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.
Region
All
East Midlands (249)
East of England (281)
London (637)
North East (134)
North West (359)
Northern Ireland (104)
Scotland (315)
South East (431)
South West (267)
Wales (161)
West Midlands (312)
Yorkshire and the Humber (294)
Overseas (184)
Sector
All
Local Authority (156)
NGO/Charity/Religious organisation (48)
NHS (117)
Other Public Sector (45)
Private Sector (907)
Universities and Colleges (90)
Year
2011
2010
Scotland
| Rank | Employer | Sector | Graduate-level posts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2010 | |||
| 1 | 1 | Boots | Private Sector | 50 |
| 2 | 5 | Glasgow City Council | Local Authority | 45 |
| 3 | 2 | Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) | Private Sector | 45 |
| 4 | 5 | PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) | Private Sector | 40 |
| 5 | 15 | Ernst & Young | Private Sector | 30 |
| 6 | - | North Ayrshire Council | Local Authority | 30 |
| 7 | 8 | Edinburgh City Council | Local Authority | 30 |
| 7 | 12 | Morgan Stanley | Private Sector | 30 |
| 7 | - | Wood Group | Private Sector | 30 |
| 10 | 12 | Aberdeen City Council | Local Authority | 30 |
| 10 | 3 | Fife Council | Local Authority | 30 |
| 12 | 17 | Falkirk Council | Local Authority | 25 |
| 12 | 4 | South Lanarkshire Council | Local Authority | 25 |
| 14 | 5 | Aberdeenshire Council | Local Authority | 25 |
| 14 | - | Deloitte | Private Sector | 25 |
| 16 | - | North Lanarkshire Council | Local Authority | 25 |
| 16 | 17 | Specsavers | Private Sector | 25 |
| 18 | 19 | Tesco | Private Sector | 25 |
| 19 | - | South Ayrshire Council | Local Authority | 20 |
| 20 | - | Scottish Government | Other Public Sector | 20 |
| 20 | 16 | West Lothian Council | Local Authority | 20 |
| - | - | East Ayrshire Council | Local Authority | 20 |
| - | - | BP | Private Sector | 20 |
| - | - | KPMG | Private Sector | 20 |
| - | - | AMEC | Private Sector | 20 |
| - | - | Enterprise | Private Sector | 15 |
| - | - | Renfrewshire Council | Local Authority | 15 |
| - | 19 | Stirling Council | Local Authority | 15 |
| - | 11 | Barclays | Private Sector | 15 |
| - | - | Dundee City Council | Local Authority | 15 |
| - | - | Highland Council | Local Authority | 15 |
| - | - | JP Morgan | Private Sector | 15 |
| - | - | Lloyds Pharmacy | Private Sector | 15 |
| - | - | Atkins | Private Sector | 15 |
| - | 14 | Lloyds Banking Group | Private Sector | 15 |
| - | - | Sword Ciboodle | Private Sector | 15 |
| - | - | East Renfrewshire Council | Local Authority | 15 |
| - | - | NHS Grampian | NHS | 15 |
| - | - | Standard Life | Private Sector | 15 |
| - | - | Subsea 7 | Private Sector | 15 |
| - | - | University of Edinburgh | Universities and Colleges | 15 |
| - | - | East Lothian Council | Local Authority | 15 |
| - | - | Optical Express | Private Sector | 15 |
| - | - | Perth & Kinross Council | Local Authority | 15 |
| - | - | Dumfries & Galloway Council | Local Authority | 10 |
| - | - | Midlothian Council | Local Authority | 10 |
| - | 10 | NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | NHS | 10 |
| - | - | NHS Tayside | NHS | 10 |
| - | - | Scottish Water | Other Public Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Baker Hughes | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | 8 | National Health Service (NHS) | NHS | 10 |
| - | - | NHS Lothian | NHS | 10 |
| - | - | Babcock | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Hays | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Shetland Islands Council | Local Authority | 10 |
| - | - | Sky | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Technip | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | University of Dundee | Universities and Colleges | 10 |
| - | - | Amor Group | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Angus Council | Local Authority | 10 |
| - | - | Aviva | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Moray Council | Local Authority | 10 |
| - | - | NHS Lanarkshire | NHS | 10 |
| - | - | Schlumberger | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Shell | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | West Dunbartonshire Council | Local Authority | 10 |
| - | - | Apple | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Diageo | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | FMC Technologies | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Halliburton | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Petrofac | Private Sector | 10 |
| - | - | Scottish Borders Council | Local Authority | 10 |
| - | - | University of Strathclyde | Universities and Colleges | 10 |
| - | - | Accenture | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Arnold Clark | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | BAE Systems | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Church of Scotland | NGO/Charity/Religious organisation | 5 |
| - | - | ConocoPhillips | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | East Dunbartonshire Council | Local Authority | 5 |
| - | - | Hewlett Packard | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | John Lewis Partnership | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Prudential | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Santander | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | SELEX Galileo | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Chevron | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | City of Edinburgh Council | Local Authority | 5 |
| - | - | Co-operative (Co-Op) | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Expro Group | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | INEOS | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Mott Macdonald | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | NHS Highland | NHS | 5 |
| - | - | University of Glasgow | Universities and Colleges | 5 |
| - | - | Aberdeen Asset Management | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Aker Solutions | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Aldi | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Baillie Gifford | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Barnardo's | NGO/Charity/Religious organisation | 5 |
| - | - | Edinburgh Leisure | Private Sector | 5 |
| - | - | Edinburgh Napier University | Universities and Colleges | 5 |
| - | - | General Electric | Private Sector | 5 |
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