This year
Graduate application calendar
UK early-careers hiring is a rolling year, not one deadline. This is the typical pattern — schemes, spring weeks, internships, placements and apprenticeships. Always confirm on the employer’s page. Radar has what is actually live.
This month · September
Banking, consulting and many schemes open. Spring weeks start to appear.
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NowBanking, consulting and many schemes open. Spring weeks start to appear.
Typically
- Investment banking and markets
- Consulting
- Some Big 4 lines
- Spring weeks at banks
Named schemes with a window in this month
- Deloitte · Opens 28 Sep 2026 · more lines 5 Oct 2026
- European Commission
- Frontline
- Lloyds Banking Group · Opened 10 Sep 2026
- NHS Graduate Management
- Novo Nordisk
- PwC
- RSM
- Shell · Opened 15 Sep 2026
- Teach First · Opens mid-Sep 2026
- Airbus
- Aldi
- Amazon UK early careers
- Barclays
- BMW Group
- Bosch
October
Big 4, engineering and technology windows are live. Rolling offices start to fill.
Typically
- Audit, tax, consulting at Big 4
- Engineering and energy
- Civil Service Fast Stream
- Technology schemes
- FMCG early windows
Named schemes with a window in this month
- Civil Service Fast Stream · Expected October 2026
- Impact — local government · Opens Oct 2026
- Procter & Gamble · Expected Oct 2026
- Deloitte · Opens 28 Sep 2026 · more lines 5 Oct 2026
November
Public sector and remaining corporates. Assessment centres for early applicants.
Typically
- Remaining public schemes
- Retail and consumer
- Late banking internships
December
Quieter for new opens. Finish forms before the break — rolling seats do not wait.
Typically
- Leftover rolling offices
- Off-cycle and January starts
January
Second wave: remaining schemes, internships and some spring weeks.
Typically
- Internships
- Late schemes
- Public and charity
Named schemes with a window in this month
February
Internship and placement push. Spring-week conversion talk starts.
Typically
- Summer internships
- Placements
- Industrial years
March
Many internships close. Assessment centres peak.
Typically
- Internship final closes
- Off-cycle graduate jobs
April
Late internships and apprenticeship rounds. Offers for schemes made earlier.
Typically
- Apprenticeships
- Degree apprenticeships
- Late internships
May
Apprenticeship and school-leaver windows. Graduate schemes are mostly in assessment or offer.
Typically
- Apprenticeships
- School-leaver programmes
June
Summer internships start. Watch for off-cycle graduate jobs.
Typically
- Off-cycle jobs
- Remaining apprenticeships
July
Quiet for new schemes. Register interest for September opens.
Typically
- Talent communities
- Off-cycle
August
Early banking and some schemes go live. Rolling clocks start.
Typically
- Early banking
- Some consulting
- Register-interest lists
Pattern only. Rolling offices fill when they have enough people. Opening a listing here does not log Applied.