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Top Graduate Employers

These tables have been compiled using data taken from the Annual Survey (2010-11) conducted by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). This asked all graduates to supply information about their employment status within six months of leaving university. The Complete University Guide tables include only full-time, first-degree leavers who entered full-time, paid graduate-level employment. Graduates in medicine, dentistry and nursing have been excluded. More detailed notes on the methodology of this study can be found here.

Overseas

Rank Employer Sector Graduate-level posts
2011 2010
1 1 British Council Other Public Sector 65
2 2 Jet Programme Private Sector 25
2 7 KPMG Private Sector 25
4 4 PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Private Sector 20
5 3 Chatteris Educational Foundation NGO/Charity/Religious organisation 15
6 4 Deloitte Private Sector 15
7 11 Google Private Sector 10
8 4 Abercrombie & Fitch Private Sector 10
8 - Deutsche Bank Private Sector 10
8 8 TEFL Private Sector 10
11 9 Ernst & Young Private Sector 10
12 - European Space Agency Other Public Sector 10
13 - Adidas Private Sector 5
13 - Airbus Private Sector 5
13 - Crystal Private Sector 5
13 11 Schlumberger Private Sector 5
17 - Accenture Private Sector 5
17 19 English First Private Sector 5
17 - Hewlett Packard Private Sector 5
17 14 UBS Private Sector 5
- 14 Disney Private Sector 5
- 19 EDF Energy Private Sector 5
- - English Programme in Korea Private Sector 5
- - Interac Private Sector 5
- - L'Oreal Private Sector 5
- 14 Mark Warner Private Sector 5
- 14 Procter & Gamble Private Sector 5
- - Ski Total Private Sector 5
- - Towers Watson Private Sector 5
- - First Derivatives Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Atkins Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - JP Morgan Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - BMW Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - British Army Other Public Sector Fewer than 5
- - Oracle Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - McKinsey & Company Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - European Parliament Other Public Sector Fewer than 5
- - Esprit Private Sector Fewer than 5
- 11 HSBC Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Morgan Stanley Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Novartis Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Lego Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - GeoConsult Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - deVere Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Rio Tinto Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - H & M Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Ministry of Defence (MOD) Other Public Sector Fewer than 5
- - Johnson & Johnson Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Challenger Sports Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Wohanka, Obermaier & Kollegen Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - British Antarctic Survey Other Public Sector Fewer than 5
- - SAP Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Betfred Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Unilever Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Siemens AG Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Puma Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - General Electric Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - YMCA NGO/Charity/Religious organisation Fewer than 5
- - Toyota Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Capgemini Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Boston Consulting Group Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - CGGVeritas Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Zara Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Apple Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Arup Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Amazon Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Red Cross NGO/Charity/Religious organisation Fewer than 5
- - Amnesty International NGO/Charity/Religious organisation Fewer than 5
- - TUI Travel Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - St George's School Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Subsea 7 Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - American Apparel Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Halliburton Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Microsoft Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Assystem Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Citi Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Decathlon Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - GlaxoSmithKline Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Michael Page Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Tag Worldwide Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Groupon Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Technip Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - University of Liverpool Universities and Colleges Fewer than 5
- - Caterpillar Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Sodexo Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - McDonald's Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Syngenta Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - 3M Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - BNY Mellon Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Mercer Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - PA Consulting Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Jones Lang Lasalle Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Thales Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - AkzoNobel Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - ITV Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Marriott International Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Electronic Arts Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Paddy Power Private Sector Fewer than 5
- - Imperial Tobacco Private Sector Fewer than 5
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