Researching The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers
in 2nd place in both 2015 and 2016. Consulting firm Newton is another impressive climber, having jumped more than seventy places from 94th place in 2013 to being ranked in the top twenty for the first time in 2019. The Coronavirus pandemic had a very significant impact on the annual rankings, with a fifth of the employers that appeared in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers in 2020 – the final rankings before the onset of the pandemic – no longer ranked two years later.
Nokia, Maersk, the Home Office, Cable & Wireless, United Biscuits, Nationwide, Samsung, Mercedes, the Met Office and TikTok – have the dubious record of having only been ranked in the Top 100 once during the last twenty-six 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. One of the most spectacular ascendancies in the Top 100 has been the rise of Aldi, which joined the list in 65th place in 2002, rose to 3rd place in 2009 – helped in part by its memorable remuneration package for new recruits (currently £50,000 plus a fully-expensed VW electric car) – and was ranked
Teach First, the first of five inspirational schemes that are transforming society by bringing top graduates into public service, appeared as a new entry in 63rd place in 2003, before climbing the rankings every year for a decade and reaching Employers Ranked from 1999-2024 in the Top 100
MOST CONSISTENT EMPLOYERS
HIGHEST RANKING
LOWEST RANKING
PWC
1st (2004-2018, 2023-2024) 1st (2003, 2019-2022) 3rd (2006-2008, 2011-2012) 5th (2005-2007, 2024)
3rd (1999-2001, 2003, 2022)
CIVIL SERVICE
8th (2011) 11th (2024) 14th (1999) 20th (2001) 25th (1999) 29th (1999) 35th (2006) 42th (2021) 30th (2001) 49th (2015) 23rd (2008) 48th (2008) 46th (2022) 57th (2005) 39th (2022) 58th (1999) 45th (2003) 60th (2001) 59th (2000) 56th (2001) 53rd (2024) 53rd (2023)
KPMG
BBC GSK
10th (2017-2018) 6th (2021-2023)
22nd (2002-2003)
EY (FORMERLY ERNST & YOUNG)
GOLDMAN SACHS
5th (2001) 6th (2003) 9th (2024) 2nd (2022) 2nd (2013) 23rd (1999) 7th (2002)
HSBC
BARCLAYS
NHS
27th (1999, 2002)
UNILEVER
BAE SYSTEMS
DELOITTE
BP
14th (2003-2004)
CLIFFORD CHANCE McKINSEY & COMPANY
16th (2024)
45th (2007, 2012)
18th (2022-2023)
IBM
13th (2000)
ALLEN & OVERY
24th (2010, 2024) 4th (1999-2001) 21st (2004-2005) 7th (2024) 22nd (2024) 19th (2021) 12th (2024) 4th (2003) 15th (2019) 35th (2010) 30th (2008) 29th (2003) 23rd (2005) 14th (2000) 11th (2006) 9th (2000) 12th (2012) 1st (1999-2002) 19th (2022-2023)
PROCTER & GAMBLE
MICROSOFT J.P. MORGAN
ARUP
LINKLATERS
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
ROLLS-ROYCE ROYAL NAVY BRITISH ARMY ACCENTURE
68th (2002) 88th (2013) 89th (2023) 85th (2018) 96th (2018) 89th (2024) 90th (2021) 96th (2023) 100th (1999) 98th (2016-2017)
CITI
L’ORÉAL
McDONALD’S
DEUTSCHE BANK
BT
SHELL MARS
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18 TOP 100 GRADUATE EMPLOYERS
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