Department for Education

Calendar year 2022

Graduate labour market statistics

Official statistics on labour market outcomes such as salaries and employment rates, for graduates, non-graduates and postgraduates.

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• Published: 29 June 2023

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• Graduate Employment Rates by Demographics

  National

  <p>Graduate employment rates by different demographics in 2022 . (By gender, age group, ethnicity, disability status, degree class, subject group, and region)</p>

  • Number of rows: 48
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate
    • Employment Rate Accuracy
    • HSE Rate Accuracy
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Breakdown
    • Graduate Group
  • Time period: 2022

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• Time Series for Employment Rates by Graduate Type

  National

  <p>Employment rates 2007-2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 96
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate
    • Employment Rate Accuracy
    • HSE Rate Accuracy
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2022

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• Time Series for Salaries by Gender and Graduate Type

  National

  <p>Median nominal and real salaries by different demographics time series 2007 - 2022</p><p>(By gender, age group, and graduate type)</p>

  • Number of rows: 288
  • Indicators:
    • Accuracy Flag
    • Median Salary to the nearest £500
    • Median Salary to the nearest £500 in real (2007) terms
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Gender
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2022

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• Graduate Employment Rates and Salaries by Age Group

  National

  <p>Graduate employment rates and salaries in 2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 4
  • Indicators:
    • Accuracy Flag
    • Employment Rate
    • Employment Rate Accuracy
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Breakdown
  • Time period: 2022

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• Graduate Salaries by Demographics

  National

  <p>Graduate median nominal salaries by different demographics in 2022</p><p>(By gender, age group, ethnicity, disability status, degree class, subject group, industry, occupation and region)</p>

  • Number of rows: 119
  • Indicators:
    • Accuracy Flag
    • Median Salary to the nearest (£500)
    • Sample Size
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Age Group
    • Graduate Breakdown
  • Time period: 2022

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• Time Series for Part-Time Employment

  National

  <p>Part-time employment time series 2007 - 2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 224
  • Indicators:
    • Proportion Of Part Time Workers
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Breakdown
    • Graduate Characteristic
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2022

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• Graduate Employment Rates by Degree Class

  National

  <p>Graduate employment rates by degree class in 2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 8
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate Accuracy
    • Graduate Employment Rate
    • Graduate High-Skilled Employment Rate
  • Filters:
    • Degree class
    • Graduate Age Group
  • Time period: 2022

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• Employment Rates by Disability Status

  National

  <p>Graduate employment rates by disability status in 2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 4
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate Accuracy
    • Graduate Employment Rate
    • Graduate High-Skilled Employment Rate
  • Filters:
    • Disability status
    • Graduate Age Group
  • Time period: 2022

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• Graduate Salaries by Industry

  National

  <p>Graduate nominal median salaries by industry and gender in 2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 36
  • Indicators:
    • Accuracy Flag
    • Median Salary for Graduates (to the nearest £500)
    • Sample Size
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Graduate Age Group
    • Industry
  • Time period: 2022

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• Headline Figures

  National

  <p>Headline figures</p>

  • Number of rows: 1
  • Indicators:
    • Graduate Employment Rate
    • Graduate High-Skilled Employment Rate
    • Median Salary Premium for Graduates over Non-graduates
  • Time period: 2022

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• Employment Rates by Ethnicity

  National

  <p>Graduate employment rates by ethnicity in 2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 8
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate Accuracy
    • Graduate Employment Rate
    • Graduate High-Skilled Employment Rate
  • Filters:
    • Ethnicity
    • Graduate Age Group
  • Time period: 2022

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• High, medium and low skilled employment

  National

  <p>High, medium and low skilled employment rate by graduate type time series 2007 -2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 96
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate
    • High-skilled Employment Rate
    • Inactivity Rate
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2022

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• Part time proportions gender

  National

  <p>Part-time employment time series 2007 - 2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 224
  • Indicators:
    • Proportion Of Part Time Workers
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Breakdown
    • Graduate Characteristic
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2022

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• Graduate Employment Rates by Gender

  National

  <p>Graduate employment rates by gender in 2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 4
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate Accuracy
    • Graduate Employment Rate
    • Graduate High-Skilled Employment Rate
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Graduate Age Group
  • Time period: 2022

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• Real Median Salaries

  National

  <p>Real (in 2007 terms) yearly salaries 2007-2022</p>

  • Number of rows: 288
  • Indicators:
    • Accuracy Flag
    • Median Salary to the nearest £500 in real (2007) terms
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Gender
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2022

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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

This document describes the underlying data files included in the graduate labour market statistics. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in new tab).

The publication methodology provides additional information on the generation and interpretation of figures and should be referenced together with the data. The methodology is available on the publication report. 

Coverage

The graduate labour market statistics publication reports on the labour market outcomes of graduates and postgraduates, and compares them with those of non-graduates. The statistics use the data collected via the Labour Force Survey (LFS) relating to individuals domiciled within England. 

This release explores:

• Employment and earnings outcomes of graduates by their specific characteristics of gender, age group, ethnicity, disability status, degree class. Further breakdowns are available in the data downloads. 
• Employment and earnings (nominal and real) outcomes of graduates, post graduates and non-graduates by their age group and gender.
• Proportion of graduates and non-graduates that work part time by their gender and age group.

File formats and conventions

• ‘:’ samples are unavailable or sizes small.
• Employment rates are rounded to one decimal place.
• Median salaries are rounded to the nearest £500.
• Labour Force Survey (LFS) datasets are routinely reweighted in line with population estimates. In 2022, a reweighting was applied to the LFS, with 2022 (PWT22) population weights applied to quarterly data since Q1 2020, superseding the previous PWT20 population weights

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