The Guardian UK 300: top banking, insurance and financial services employers

…as voted for by students and graduates

The Guardian UK 300 is the largest and most comprehensive annual survey of student opinion on graduate careers and employers. The survey determines not only the most popular 300 graduate employers in the UK overall, but also the most popular graduate employers in a range of career sectors, including media and advertising.

The top graduate employers for banking, insurance and financial services are listed in the table below. This year, Barclays has moved from third place to first place, putting last year’s top two employers, HSBC Bank plc and The Bank of England, into second and third place. HM Revenue & Customs rose from sixth to fourth and Zurich Financial Services rose into the top ten in tenth place.

Students interested in banking, insurance and financial services:

• most commonly studied business/management or economics
• expected to earn almost £26,000
• had related work experience in just under half of cases (49%).*

*Statistics have been rounded.

In 2016, over 52,000 undergraduates took part in the trendence Graduate Barometer.

1

Barclays

Last year: 3

Financial services and insurance

up

2

HSBC

Last year: 1

Financial services and insurance

down

3

Bank of England

Last year: 2

Financial services and insurance

down

4

HM Revenue and Customs

Last year: 6

Public service, charity and social work

up

5

Bloomberg

Last year: 4

Financial services and insurance, IT and technology, Media, journalism and publishing

down

6

Lloyds Banking Group

Last year: 5

Accountancy and financial management, Financial services and insurance, Investment banking and investment

down

7

American Express

Last year: 7

Financial services and insurance

same

8

Santander

Last year: 9

Financial services and insurance

up

9

Lloyd's

Last year: 8

Financial services and insurance

down

10

Zurich

Last year: 12

Financial services and insurance

up

View related sector lists: Top accounting and financial management graduate employers and Top investment banking and investment graduate employers