LLP
146
Down 35
182
Macfarlanes LLP
166
Down 16
183
Dell
228
Up 45
184
McDonald's
206
Up 22
185
Nissan
202
Up 17
186
BAM Construct UK
160
Down 26
187
Aon
147
Down 40
188
Thames Water
200
Up 12
189
DHL
164
Down 25
190
AkzoNobel
239
Up 49
191
Newton
189
Down 2
192
3M
311
Up 119
193
Air Products
232
Up 39
194
Mars
104
Down 90
195
National Audit Office (NAO)
149
Down 46
196
DSTL
216
Up 20
197
Anglian Water
195
Down 2
198
Morrisons
281
Up 83
199
UBS
151
Down 48
200
Browne Jacobson LLP
225
Up 25
201
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
208
Up 7
202
Blake Morgan
190
Down 12
203
Charles Russell Speechlys
218
Up 15
204
Kier Group
174
Down 30
205
Reed Smith
201
Down 4
206
Womble Bond Dickinson
165
Down 41
207
Oracle
209
Up 2
208
DWF
159
Down 49
209
Thales
226
Up 17
210
Cummins
229
Up 19
211
Tata Steel
257
Up 46
212
Gazprom Marketing & Trading Group
0
New
213
Caterpillar
193
Down 20
214
Zurich Insurance
205
Down 9
215
INEOS
196
Down 19
216
WSP
191
Down 25
217
Jane Street
301
Up 84
218
Gowling WLG
241
Up 23
219
SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy)
168
Down 51
220
TotalEnergies
234
Up 14
221
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
175
Down 46
222
Diageo
96
Down 126
223
Shakespeare Martineau
263
Up 40
224
Johnson Matthey
231
Up 7
225
Lazard
266
Up 41
226
Osborne Clarke LLP
199
Down 27
227
MBDA
223
Down 4
228
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
203
Down 25
229
Schlumberger
188
Down 41
230
UK Power Networks
192
Down 38
231
Welsh Water (Dwr Cymru)
0
New
232
Mayer Brown International LLP
249
Up 17
233
Amey
268
Up 35
234
Inmarsat
299
Up 65
235
Yorkshire Water
180
Down 55
236
Mace
214
Down 22
237
Ovo Energy
372
Up 135
238
Oliver Wyman
215
Down 23
239
G-Research
278
Up 39
240
Leonardo
210
Down 30
241
Farrer & Co
224
Down 17
242
Norton Rose Fulbright
204
Down 38
243
Unlocked Graduates
211
Down 32
244
Alfa
363
Up 119
245
Brodies LLP
258
Up 13
246
Reckitt
220
Down 26
247
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
273
Up 26
248
QinetiQ
198
Down 50
249
Buro Happold
213
Down 36
250
CGI
267
Up 17
251
Jagex
247
Down 4
252
Alstom
280
Up 28
253
eBay Inc.
296
Up 43
254
Severn Trent
254
Same
255
E.ON
335
Up 80
256
JCB
264
Up 8
257
Taylor Wessing
240
Down 17
258
Co-operative Bank
282
Up 24
259
Standard Chartered
269
Up 10
260
Bates Wells
332
Up 72
261
Hill Dickinson LLP
255
Down 6
262
RSM
230
Down 32
263
Vodafone
300
Up 37
264
Just Eat
0
New
265
Bristows
233
Down 32
266
Kainos
302
Up 36
267
Danone
182
Down 85
268
Mills & Reeve LLP
236
Down 32
269
Weightmans
279
Up 10
270
Travers Smith LLP
219
Down 51
271
OC&C Strategy Consultants
212
Down 59
272
Forsters LLP
288
Up 16
273
Barratt Developments
246
Down 27
274
Nomura
222
Down 52
275
Laing O'Rourke
184
Down 91
276
Lloyd's Register
248
Down 28
277
Freeths
221
Down 56
278
BNY Mellon
0
New
279
RPC
245
Down 34
280
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP
298
Up 18
281
Willis Towers Watson
207
Down 74
282
Sellafield
243
Down 39
283
Fujitsu
284
Up 1
284
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
256
Down 28
285
FirstGroup
289
Up 4
286
Fieldfisher
235
Down 51
287
Digby Brown
276
Down 11
288
Savills
227
Down 61
289
Galliford Try
286
Down 3
290
O2 (Telefonica)
365
Up 75
291
Centrica (British Gas)
305
Up 14
292
Bevan Brittan LLP
309
Up 17
293
Morgan Sindall
291
Down 2
294
United Utilities
260
Down 34
295
Covington and Burling
330
Up 35
296
Qualcomm
324
Up 28
297
Société Générale
270
Down 27
298
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
265
Down 33
299
Salesforce
347
Up 48
300
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher UK LLP
329
Up 29
The rankings also feature in our careers publication, the UK 300, which is distributed free to students. The publication undertakes an in-depth analysis of the findings of the survey and shares the top employers by demographic group and career sector.
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