17 consulting firms listed in Prosple’s top 100 graduate employers in Australia
What are Australia’s top employers for graduates seeking to kickstart their career in management and technology consulting? According to Prosple’s latest list of the country’s top graduate employers, Capgemini is once again the place to be, followed by Oliver Wyman, DXC Technology, Kearney and Nous Group – with the Big Four notably down on last year.
A perennial high-performer in the human resources space, Capgemini edged out Canva, Rio Tinto, and NAB to claim the number one spot, with Oliver Wyman achieving ninth place as the only other consulting firm to make the top 10 of the 2025 list.
To arrive at its annual list, Prosple takes into account both the popularity of potential employers as to page views and student application numbers as well as actual program quality, via graduate employee surveys covering a dozen metrics.
Capgemini
Regardless of the methodology, Capgemini has consistently come out on top in recent times in similar rankings, receiving numerous accolades from GradAustralia, the Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE), and other such organisations over the past two years, with former CEO Kaylene O'Brien also previously named as HR Australia’s ‘champion of the year’.
“Being recognised for the second year as the top employer for early careers is such an achievement, one that reflects our ongoing commitment to attracting, developing, and empowering emerging talent,” said current CEO Zhiwei Jiang. “A huge thanks to our teams who create an environment where young talent can thrive, and to our graduates who bring fresh ideas, energy, and innovation.”
Oliver Wyman
Meanwhile, management consultancy Oliver Wyman – which last year grew its global revenues to $3.4 billion but is a relative newcomer to the Australian market – has maintained its top ten ranking from 2024 after building up its local practice in recent months, while Big Four firms Deloitte, PwC and KPMG have all dramatically slipped outside of Prosple’s top dozen firms twelve months on.
Consulting firms
Naturally, Oliver Wyman also landed in second spot behind Capgemini in Prosple’s management consulting sub-category, with Kearney, Nous Group, and Visagio also rating, alongside lesser-known Adelaide-based advisory Escient. Kearney and Nous Group also featured among Australia’s top 25 most attractive employers overall, with William Buck claiming the last spot in the upper quartile.
The national firm also led the accounting & advisory category, with Ernst & Young (33rd overall), Deloitte (35th), McGrathNicol (37th) and FTI Consulting (41st) rounding out the top five. Other to have made this list are Grant Thornton, SW, BDO, PwC and RSM. Categorised as a technology firm, DXC Technology was ranked in 14th spot overall.
Probably the biggest story in the latest Prosple rankings however was the decline in appeal among the Big Four, likely due to the government clamp-down on consultancy and well-publicised misdemeanours of PwC. The firm has plummeted from 7th to 74th in just twelve months, but also seems to have dragged down its local brethren, with KPMG for example falling from 11th to entirely off the list.
For those contemplating to base their next move on the list, note that the Prosple assessment excludes companies that are not active on the career platform, such as McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company and Synergy Group. According to ConsultancyAU’s latest industry assessment, the nation counts over 300 leading consulting firms, most of whom offer opportunities for graduate talent.
