The Best 100 Student Employers 2024 - 2025

It’s official! These employers are the best in the business when it comes to paid work experience for university students.

The Best 100 is based on the thousands of reviews submitted to RateMyPlacement.co.uk by students who have completed a placement, internship, insight or vacation scheme in the last year.

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

1

Enterprise Mobility

1st
in Retail

2

Savills

1st
in Real Estate

3

Bloomberg

1st
in Accountancy & Finance

4

IBM

1st
in IT & Telecommunications

5

Centrica

1st
in Energy

6

Nomura

1st
in Investment Banking

7

EY

2nd
in Accountancy & Finance

8

Citi

1st
in Banking

9

Deloitte

3rd
in Accountancy & Finance

10

PwC

4th
in Accountancy & Finance

11

Latham & Watkins

1st
in Law

12

Capital One

2nd
in Banking

13

Adobe

2nd
in IT & Telecommunications

14

Cushman & Wakefield

2nd
in Real Estate

15

NatWest Group

3rd
in Banking

16

J.P. Morgan

2nd
in Investment Banking

17

NBCUniversal

1st
in Advertising & Marketing

18

Cummins

1st
in Engineering

19

Deutsche Bank

3rd
in Investment Banking

20

MBDA

1st
in Manufacturing

21

DLA Piper

2nd
in Law

22

Mace

3rd
in Real Estate

23

Bank of America

4th
in Investment Banking

24

Aon

1st
in Insurance

25

Mott MacDonald

2nd
in Engineering

26

Amazon

2nd
in Retail

27

Jefferies International

5th
in Investment Banking

28

Gateley

3rd
in Law

29

BDO

5th
in Accountancy & Finance

30

L'Oreal

3rd
in Retail

31

Linklaters

4th
in Law

32

Taylor Wessing

5th
in Law

33

G-Research

3rd
in IT & Telecommunications

34

Goldman Sachs Group

6th
in Investment Banking

35

BCLP

6th
in Law

36

Hymans Robertson

1st
in Professional Services

37

Rothschild & Co

7th
in Investment Banking

38

HSBC

4th
in Banking

39

Morgan Stanley

8th
in Investment Banking

40

Arup

3rd
in Engineering

41

Unilever

1st
in FMCG

42

M&G plc

2nd
in Professional Services

43

Fisher German

4th
in Real Estate

44

Barclays

5th
in Banking

45

Clifford Chance

7th
in Law

46

American Express

6th
in Banking

47

SAP

4th
in IT & Telecommunications

48

WTW

2nd
in Insurance

49

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

6th
in Accountancy & Finance

50

UBS

9th
in Investment Banking

51

The Walt Disney Company

2nd
in Advertising & Marketing

52

Arcadis

4th
in Engineering

53

Isio

3rd
in Professional Services

54

Expedia Group

1st
in Hospitality, Leisure, Travel, & Tourism

55

Lloyds Banking Group

7th
in Banking

56

Herbert Smith Freehills

8th
in Law

57

Wells Fargo

7th
in Accountancy & Finance

58

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

1st
in Science & Research

59

Matalan

4th
in Retail

60

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

9th
in Law

61

Pfizer

2nd
in Science & Research

62

MUFG

8th
in Banking

63

Barnett Waddingham LLP

4th
in Professional Services

64

abrdn

5th
in Professional Services

65

Accenture

6th
in Professional Services

66

GSK

3rd
in Science & Research

67

A&O Shearman

10th
in Law

68

GE Aerospace

5th
in Engineering

69

Forvis Mazars

8th
in Accountancy & Finance

70

Intel Corporation

5th
in IT & Telecommunications

71

KPMG

9th
in Accountancy & Finance

72

Visa

7th
in Professional Services

73

Cisco

6th
in IT & Telecommunications

74

Honda Motor Europe

2nd
in Manufacturing

75

Johnson & Johnson

4th
in Science & Research

76

Mobilize Financial Services

10th
in Accountancy & Finance

77

Fidelity International

8th
in Professional Services

78

Hilton

2nd
in Hospitality, Leisure, Travel, & Tourism

79

RSM

11th
in Accountancy & Finance

80

RPC

11th
in Law

81

AstraZeneca

5th
in Science & Research

82

Teach First

1st
in Government / Not for Profit

83

TikTok

7th
in IT & Telecommunications

84

Aldi

5th
in Retail

85

Lane Clark & Peacock

9th
in Professional Services

86

Fieldfisher LLP

12th
in Law

87

JLR

6th
in Engineering

88

Evelyn Partners

12th
in Accountancy & Finance

89

Shoosmiths

13th
in Law

90

Shell

2nd
in Energy

91

Simmons & Simmons LLP

14th
in Law

92

Stephenson Harwood

15th
in Law

93

Buro Happold

7th
in Engineering

94

Baker McKenzie

16th
in Law

95

Cancer Research UK

1st
in Charity

96

Primark

6th
in Retail

97

Samsung Electronics

8th
in IT & Telecommunications

98

Clyde & Co LLP

17th
in Law

99

BAE Systems

8th
in Engineering

100

PepsiCo

2nd
in FMCG