The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers
The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers celebrates the UK’s outstanding apprenticeship employers, from a wide range of industries and business sectors. The annual rankings recognise businesses that do the most to provide successful programmes for their apprentices, highlighting a clear commitment to creating new opportunities, driving diversity, and ensuring high completion rates.
Key Dates
- Entries Open
- Entries will open soon
Award Overview
Celebrating the nation's most-successful apprenticeship employers
The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers identifies the organisations that are truly building the future. Celebrating employers that recruit, develop, and retain, these rankings recognise companies setting the standard for what it means to be a leader in skills and training.
This is your opportunity to step forward. Enter The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers and let your organisation take its place among the very best.
Benefits of Participation
Inclusion in The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers delivers both a nationally recognised badge of quality and a vital edge in attracting top talent.
Brand Credibility
Back up your reputation with a nationally recognised mark of excellence from the UK’s leading authority on employment.
Marketing Opportunities
Enhance your recruitment campaigns and employer branding by licensing the exclusive The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers logo.
Increased Visibility
Showcase your organisation to a national audience through the UK's best-read newspapers for education and employment.
Consumer Trust
Show your clients and customers that you are an organisation built on integrity and a genuine investment in people.
Award Categories
The rankings highlight excellence across a wide spectrum of professional areas, including:
- Construction & Engineering
- Banking & Financial Services
- Digital, Technology & Media
- Public Sector & Emergency Services
- Retail, Hospitality & Travel
How to Enter
To enter The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers:
- Check eligibility: You must be a UK-based employer with at least 100 employees and a minimum of 10 active apprentices (in England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland).
- Register your entry: Visit the official Top 100 website to register your interest; you will be notified when the online entry form goes live.
- Submit your data: Provide data on four key metrics: total current apprentices, new starts in the last 12 months, diversity of intake, and successful completion rates.
- Verification: Researchers will contact you for a mandatory telephone or email check to verify your figures against your workforce size.
- Outcome: Verified entries are weighted and ranked in the Top 100 or Top 50 SME list; all entrants receive a benchmarking feedback report and winners gain logo licensing options.
Request access to this award
Congratulations on being listed in The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers.
To celebrate and maximise your success, we are delighted to offer a special marketing package which consists of the official awards logo.
Please complete the form to request access to logo licence options. Your request will be reviewed by our team and if approved, you will receive a notification with access details via email. If you do not receive a notification within 24 hours, please call us on 020 7711 7888.