
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.

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