Best 50 Small to Medium-sized Student Employers 2024 - 2025

The Best 50 features employers that take on 3-20 students each year and is based on the honest reviews left by placement students and interns on RateMyPlacement.co.uk.

Like Love Island’s winning couples, these employers have all been voted for by the people. Making them a superb place to start your search.

Click below to find out more about how the table is created, and why getting work experience will do wonders for your CV.

1

ProspectSoft Ltd

1st
in IT & Telecommunications

2

BAT

1st
in Science & Research

3

Computacenter

2nd
in IT & Telecommunications

4

King

3rd
in IT & Telecommunications

5

John Sisk and Son Ltd

1st
in Engineering

6

Toyota GB

1st
in Advertising & Marketing

7

Unite Students

1st
in Real Estate

8

Gymshark

1st
in Retail

9

Newcastle Building Society

1st
in Accountancy & Finance

10

Pernod Ricard

1st
in FMCG

11

TopCashback

2nd
in Accountancy & Finance

12

Sage (UK) Ltd

4th
in IT & Telecommunications

13

Discover Financial Services

3rd
in Accountancy & Finance

14

Ghyston

5th
in IT & Telecommunications

15

Association of British Insurers

1st
in Insurance

16

FDM Group

1st
in Consultancy

17

Irwin Mitchell

1st
in Law

18

RWE Supply & Trading

1st
in Energy

19

Lidl

2nd
in Retail

20

Autodesk

6th
in IT & Telecommunications

21

Amgen

2nd
in Science & Research

22

Experian

4th
in Accountancy & Finance

23

Lockheed Martin

2nd
in Engineering

24

Cargill

2nd
in FMCG

25

Tata Steel

1st
in Manufacturing

26

Vodafone

7th
in IT & Telecommunications

27

Renault

2nd
in Manufacturing

28

EDF Trading

2nd
in Energy

29

Volvo Group UK

3rd
in Manufacturing

30

Travelport

8th
in IT & Telecommunications

31

Virgin Media O2

9th
in IT & Telecommunications

32

TUI UK & Ireland

1st
in Hospitality, Leisure, Travel, & Tourism

33

Michael Dyson Associates Ltd

2nd
in Consultancy

34

Eaton

3rd
in Energy

35

Motability Operations

5th
in Accountancy & Finance

36

Atos

10th
in IT & Telecommunications

37

Gist Ltd

1st
in Supply Chain & Logistics

38

Redgate

11th
in IT & Telecommunications

39

Cytiva

3rd
in Science & Research

40

xDesign

12th
in IT & Telecommunications

41

Premier Foods

3rd
in FMCG

42

This Way Up

2nd
in Advertising & Marketing

43

TJX Europe

3rd
in Retail

44

Kantar Worldpanel

3rd
in Consultancy

45

Egger

4th
in Manufacturing

46

Forvia

3rd
in Engineering

47

The Co-op

4th
in Retail

48

Amberjack

3rd
in Advertising & Marketing

49

Holiday Extras

2nd
in Hospitality, Leisure, Travel, & Tourism

50

BSH

5th
in Manufacturing