The definitive guide to Britain's top graduate employers in 2025-2026

Compiled from research with over 14,000 graduates who left university in 2025, 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 2026.

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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 2025-2026.

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 2026 – 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 2026 graduate programmes, many of the country's top employers have application deadlines between now and the end of December 2025 - 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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AtkinsRéalis

October 2025 - April 2026

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Babcock

October 2025 - December 2025

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Bank of America

25th October 2025

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BCG

23rd October 2025

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BlackRock

26th September - 24th October 2025

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Deloitte

September 2025 - November 2025

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Deutsche Bank

September 2025 - February 2026

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Diageo

6th October 2025 - 10th November 2025

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EDF

5 October 2025

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Environment Agency

October 2025 - January 2026

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EY

September 2025 - June 2026

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HMRC

20th October 2025

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HSBC

September 2025 - December 2025

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L'Oréal

15th September - 15th November 2025

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Lidl

October - November 2025

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Lloyds Banking Group

October - December 2025

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Lockheed Martin

30th September 2025 – 1st March 2026

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NHS

29th October 2025

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Tesco

1st October - 31st October 2025

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TfL

October - December 2025

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Unilever

September - 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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IBM
PwC
RAF

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