Get inspiration from our survey of the top 200 employers that school students in the UK say they’d most like to work for, as featured in our publication TARGETcareers Guide to your future.
TARGETcareers Guide to your future gives straightforward explanations of the different options for students when they leave school, including university, apprenticeships, professional qualifications and more. It contains more information on the top 200 employers for school leavers listed below, as well as the stories of school leavers already working there.
2
BBC
Last year: 2
same
3
NHS
Last year: 3
same
4
Apple
5
Microsoft
Last year: 5
same
6
Ubisoft
7
ITV
Last year: 7
same
8
Sky
Last year: 20
Marketing, IT and technology, Media
up
9
Aston Martin
11
MI6 – Secret Intelligence Service
12
British Airways
Last year: 9
down
13
Samsung
14
Sony
15
Metropolitan Police
Last year: 15
same
16
Rolls-Royce
Last year: 14
down
17
Teach First
18
Channel 4
Last year: 11
down
19
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Ltd
20
Intel
21
AstraZeneca
Last year: 45
up
22
Boots
Last year: 13
Business, HR, Marketing, Engineering, Finance
down
23
HSBC Bank Plc
Last year: 32
Finance, Investment management, Banking
up
24
Visa
Last year: 32
up
25
Cancer Research UK
Last year: 6
down
26
BMW Group
27
Bentley
Last year: 17
down
29
The Army
Last year: 19
Engineering, IT and technology, Public sector and charity, Armed forces
down
30
John Lewis Partnership
Last year: 16
down
31
BAE Systems
Last year: 31
Business, Engineering
same
32
Dyson
33
Lloyd’s
Finance, Insurance and actuarial
34
MI5 - The Security Service
Last year: 4
down
35
Santander
Last year: 50
Banking
up
36
Nissan
37
Barclays
Last year: 12
down
38
Harrods
Last year: 18
down
39
Pfizer
40
The Royal Air Force
Last year: 23
down
41
Oxfam
42
Debenhams
Last year: 21
down
43
KPMG
Last year: 39
Management consulting, Finance, IT and technology
down
44
Amnesty International
45
46
Abercrombie & Fitch
47
Roche
48
Lloyds Banking Group
Last year: 36
Finance
down
49
Adidas group
50
L'Oreal
51
Ford
Last year: 37
Engineering
down
53
The Royal Navy
Last year: 29
down
54
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Last year: 69
up
55
Volkswagen Group UK
57
Penguin Random House
58
Amazon
Last year: 8
down
61
HM Revenue and Customs
62
Virgin Media
IT and technology
63
J.P. Morgan
Last year: 26
down
64
Hilton Worldwide
65
PwC
Last year: 44
Business, HR, Management consulting, Marketing, Finance, Investment management, Insurance and actuarial, Banking, Accountancy, IT and technology
down
66
Nationwide
67
Siemens
Last year: 68
up
68
Transport for London
Engineering
69
HP
Last year: 64
down
71
Network Rail
Last year: 61
Construction and property, Insurance and actuarial
down
72
Irwin Mitchell
73
Slaughter and May
74
Merlin Entertainments plc
75
Kennedys
76
Reed Smith
77
Travelodge
Last year: 58
down
78
Civil Service Fast Stream
Business, Public sector and charity
82
Smith & Williamson
Finance
83
American Express
84
National Grid
Last year: 67
Engineering
down
85
Toyota
86
Deutsche Bank
87
Morgan Stanley
89
Telefonica
Last year: 91
up
90
Heathrow Academy
91
TUI
Last year: 79
down
92
British Council
93
Environment Agency
Last year: 33
down
94
Bank of England
Last year: 27
Finance, Banking, Public sector and charity
down
96
Zurich Financial Services
97
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
98
Cisco
99
Vodafone
Last year: 59
Business, IT and technology
down
100
GCHQ
Last year: 38
down
101
Local Government – NGDP
102
Lidl
Last year: 56
down
103
Next
Last year: 22
down
104
Allianz
Last year: 71
down
105
BAM
Civil and structural engineering, Construction and building services engineering, Engineering
106
Coca Cola European Partners
107
Amey
Last year: 92
down
108
BT
Last year: 46
IT and technology
down
110
Allen & Overy LLP
111
Clifford Chance
Law
112
Hill Dickinson LLP
113
Iceland
Last year: 76
down
115
Sainsbury's
Last year: 47
down
116
BDO LLP
Last year: 94
Business, Finance, Accountancy
down
117
National Audit Office
Last year: 89
Finance, Accountancy, Public sector and charity, Central and local government
down
118
Bloomberg
119
Balfour Beatty Plc
Last year: 74
Construction and property, Civil and structural engineering, Construction and building services engineering
down
120
Barratt Developments
121
Laing O’Rourke
Last year: 88
Construction and property, Civil and structural engineering, Construction and building services engineering, Engineering, Science
down
122
GlaxoSmithKline
Last year: 24
down
123
Mars
Last year: 60
down
124
Unilever
Last year: 53
Business, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, IT and technology, Science
down
125
EDF Energy
126
Scottish Power
127
Shell
Last year: 48
down
128
SSE
Construction and property, Engineering, IT and technology
129
M&G Investments
Last year: 65
down
130
Baker McKenzie LLP
131
Bird & Bird
132
Womble Bond Dickinson
133
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
134
Mayer Brown LLP
Last year: 70
down
135
Aldi
Last year: 35
Business, Retail, buying and fashion
down
136
Asda
137
TJX Europe
Retail, buying and fashion
138
Reckitt Benckiser
139
RSM
Last year: 85
Business, Finance, Accountancy
down
140
Aviva
Last year: 84
down
141
AXA
142
Capital One
143
Close Brothers
Last year: 97
Business, Finance, Banking
down
144
Co-operative Bank
145
Financial Conduct Authority
Finance
146
Mencap
Last year: 77
down
147
Arup
Last year: 72
Construction and property, Civil and structural engineering, Engineering
down
148
Atkins
Last year: 73
down
149
CH2M
150
Kier Group
151
Mott MacDonald
152
Skanska
Engineering
153
Accenture
Last year: 81
Business, IT and technology
down
154
Boston Consulting Group
155
PA Consulting Group
156
Nestlé
Last year: 43
down
157
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Last year: 57
down
158
BP
Last year: 49
Engineering, IT and technology, Science
down
159
Npower
161
Bosch
162
Leonardo
163
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
164
Thales
Last year: 78
down
165
BlackRock
166
Citi
167
Credit Suisse
Last year: 52
down
168
UBS
169
ARM
170
Fujitsu
Last year: 63
down
171
Addleshaw Goddard
Last year: 82
down
172
Ashfords
173
Dentons
174
DLA Piper LLP
175
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
176
Herbert Smith Freehills
177
Linklaters LLP
178
Macfarlanes LLP
179
Norton Rose Fulbright
180
Shoosmiths
181
Whitbread Group
Last year: 80
down
182
Arcadia Group
Last year: 51
Retail, buying and fashion
down
183
Burger King
Last year: 54
down
184
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Last year: 100
down
185
Home Retail Group
Last year: 87
down
186
AECOM
Last year: 83
Construction and property, Civil and structural engineering, Construction and building services engineering, Surveying, Engineering
down
187
Bain & Company
188
Capgemini
Last year: 96
Business, Management consulting, IT and technology
down
189
Alfa
190
McKinsey & Company
191
Mercer
192
Danone
Last year: 98
down
193
Diageo
194
Kerry Group
195
Mondelez International
196
Thames Water
Engineering, Science
197
Anglian Water Services
198
Centrica
199
E.ON
200