Top graduate employers of 2015 revealed

This year’s most popular graduate employers have been revealed.

A record poll of 44,000 undergraduates from 120 universities, conducted by trendence, has revealed that for the first time Google is the most popular graduate employer – rising from third place last year.

The internet company was followed by GlaxoSmithKline, up two places, and Cancer Research UK, who made a giant leap in to third place from 44^th in 2014.

MI6 came fourth after rising eight places, while Rolls-Royce completed the top five after only just making the top ten last year.

The Top 20 are:

1. Google
2. GlaxoSmithKline
3. Cancer Research UK
4. MI6
5. Rolls-Royce
6. Jaguar Land Rover
7. Amazon
8. Microsoft
9. BP
10. Unilever
11. MI5
12. PwC
13. J. P. Morgan
14. AstraZeneca
15. Goldman Sachs
16. John Lewis Partnership
17. Deloitte
18. Civil Service Fast Stream
19. Airbus Group
20. Shell

The full list of the 300 most popular employers in the UK will be published in The Guardian UK300 later this year – a partnership between The Guardian and GTI Media.