Calendar year 2023

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: 27 June 2024
• Last updated: 8 May 2025

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• Employment rates by graduate type

  National

  Employment, high-skilled employment, inactivity and unemployment rates by graduate type (postgraduates, graduates and non-graduates) from 2007-2023.

  • Number of rows: 102
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate
    • High-Skilled Employment Rate
    • Inactivity Rate
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2023

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• Graduate breakdowns by employment rates

  National

  Employment rates for graduates only in 2023 by gender, ethnicity, disability, and class of degree.

  • Number of rows: 12
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate
    • High-Skilled Employment Rate
    • Inactivity Rate
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Breakdown
    • Graduate Characteristic
  • Time period: 2023

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• Skilled employment rates by graduate type

  National

  Working age high-skilled and medium/low-skilled employment rates by graduate type (postgraduates, graduates and non-graduates) in 2023.

  • Number of rows: 3
  • Indicators:
    • High-Skilled Employment Rate
    • Medium/Low-Skilled Employment Rate
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2023

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• Graduate salary breakdowns

  National

  Graduate nominal salaries for those of working age and the young population by gender and industry in 2023.

  • Number of rows: 58
  • Indicators:
    • Median Salary to the nearest (£500)
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Graduate Age Group
    • Industry
  • Time period: 2023

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• Yearly salaries by graduate type and gender

  National

  Annual nominal and real salaries for the working age and young populations by graduate type (postgraduates, graduates and non-graduates) and gender in 2007-2023.

  • Number of rows: 306
  • Indicators:
    • 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 2023

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• Part time employment by age group and graduate type

  National

  Proportion of workers in part-time employment by graduate type (postgraduates, graduates and non-graduates) and detailed age band in 2007-2023.

  • Number of rows: 408
  • Indicators:
    • Proportion of Part Time Workers
  • Filters:
    • Graduate Type
    • Part-Time Breakdown
    • Part-Time Characteristic
  • Time period: 2007 to 2023

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• Part time employment by graduate type

  National

  Proportion of workers in part-time employment by graduate type (postgraduates, graduates and non-graduates) in 2007-2023.

  • Number of rows: 102
  • Indicators:
    • Proportion of Part-Time Workers
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2007 to 2023

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• Employment rates yearly change

  National

  Employment, high-skilled employment, unemployment and inactivity rates by graduate type (postgraduates, graduates and non-graduates) in 2022 and 2023.

  • Number of rows: 12
  • Indicators:
    • Employment Rate
    • Employment Rate pp change
    • High-Skilled Employment Rate
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2022 to 2023

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• Skilled employment by graduate type and age band 2023

  National

  Type of employment (high-skilled and medium/low-skilled) by graduate type (postgraduates, graduates and non-graduates) and population group (working age and young) in 2023.

  • Number of rows: 6
  • Indicators:
    • High-Skilled Employment Rate
    • Medium/Low-Skilled Employment Rate
  • Filters:
    • Age range
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2023

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• Type of employment, working age and young population, 2023

  National

  Type of employment (high-skilled and medium/low-skilled) by graduate type (postgraduates, graduates and non-graduates) and population group (working age and young) in 2023.

  • Number of rows: 6
  • Indicators:
    • High-Skilled Employment Rate
    • Medium/Low-Skilled Employment Rate
  • Filters:
    • Age range
    • Graduate Type
  • Time period: 2023

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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 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 in England. 

This release explores:

• Employment and earnings outcomes of graduates by their specific characteristics of gender, age group, ethnicity, disability status and 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

• ‘c’ indicates that suppression has been applied to rates because of small sample sizes.
• ‘z’ indicates that there were no sample units in that sub category
• 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 2023, a reweighting was applied to the LFS, with 2023 (PWT23) population weights applied to quarterly data since Q3 2022, superseding the previous PWT22 population weights.

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