Top Manufacturing & Industrial Employers in United Kingdom 2026

Last updated

October 2026

Companies

117

The PerceptionX Employer Visibility Index ranks 117 Manufacturing & Industrial employers in United Kingdom by how often they appear in AI assistants' answers — ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Perplexity — when candidates ask where they should work and why. Data period: October 2026. Read the methodology.

RankCompanyEVI
1Rolls-Royce74.4
2BAE Systems69.23JLR53.84Siemens48.75Unilever35.96GSK23.17Airbus17.98AstraZeneca15.49GKN15.410Schneider Electric15.411Smiths Group15.412Bosch12.8
13Hitachi12.8
14JCB12.815National Grid12.816Nestlé12.817Nissan12.8
18ABB10.3
19British Sugar10.320Dyson10.321McLaren10.3
22Smurfit Kappa10.3
23Tata Motors10.324BP7.725Collins Aerospace7.726GE Aerospace7.727Honeywell7.728Spirit AeroSystems7.729Toyota7.7303M5.131Alstom5.132Aston Martin5.133Babcock5.134Caterpillar5.135Croda5.1
36Diageo5.1
37DS Smith5.138James Dyson5.139Meggitt5.140Melrose Industries5.141Metso5.142Pfizer5.1
43Pirelli5.1
44Procter & Gamble5.1
45Seagate Technology5.1
46Acushnet2.647AMEC2.6
48ArcelorMittal2.6
49ARM2.650AtkinsRéalis2.651Balfour Beatty2.652Barratt Developments2.653BASF2.654BMW2.655Bombardier2.656BT2.6
57Cadence2.6
58Cimbali2.6
59CNH Industrial2.6
60Coca-Cola2.661Cummins2.662Dow2.663EDF2.664ExxonMobil2.665Flex2.6
66Fluor2.6
67Foster + Partners2.6
68Futaba Manufacturing2.669GE Vernova2.670HubSpot2.671Hyundai2.672Jabil2.6
73John Crane2.6
74Lear2.6
75Leonardo2.6
76Magna International2.677MBDA2.678Medtronic2.679MINI2.680Mitie2.6
81Mitsubishi Electric2.6
82Mondelez2.683Monzo2.684Morgan Sindall2.685Mott MacDonald2.686Müller UK & Ireland2.687Network Rail2.688Outotec2.689Philips2.690Princes Food2.691Reckitt2.692Renishaw2.693Rwe/Thyssenkrupp Uk2.6
94SABIC2.6
95Safran2.696Schaeffler2.697Serco2.698Shell2.699Shopify2.6
100Siemens Gamesa2.6

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Machine-readable data: https://employers.perceptionx.ai/api/rankings/manufacturing-and-industrial/gb · API docs · All industries