Reporting year 2020

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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• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 10 June 2021
• Last updated: 23 September 2021

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• Time Series for Part-time working

  National

  Part-time time series 2007 - 2020

  • Number of rows: 197
  • Indicators:
    • Proportion Of Part Time Workers
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Breakdown
    • Graduate Characteristic
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2020

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• Graduate Employment Rates and Salaries by age group

  National

  Employment rates and salaries in 2020.

  • Number of rows: 5
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate
    • High-skilled Employment Rate
    • Inactivity Rate
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Breakdown
  • Time period: 2020

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• Graduate salaries by different demographics

  National

  Annual graduate salaries by gender, age group, ethnicity, disability status, degree class, subject, sector, occupation and region,

  • Number of rows: 95
  • Indicators:
    • Median Salary to the nearest (£500)
    • Sample Size
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Age Group
    • Graduate Breakdown
  • Time period: 2020

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• Graduate Employment Rates by different demographics

  National

   Employment rates by different demographics

  • Number of rows: 49
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate
    • High-skilled Employment Rate
    • Inactivity Rate
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Breakdown
    • Graduate Group
  • Time period: 2020

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• Time Series for quarterly Employment Rates

  National

  Quarterly employment rates 2007 - 2020

  • Number of rows: 337
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate
    • Employment Rate Lower Bound
    • Employment Rate Upper Bound
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Graduate Type
    • Quarter
  • Time period: 2007 to 2020

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• Headline Figures

  National

  Headline figures included in publication

  • Number of rows: 2
  • Indicators:
    • Graduate Employment Rate
    • Graduate High-skilled Employment Rate
    • Median Salary Premium for Graduates over Non-graduates
  • Time period: 2020

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• Time Series for salaries by gender and different graduate types

  National

  Graduate salaries by demographics 2007 - 2020

  • Number of rows: 253
  • Indicators:
    • Median Salary to the nearest £500
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Gender
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2020

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• Time Series for Employment Rates for different graduate types

  National

  Employment rates 2007 - 2020

  • Number of rows: 85
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate
    • High-skilled Employment Rate
    • Inactivity Rate
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2020

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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. 

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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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