Researching The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers
One of the most spectacular ascendancies in the Top 100 has been the rise of discount retailer Aldi, which joined the list in 65th place in 2002, rose to 3rd place in 2009 and was ranked in 2nd place in both 2015 and 2016. Teach First, the first of five inspirational schemes launched to bring top university graduates into di!erent aspects of public service, did similarly well. It appeared as a new entry in 63rd place in 2003, before climbing the rankings every year for a decade and reaching 2nd place in the Top 100 in 2014. Consulting firm Newton is another impressive climber, having jumped more than seventy places from 94th place in 2013 to reach the top twenty for the first time six years later.
2021. ExxonMobil, the oil & energy company that was a top twenty employer in the original Top 100 , has also been unranked since 2021. Retailer Marks & Spencer, which was in 7th place in the Top 100 in 1999, dropped out of the rankings altogether in 2022. And telecommunications and technology company BT, which was 14th in 2000 and appeared in the top quarter of the rankings a total of six times, left the Top 100 this year. More than thirty graduate employers – including Nokia, Maersk, the Home O#ce, Cable & Wireless, United Biscuits, Nationwide, the Met O#ce and Mercedes – have the dubious record of having only been ranked in the Top 100 once during the last twenty-eight years. And former engineering & telecommunications company Marconi had the unusual distinction of being one of the highest- ever new entries, in 36th place in 2001, only to vanish from the list entirely the following year.
The Covid pandemic had a very significant impact on the annual rankings, and a fifth of the employers that appeared in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers in 2020 – the final rankings Employers Ranked from 1999-2026 in the Top 100
MOST CONSISTENT EMPLOYERS
HIGHEST RANKING
4th (2026) 8th (2011) 14th (1999) 13th (2026) 20th (2001) 25th (1999) 29th (1999) 30th (2001) 49th (2015) 35th (2006) 33rd (2008) 48th (2008) 57th (2005) 58th (1999) 60th (2001) 45th (2003) 59th (2000) 54th (2021) 56th (2001) 53rd (2024) 59th (2026) 68th (2002) 91st (2023) 96th (2018) 85th (2018) 77th (2026) 90th (2021) 100th (1999) LOWEST RANKING 22nd (2002-2003) 45th (2007, 2012) 39th (2022, 2026) 27th (1999, 2002) 88th (2013, 2025)
PWC
1st (2004-2018, 2023-2024) 1st (2003, 2019-2022, 2025-2026) 5th (2005-2007, 2024-2025) 3rd (2006-2008, 2011-2012)
CIVIL SERVICE
BBC
KPMG
GSK
10th (2017-2018) 6th (2021-2024)
EY (FORMERLY ERNST & YOUNG)
GOLDMAN SACHS
5th (2001) 6th (2003) 2nd (2022) 22nd (2026) 9th (2024) 7th (2002) 2nd (2013) 14th (2025) 17th (2025)
HSBC
NHS
BARCLAYS UNILEVER
BAE SYSTEMS
DELOITTE
CLIFFORD CHANCE McKINSEY & COMPANY
A&O SHEARMAN (FORMERLY ALLEN & OVERY)
24th (2010, 2024) 4th (1999-2001) 21st (2004-2005)
PROCTER & GAMBLE
MICROSOFT
ARUP
21st (2025) 5th (2026) 19th (2021) 4th (2003) 13th (2000) 10th (2026) 15th (2019) 35th (2010) 30th (2008) 23rd (2005) 9th (2025)
JPMORGANCHASE
LINKLATERS
BP
14th (2003-2004)
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
IBM
BRITISH ARMY ROLLS-ROYCE ROYAL NAVY
CITI
DEUTSCHE BANK
L’ORÉAL
ACCENTURE
1st (1999-2002) 11th (2006) 12th (2012)
SHELL
Source High Fliers Research TESCO
18 TOP 100 GRADUATE EMPLOYERS
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