New research has revealed the top companies people want to work for right now.

The study by marketing training hub School of Marketing  analysed the top searches for jobs and careers on Google, to see which private sector companies Brits are keenest to work for currently.

Tesco came out as the most popular company, with the multinational supermarket seeing more than 362,000 job searches a month. There are, on average, 232,000 searches a month for 'Tesco jobs' and 130,000 a month for 'Tesco careers'.

Amazon takes second place, with more than 184,000 searches a month for 'Amazon jobs' and more than 12,000 monthly searches for 'Amazon careers', adding up to an average of 196,000 searches a month for Amazon opportunities from Brits.

Coming in third place, with more than 138,000 searches a month for openings, is Asda. This is thanks to more than 114,000 searches for 'Asda jobs' and 24,000 searches monthly for 'Asda careers'.

Sainsbury's comes in the fourth position on the list, with 111,000 monthly searches for 'Sainsbury's jobs' and 17,000 searches a month for 'Sainsbury's careers', totalling 128,000 searches a month.

Royal Mail comes in fifth place, as one of only three entries in the top 10 that aren't supermarkets. On average, there are 116,000 searches a month for 'Royal Mail jobs' and 11,000 searches for 'Royal Mail careers' adding up to a total of 127,000.

Morrisons is in sixth place, followed by Waitrose in seventh, Lidl in eighth and Aldi in ninth. The 10th most searched company is Primark.

Ritchie Mehta, CEO of School of Marketing, said: "It's clear where the interest in the private sector job market lies now, and it's in supermarkets. Additionally, some supermarkets are much more popular for job prospects than others.

"With major brands at the top of many people's minds when they begin a job search, smaller businesses need to work harder to find and attract skilled employees. One extremely effectively way to do that is to take advantage of initiatives such as the Apprenticeship Levy scheme to bring in new staff or train current ones, with the vast majority of the training cost covered by the levy."

The study was conducted by the School of Marketing, which offers digital and data marketing apprenticeships.