The definitive guide to Britain's top graduate employers in 2024-2025

Compiled from research with over 14,000 graduates who left university in 2024, The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers showcases Britain's most sought-after graduate employers - and features over 25,000 graduate vacancies available at the country's top employers in 2025.

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The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers is an authoritative, easy-to-use guide that is essential reading for all university students and recent graduates looking for their first job in 2024-2025.

Copies of the hard-backed full-colour book are available free-of-charge from the university careers services at more than 50 universities across the UK, while stocks last.

The book features the latest information about graduate vacancies at The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers in 2025 – employers’ entry requirements, details of the type and location of their graduate jobs, application deadlines, and graduate starting salaries.

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Apply early for graduate vacancies at Britain's top employers

Employers featured in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers typically receive 40 to 50 applications per graduate vacancy and the most-popular employers attract two or three times that number of applicants. For their 2025 graduate programmes, many of the country's top employers have application deadlines between now and the end of December 2024 - and some recruit on a first-come first-served basis. So apply early and keep an eye on The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers on social media for details of employers' application deadlines.

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Airbus

20th October 2024

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Bank of America

25th October 2024

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BCG

24th October 2024

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BlackRock

September - October 2024

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Deutsche Bank

September 2024 - February 2025

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EY

September 2024 -July 2025

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GSK

October 2024

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L’Oréal

October 2024 - February 2025

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Lidl

October - November 2024

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NHS

31st October 2024

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Tesco

31st October 2024

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BBC

November 2024 - January 2025

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British Airways

November 2024

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Civil Service Fast Stream

7th November 2024

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Clifford Chance

20th November 2024

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Diageo

November 2024

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Freshfields

November 2024 - Febrary 2025

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HSBC

November - December 2025

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J.P. Morgan

24th November 2024

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Rolls-Royce

November 2024

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Shell

29th November

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Transport for London

November - December 2025

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WSP

25th November 2025

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Many employers either recruit graduates on a rolling basis during the year – often filling their vacancies on a first-come first-served basis – or have a series of deadlines for different job functions:

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