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.
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Coverage
The GLMS 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, subject, sector, occupation and region,
employment and earnings 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.
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File formats and conventions
Format
Files are Comma Separated Value (CSV)
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 2018 a new weighting variable was introduced, PWT18, to LFS datasets from July - September 2011 onwards.
LFS responses are weighted to official 2018-based population projections on demographic trends that pre-date the coronavirus pandemic. Rates published from the LFS remain robust; however, levels and changes in levels should be used with caution. This will particularly affect estimates for ethnicity, and disability.
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Data files
All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.
Graduate Employment Rates and Salaries by age group
Filename
gradbreak_agegroup_2020.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2020
Content
Employment rates and salaries in 2020.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
Employment_rate
Employment Rate
graduate_breakdown
Graduate Breakdown - Select the Graduate breakdown you are interested in
Graduate Employment Rates by different demographics
Filename
gradbreak_employ_demographics_2020.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2020
Content
Employment rates by different demographics
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
Employment_rate
Employment Rate
graduate_breakdown
Graduate Breakdown - Select the Graduate breakdown you are interested in
graduate_group
Graduate Group - Select the Graduate group you are interested in
High_skill_emp_rate
High-skilled Employment Rate
Inactivity_rate
Inactivity Rate
Unemployment_rate
Unemployment Rate
Footnotes
Disability status – Disabled/ Not Disabled. This breakdown is based on the legal definition found in the Equality Act (2010) which defines a disability as “a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities”.
Where no figure is shown, the data has been suppressed due to sample size.
The graduate group does not included postgraduates.