List of Public Sector & Government Employers

The following is a list of national, regional and local public sector & government employers who hire graduates. Many of them receive only a small number of graduate applications as they are less well known amongst candidates, although they are no less eligible to apply to.

National Public Sector & Government Services

• Audit Commission
• AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment)
• The Cabinet Office
• The Child Support Agency
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• CPS (Crown Prosecution Service)
• Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)
• Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF)
• DCLG (Department of Communities and Local Government)
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
• DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
• DIUS (Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills)
• DfT (Department for Transport)
• DSTI (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory)
• DWP (Department for Work and Pensions)
• Environment Agency
• Export Credits Guarantee Department
• The Financial Services Authority (FSA)
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• The Forestry Commission
• GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters)
• The Government Actuary's Department
• The Government Economic Service
• The Government Legal Service
• The Government Operational Research Service
• The Government Statistical Service
• The Graduate Procurement Service
• The Highways Agency
• HMGCC (Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre)
• HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
• HM Treasury
• The Home Office
• MI5 (Security Service)
• MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service)
• The Ministry of Defence
• MoJ (Ministry of Justice)
• National Audit Office
• NHS (National Health Service)
• Office for National Statistics
• Office of Government Commerce
• Teach First
• The Police
• The Treasury
• TSOL (Treasury Solicitor's Department)
• UKAEA (UK Atomic Energy Authority)

National Cross-Departmental Government Graduate Schemes (Graduate schemes for specific job roles that may lead to employment at one of several government departments)

• Financial Management Development Scheme (DWP, DfT, HO)

Regional Public Sector & Government Services

• Welsh Assembly Government
• Welsh Audit Office

Local Public Sector & Government Services

• Cambridge City Council
• Camden County Council
• Essex County Council
• GLA (Greater London Authority)
• Ipswich Borough Council
• Islington Council
• Kent County Council
• Rochdale County Council
• Surrey County Council
• Transport for London (TfL)
• Westminster Council

Local/Regional Cross-Organisational Government Graduate Schemes (Graduate schemes for specific job roles that may lead to employment at one of several regional organisations)

• London Treasurers' Graduate Finance Scheme (London boroughs)