
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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2021 rankings
2021 | Employer | 2020 | Movement |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | … | |
2 | Amazon | 6 | |
3 | BBC | 3 | … |
4 | Cancer Research UK | 2 | |
5 | MI6 - Secret Intelligence Service | 5 | … |
6 | GSK | 4 | |
7 | J.P. Morgan | 8 | |
8 | Microsoft | 12 | |
9 | MI5 - The Security Service | 9 | … |
10 | Rolls-Royce | 7 | |
11 | Goldman Sachs | 11 | … |
12 | Deloitte | 17 | |
13 | ASOS | 15 | |
14 | AstraZeneca | 21 | |
15 | The Civil Service Fast Stream | 10 | |
16 | EY | 22 | |
17 | British Airways | 13 | |
18 | Pfizer | 34 | |
19 | L’Oréal | 24 | |
20 | Jaguar Land Rover | 19 | |
21 | PwC | 14 | |
22 | Unilever | 16 | |
23 | Bank of England | 69 | |
24 | NHS Leadership Academy | 26 | |
25 | Apple | 30 | |
26 | KPMG | 23 | |
27 | GCHQ | 20 | |
28 | Barclays | 29 | |
29 | BAE Systems | 31 | |
30 | British Council | 32 | |
31 | Airbus | 28 | |
32 | Teach First | 27 | |
33 | Local Government - National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP) | 35 | |
34 | Arup | 25 | |
35 | Bloomberg | 38 | |
36 | Sky | 47 | |
37 | Accenture | 43 | |
38 | IBM | 39 | |
39 | Allen & Overy LLP | 49 | |
40 | Clifford Chance | 40 | … |
41 | HM Revenue & Customs | 56 | |
42 | Procter & Gamble (P&G) | 33 | |
43 | Morgan Stanley | 41 | |
44 | McKinsey & Company | 46 | |
45 | HSBC Bank plc | 37 | |
46 | Aldi | 63 | |
47 | Johnson & Johnson | 42 | > |
48 | Ministry of Justice (National Probation Service) | 70 | |
49 | Boeing | 51 | |
50 | BlackRock | 74 | |
51 | Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains | 50 | |
52 | McLaren | 44 | |
53 | Network Rail | 64 | |
54 | Charityworks | NEW | NEW |
55 | Bank of America | 72 | |
56 | Atkins | 58 | |
57 | Siemens | 53 | |
58 | Linklaters | 71 | |
59 | Mondelez International (Cadbury, Oreo etc) | 48 | |
60 | BMW Group | 59 | |
61 | Boston Consulting Group | 65 | |
62 | Irwin Mitchell | 97 | |
63 | Dyson | 52 | |
64 | AECOM | 66 | |
65 | Ministry of Defence - Defence Equipment & Support | 140 | |
66 | Deutsche Bank | 75 | |
67 | American Express | 94 | |
68 | Hilton | 55 | |
69 | Baker McKenzie | 89 | |
70 | 95 | ||
71 | mckinsey | 57 | |
72 | The Royal Air Force | 68 | |
73 | Nestlé | 84 | |
74 | Lloyds Banking Group | 73 | |
75 | Slaughter and May | 85 | |
76 | The Army | 54 | |
77 | Bain & Company | 88 | |
78 | BT | 86 | |
79 | Aston Martin Lagonda | 79 | … |
80 | BP | 67 | |
81 | Arm | 112 | |
82 | Mott MacDonald | 76 | |
83 | EDF Energy | 80 | |
84 | Marks & Spencer | 81 | |
85 | Ubisoft | 78 | |
86 | STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council) | 62 | |
87 | Bird & Bird | 132 | |
88 | Arcadia Group (Topshop, Burton, Dorothy Perkins) | 60 | |
89 | GE (General Electric) | 83 | |
90 | Shell | 61 | |
91 | DLA Piper | 106 | |
92 | The Royal Navy | 77 | |
93 | Bayer | 92 | |
94 | Police Now | 103 | |
95 | London Stock Exchange Group | 298 | |
96 | Diageo | 99 | |
97 | Boots | 98 | |
98 | Virgin Media | 87 | |
99 | Clyde & Co LLP | 128 | |
100 | Financial Conduct Authority | 107 | |
101 | White & Case LLP | 116 | |
102 | Credit Suisse | 113 | |
103 | Roche | 96 | |
104 | Mars | 82 | |
105 | Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | 102 | |
106 | Toyota | 91 | |
107 | Addleshaw Goddard | 157 | |
108 | Capital One | 117 | |
109 | Merlin Entertainments | 100 | |
110 | Allianz | 133 | |
111 | Grant Thornton | 115 | |
112 | Sony | 104 | |
113 | Kennedys | 241 | |
114 | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP | 123 | |
115 | Citi | 109 | |
116 | ExxonMobil | 90 | |
117 | Balfour Beatty | 118 | |
118 | National Grid | 101 | |
119 | Lockheed Martin | NEW | NEW |
120 | Explore Learning | 111 | |
121 | Shoosmiths | 126 | |
122 | Transport for London | 93 | |
123 | Frontline | 108 | |
124 | Wellcome | NEW | NEW |
125 | Think Ahead | 162 | |
126 | Admiral | NEW | NEW |
127 | Cisco | 110 | |
128 | Lloyd’s | 143 | 15 |
129 | CERN | NEW | NEW |
130 | BNP Paribas | 129 | |
131 | Intel | 121 | |
132 | Santander | 105 | |
133 | NatWest Group | 114 | |
134 | Pinsent Masons LLP | 134 | … |
135 | Bosch | 120 | |
136 | Jacobs | 122 | |
137 | Hogan Lovells | 145 | |
138 | BDO | 158 | |
139 | Capgemini | 153 | |
140 | Abbott UK | 137 | |
141 | FTI Consulting | 144 | |
142 | Tesco | 156 | |
143 | Eversheds Sutherland | 127 | |
144 | Ashurst LLP | 183 | |
145 | TJX Europe (TK Maxx) | 149 | |
146 | Latham & Watkins LLP | 218 | |
147 | Aon | 151 | |
148 | BLM | 295 | |
149 | National Audit Office | 186 | |
150 | Asda | 204 | |
151 | UBS | 160 | |
152 | Ford | 135 | |
153 | Visa | 119 | |
154 | Mishcon de Reya | 203 | |
155 | CMS | 161 | |
156 | Babcock | 124 | |
157 | Fidelity International | 209 | |
158 | Baillie Gifford | 205 | |
159 | DWF | 220 | |
160 | BAM Construct UK | 214 | |
161 | Mastercard | 193 | |
162 | ScottishPower | 147 | |
163 | AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) | 150 | |
164 | DHL | 215 | |
165 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 169 | |
166 | Macfarlanes LLP | 190 | |
167 | nucleargraduates | 136 | |
168 | SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) | 148 | |
169 | Volkswagen Group | 125 | |
170 | Dentons | 141 | |
171 | MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited) | 192 | |
172 | Co-op | 207 | |
173 | Lidl | 165 | |
174 | Kier Group | 130 | |
175 | Kirkland & Ellis International LLP | 178 | |
176 | Samsung | 139 | |
177 | Burges Salmon | 228 | |
178 | ABB | 164 | |
179 | PA Consulting Group | 155 | |
180 | Yorkshire Water | 154 | |
181 | Honda | 206 | |
182 | Danone | 194 | |
183 | Ashfords | 249 | |
184 | Laing O’Rourke | 238 | |
185 | Arcadis | NEW | NEW |
186 | Simmons & Simmons | 174 | |
187 | Ocado Group | 223 | |
188 | Schlumberger | 152 | |
189 | Newton | 163 | |
190 | Blake Morgan | 240 | |
191 | WSP | 146 | |
192 | UK Power Networks | 232 | |
193 | Caterpillar | 198 | |
194 | Aviva | 191 | |
195 | Anglian Water | 188 | |
196 | INEOS | 168 | |
197 | Next | 208 | |
198 | QinetiQ | 229 | |
199 | Osborne Clarke LLP | 237 | |
200 | Thames Water | 166 | |
201 | Reed Smith | 222 | |
202 | Nissan | 131 | |
203 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 260 | |
204 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 159 | |
205 | Zurich Insurance | 176 | |
206 | McDonald’s | 225 | |
207 | Willis Towers Watson | 142 | |
208 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | 201 | |
209 | Oracle | 180 | |
210 | Leonardo | 172 | |
211 | Unlocked Graduates | 224 | |
212 | OC&C Strategy Consultants | 197 | |
213 | BuroHappold Engineering | 175 | |
214 | Mace | 167 | |
215 | Oliver Wyman | 195 | |
216 | DSTL | 138 | |
217 | Royal Mail Group | 247 | |
218 | Charles Russell Speechlys | 270 | |
219 | Travers Smith LLP | 236 | |
220 | RB | 217 | |
221 | Freeths | 202 | |
222 | Nomura | 187 | |
223 | MBDA | 177 | |
224 | Farrer & Co | 289 | |
225 | Browne Jacobson LLP | 246 | |
226 | Thales | 171 | |
227 | Savills | 181 | |
228 | Dell | 211 | |
229 | Cummins | 245 | |
230 | RSM | 235 | |
231 | Johnson Matthey | 213 | |
232 | Air Products | 263 | |
233 | Bristows | 266 | |
234 | Total | 189 | |
235 | Fieldfisher | 257 | |
236 | Mills & Reeve LLP | 252 | |
237 | Schroders | NEW | NEW |
238 | Marsh & Mclennan Companies | 275 | |
239 | AkzoNobel | 219 | |
240 | Taylor Wessing | 290 | |
241 | Gowling WLG | 259 | |
242 | Anthony Gold Solicitors | 221 | |
243 | Sellafield | 196 | |
244 | Nationwide Building Society | 173 | |
245 | RPC | 278 | |
246 | Barratt Developments | 184 | |
247 | Jagex | 170 | |
248 | Lloyd’s Register | 182 | |
249 | Mayer Brown International LLP | 231 | |
250 | NFU Mutual | NEW | NEW |
251 | TLT LLP | NEW | NEW |
252 | Shearman & Sterling LLP | 267 | |
253 | Skanska | 250 | |
254 | Severn Trent | 234 | |
255 | Hill Dickinson LLP | NEW | NEW |
256 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | NEW | NEW |
257 | Tata Steel | 200 | |
258 | Brodies LLP | 254 | |
259 | LEK Consulting | 233 | |
260 | United Utilities | 273 | |
261 | British Sugar | 242 | |
262 | Phillips 66 | 239 | |
263 | Shakespeare Martineau | 285 | |
264 | JCB | 244 | |
265 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | 256 | |
266 | Lazard | 199 | |
267 | CGI | 248 | |
268 | Amey | 265 | |
269 | Standard Chartered | NEW | NEW |
270 | Société Générale | 280 | |
271 | DAC Beachcroft LLP | 274 | |
272 | Cooley LLP | NEW | NEW |
273 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | NEW | NEW |
274 | Kraft Heinz | 216 | |
275 | Trowers & Hamlins | NEW | NEW |
276 | Digby Brown | NEW | NEW |
277 | Veolia | 230 | |
278 | G-Research | NEW | NEW |
279 | Weightmans | 282 | |
280 | Alstom | NEW | NEW |
281 | Morrisons | 253 | |
282 | Co-Op Bank | NEW | NEW |
283 | Jones Day | 243 | |
284 | Fujitsu | NEW | NEW |
285 | Squire Patton Boggs | NEW | NEW |
286 | Galliford Try | 262 | |
287 | Petrofac | 271 | |
288 | Forsters LLP | NEW | NEW |
289 | FirstGroup | 279 | |
290 | Gateley Plc | NEW | NEW |
291 | Morgan Sindall | 258 | |
292 | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | NEW | NEW |
293 | Lewis Silkin | NEW | NEW |
294 | Knight Frank | 227 | |
295 | Wood | 212 | |
296 | eBay Inc. | 294 | |
297 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | NEW | NEW |
298 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP | NEW | NEW |
299 | Inmarsat | 264 | |
300 | Vodafone | 297 |