Degree & Higher Apprenticeships: 2025 employer list – with frequent ongoing updates

Last updated on 19/1/2025 – FOR A MORE UP-TO-DATE LIST PLEASE NOW GO TO MY 26TH JANUARY 2025 EDITION WHICH CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://alanbullockcareers.com/2025/01/26/degree-higher-apprenticeships-my-latest-2025-employer-list-26th-january-edition-with-ongoing-updates/

Since 1st September 2024 the following employers have opened their application windows for degree, professional or higher apprenticeship positions that commence in (or around) September 2025 and that are relevant to school and college leavers in England and Wales at 18+. The list includes everything I’ve picked up on my radar so far at Levels 4, 5, 6 or 7, plus a provisional list of some other employers to look out for.

Closing dates for some of these positions have already been reached, but many are still open. Some of these say they will close when enough applications have been received, but most give a specific closing date. Once employers have closed for applications, I still keep them on the list because my objective has been to create an overview of annual school/college-leaver recruiters broken down broadly by occupational area.

It’s important to emphasise that some of the listed employers only offer one vacancy in one location, while some have multiple vacancies in one location, some have one vacancy in multiple locations and some have multiple vacancies in multiple locations. Meanwhile, the legal sector has a somewhat distinctive pattern of its own, with many of the law firms on my list only offering one or two vacancies at one or two locations, although some of the larger firms may offer three to five vacancies or occasionally a few more. Also, most of the Solicitor degree apprenticeships on the Law list are restricted just to London and/or a few other large towns or cities.

Here’s the full list as it currently stands (last updated at 18.15 on 19/1/2025):

Accountancy / Audit / Tax / Professional Services: Azets, BAE Systems, BDO, Beazley, Blick Rothenberg, BMW Group, Cooper Parry, Crowe, Deloitte, E.ON, EY, Fortus North, Forvis Mazars, Grant Thornton, Hazlewoods, James Cowper Kreston, JP Morgan, KPMG, Lloyds Banking Group, MBDA, Menzies, Mercer & Hole, MHA, Moore Kingston Smith, Morrisons Supermarkets, PEM, PM+M, PwC, Rawlinson & Hunter, Rolls-Royce, RSM, RPG, Saffery, Tarmac, TUI, UBS, Unilever, Westcotts, Zenopa
Actuarial Technician: Lloyds Banking Group, WTW
Air Traffic Control: RAF
Air Transport Operations: Army
Arboriculturist: WSP
Architectural Assistant / Design & Build Technician: Arcadis, Arup, AtkinsRealis, Laing O‘Rourke, PlanBEE, Tilbury Douglas, Wessex Water
Banking / Investment / Financial Services: AJ Bell, Aon, Bank of America, Bank of England, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered, UBS
Broadcast & Post-Production Operations/Engineering: BBC, Sky
Building Services Engineering / Construction Management: Arcadis, Arup, AtkinsRealis, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Balfour Beatty, BAM Construct, Bryden Wood, Higgins Group, Laing O‘Rourke, Mace, Morgan Sindall, Mott MacDonald, Mulholland Building Services, Ridge & Partners, Russell WBHO, Stepnell, Tarmac, Tetra Tech, Tilbury Douglas, UKRI Science & Technology Facilities Council, Wates/SES, Whitecode Consulting, WSP
Business Analyst: Bank of England, CGI, DHL, FSP, GKN Aerospace, Thales, Virgin Media O2
Business Management / Operations Management: Airbus, Amazon, Babcock International, BBC, BMW Group, BP, BT Group, British Airways, Capgemini, Constellation Automotive Group, DHL, JCB, JLES Group, Laing O‘Rourke, Leonardo, Lloyd’s of London, MBDA, Morrisons Supermarkets, Procter & Gamble, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Tarmac, Teledyne, Thales, Unilever, Visa, Zenopa
Buying & Merchandising (Retail): Dunelm, Marks & Spencer
Chartered Building Surveyor: Arcadis, AtkinsRealis, Gateley Smithers Purslow, Ridge & Partners
Chartered Quantity Surveyor / QS Technician: AG Surveying, Arcadis, AtkinsRealis, Balfour Beatty, BAM Construct, BAM Nuttall, CBRE, EDF Energy, Hanson Quarry Products, Laing O‘Rourke, MAG-7, Milestone Infrastructure, Monaghans, Morgan Sindall, Mott MacDonald, National Grid, Ridge & Partners, Russell WBHO, Scottish Power, Stantec, Stepnell, Tarmac, Tetra Tech, Tilbury Douglas, Wates/SES
Chartered Rural Surveyor: FGP
Chartered Surveyor (Project Management / Real Estate / Land / General Practice): Arcadis, AtkinsRealis, Balfour Beatty, CBRE, Jacobs, Mace, Mott MacDonald, National Grid, Savills
Chemical Engineering: GSK, Unilever
Civil Engineering: Arcadis, Arup, AtkinsRealis, Balfour Beatty, BAM Nuttall, EDF Energy, Gateley Smithers Purslow, GCA, Jacobs, Laing O’Rourke, Lark Cooper, Milestone Infrastructure, Mott MacDonald, Nuttall Bowser, Paul Basham Associates, Ridge & Partners, Severn Trent, Stantec, Swann Engineering Group, Tetra Tech, Tilbury Douglas, Waterman Infrastructure & Environment, Wessex Water, West Sussex CC, WSP
Clinical Trials Specialist: GSK, Pfizer
Consulting / Business Improvement: Accenture, Arcadis, CBRE, Deloitte, EY, PwC, RSM, WTW
Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability: Arup, Balfour Beatty, Laing O‘Rourke, Pfizer, Stellantis, Wates/SES
Creative Digital Design: Ideagen, UKRI Science & Technology Facilities Council, Unilever
Cyber Security: Amazon, Babcock International, BAE Systems, BT Group, CGI, Defence Equipment & Support, DHL, EDF Energy, Leonardo, Mercedes-AMG, Microsoft, National Grid, Thales, UKRI Science & Technology Facilities Council, Unilever, Vodafone
Data Analytics / Data Science: Accenture, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Balfour Beatty, Bank of England, BBC, BMW Group, BP, British Airways, DHL, Dunelm, E.ON, GSK, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley, National Grid, Nestlé, Pfizer, Tarmac, Thales, Unilever, Virgin Media O2, Vodafone, WTW
Data Protection: DHL
Digital Technology, Software/Network Engineering, IT Consultancy, DevOps: Accenture, Airbus, Amazon, Army, Arup, AtkinsRealis, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Bank of America, Bank of England, Barclays, Beazley, BMW Group, BP, BT Group, CACI, Capgemini, Capula, CGI, Compliance 365, Cranswick Country Foods, Defence Equipment & Support, Deutsche Bank, DHL, Dyson Institute (sponsored degree), Edwards, E.ON, Experian, EY, FSP, Goldman Sachs, Grant Thornton, ITI, JP Morgan, Leonardo, Leyland Trucks, MBDA, Mercedes-AMG, Microsoft, MI5 & MI6, Morgan Stanley, Radapex, Royal & Sun Alliance, Rolls-Royce, Sellafield, Siemens, Sky, Smith Institute, Tarmac, UBS, UKRI Science & Technology Facilities Council, Unilever, Vodafone, Wessex Water, WTW, Yunex Traffic
Economics (Professional Economist): Arup, Bank of England, Government Economic Service
Engineering (Aero/Auto/Control/Elec/Electromech/Manuf/Mech/NDT): Airbus, Amazon, ASMPT, AstraZeneca, AtkinsRealis, Atlas Elektronik, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Balfour Beatty, BMW Group, BP, Capula, Caterpillar, Collins Aerospace, Cummins, Defence Equipment & Support, Dyson Institute (sponsored degree), E.ON, Fortescue Zero, GE Aerospace, GKN Aerospace, GSK, Honeywell Aerospace, ITI, JCB, Kohler Mira, Leonardo, Leyland Trucks, MBDA, Mercedes-AMG, Morgan Sindall, MRN Engineering, National Crime Agency, National Grid, NESO, Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (BMW Group), Siemens, SPS Technologies, Stantec, Stellantis, Syspal, Teledyne, Thales, Tilbury Douglas, Tribosonics, Turbine Surface Technologies, Warburtons, Warwick Manufacturing Group, WSP
Environmental Practitioner: Arcadis, AtkinsRealis, Balfour Beatty, CBRE, Cranswick Country Foods, Mace, Mott MacDonald, Tetra Tech
Facilities/Safety Management: Airbus, Atomic Weapons Establishment, BAE Systems, Balfour Beatty, BMW Group, CBRE
Fire Safety Engineering: Arup, Balfour Beatty, Design Fire Consultants, OFR Consultants, WSP
Food Technology & Production / Brewing / Dairy Technology: Cranswick Country Foods, Molson Coors, Morrisons Supermarkets, Muller, Unilever
Forestry: Savills
Geoscientist: AtkinsRealis
HR / People Professional: Amazon, BAE Systems, Balfour Beatty, BP, CBRE, EDF Energy, Lloyds Banking Group, Lloyd’s of London, National Grid, Vodafone
Insurance: Aon, Beazley, Lloyd’s of London, WTW
Intelligence Analyst: Army, RAF, Royal Navy
Journalism: BBC
Laboratory / Process Scientist: AstraZeneca, Atomic Weapons Establishment, EDF Energy, Eisai Manufacturing, GSK, Lubrizol, Pfizer, Qiagen, Severn Trent, Tronox Pigment, Unilever, Wessex Water
Law (Solicitor/Paralegal): Addleshaw Goddard, A&O Shearman, Ashurst, Attwells, Bates Wells, Bird & Bird, Bristows, Broadfield, Burges Salmon, Charles Russell Speechlys, Clyde & Co, Cripps, Deloitte, Dentons, DLA Piper, DWF Law, Ellisons, Eversheds Sutherland, Farrer & Co, Forsters, Fox Williams, Freeths, Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills, HFW, Hogan Lovells, Howells Percival, Kennedys, Kew Law, Linklaters, Mayer Brown, Michelmores, Mills & Reeve, Mishcon de Reya, Norton Rose Fulbright, Pinsent Masons, RPC, Shoosmiths, Simmons & Simmons, Slaughter and May, Stephenson Harwood, TLT, Travers Smith, Trowers & Hamlins, VWV, Watson Farley & Williams, Wedlake Bell, Weightmans, Weil, White & Case
Marketing / Digital Marketing: CBRE, Collins Aerospace, Delivered Social, E.ON, Leonardo, Microsoft, Nestlé, Pfizer, Rhotic Media, Unilever
Market Research: Markel International, UKRI Science & Technology Facilities Council
Materials Scientist: Ibstock
Medical Doctor: East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT)
Mineral Products Technician / Quarry Management: Hanson Quarry Products, Heidelberg Materials, Ibstock, Tarmac
Nuclear Engineering: Actemium Design, AtkinsRealis, Atomic Weapons Establishment, BAE Systems, EDF Energy, National Nuclear Laboratory, Rolls-Royce, Sellafield
Ordnance Munitions & Explosives (OME): Army, BAE Systems
Packaging Professional: AstraZeneca, Kite Packaging, Unilever
Police Constable (PCDA): Various police forces in England & Wales recruit PCDAs at various times – check specific police forces for details
Project Management / Project Control: Airbus, Amazon, Arcadis, Arup, AstraZeneca, AtkinsRealis, Atlas Elektronik, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Balfour Beatty, BBC, BP, DHL, DLA Piper, E.ON, Fignum, GKN Aerospace, Jacobs, KBS Maritime, Kohler Mira, Leonardo, Mace, MOD Submarine Delivery Agency, Morgan Sindall, National Grid, Pfizer, Ridge & Partners, Rolls-Royce, Sellafield, Severn Trent, Tetra Tech, Thales, Unilever, Virgin Media O2, Wessex Water, WSP
Quality Practitioner: Atomic Weapons Establishment, Babcock International, Balfour Beatty, BEL Valves, Collins Aerospace, EDF Energy, Edwards, Mace, Pfizer
Rail & Rail Systems Engineering: Arcadis, Arup, Govia Thameslink, Mott MacDonald, Siemens, WSP
Regulatory Compliance & Risk: Barclays, Deloitte, EY
Retail Management: Asda, Dunelm, Marks & Spencer
Sales Executive / Sales Professional: Amazon, BAE Systems, Cisco, Coca Cola Europacific Partners, Leonardo, Microsoft, Molson Coors, Rhotic Media, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Unilever
Social Researcher: Government Social Research
Space Systems Engineering: Airbus, Babcock International
Supply Chain / Logistics / Commercial Buying & Procurement: Airbus, Amazon, AstraZeneca, Babcock International, BAE Systems, BMW Group, Coca Cola Europacific Partners, Cranswick Country Foods, DHL, GE Aerospace, GSK, Laing O‘Rourke, Leyland Trucks, Morrisons Supermarkets, National Grid, Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (BMW Group), Siemens, Stellantis
Town Planning: Arup, Savills
Transport Planning: Arcadis, Milestone Infrastructure
TV/Radio Production Coordinator: BBC
UX Design: AJ Bell, BBC

Other employers I’m looking out for in the next few weeks include: Ford, IBM, Jaguar Land Rover, Kier, L’Oreal, NatWest Group, Schneider Electric, Transport for London, Troup Bywaters Anders, plus a few more law firms including Irwin Mitchell (from 27/1/25) and Blake Morgan (from 1/2/25).

One more factor that’s important to add here is that some 6th form and college students who do progress to apprenticeships at 18+ will start on a Level 3 programme rather than moving directly on to Level 4 or above. In fact it’s not unusual to find Level 3 apprenticeships that require a minimum of 2 A Levels or equivalent entry qualifications. So in that respect, the range of options available at 18+ is wider than my listings might suggest, and even more so when you take into account that many other employers recruit apprentices as and when vacancies arise, rather than having an annual programme that starts in or around September. Having said that, competition for places on degree or higher apprenticeships can be very intense, especially in the more popular occupations.

Another significant observation I’ve made whilst tracking degree and higher apprenticeships during the past five years is that NHS and other healthcare roles have become increasingly prominent, thanks especially to the NHS Jobs website. However, the majority of NHS vacancies are advertised as and when required and many of them are also best suited to applicants who have at least a few months’ experience, although very occasionally school/college leavers are actually mentioned in the person spec. This helps to explain why NHS roles are not well-represented in my 2025 listings above.

If you’d like to see more detailed data on the range of occupations available at Levels 4 to 7, especially how they compare in terms of volume and how they’re spread geographically, take a look at the cumulative occupational and regional data in my final “Degree & Higher Apprenticeships Overview (Week 256)” blogpost, which you’ll find here: https://alanbullockcareers.com/2024/12/02/week-256-degree-higher-apprenticeships-overview-and-latest-2025-employer-list/

My featured image is a photo I took in Sheffield last October, when I enjoyed looking at how some of the city’s infrastructure has changed since I was last there in the 1970s!

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