近日，英国权威研究机构High Fliers发布了《2024年英国毕业生就业市场报告》(The Graduate Market in 2024)
The report examines the latest changes in graduate starting salaries and industry roles at 100 of the UK's most well-known and successful employers, as well as 20 UK universities that these employers would prioritise when hiring!
High Fliers
High Fliers is an independent market research company that specializes in student research. Over the past three decades, it has worked with more than 200 leading employers to measure the impact of college graduate recruitment activities and help them understand their position in the graduate job market.
The company is best known for the UK Graduate Employment Survey, which is commissioned and funded annually by 60 domestic and international employers and conducts a comprehensive annual study of 15,000 graduates from 30 TOP universities.
In addition, High Fliers Research has also worked with the UK Department for Education, which is second to none in its expertise and authority.
Graduate starting salary
The report notes that among the salaries offered by the UK's top employers, the median starting salary of graduates in 2024 has risen, with salaries rising by 13.3% to £34,000 since 2021. But this report does not seem to consider the impact of inflation on the purchasing power of money from 2009 to 2024.
Note: The starting salary does not include travel allowance, Medicaid, statutory redundancy pay, relocation allowance, transportation allowance or bonus, etc.
According to the report, the top five industries with the highest demand for graduates are accounting and professional services firms, public sector, technology companies, industrial engineering, and investment banking.
Among them, the field of industrial engineering increased the most, with an increase of 8.2% compared to 2022, an increase of 218 jobs.
While there has been a surge in applications from employers this year and the number of jobs placed in individual sectors has increased, overall, the number of vacancies for senior employers in the UK has been on a downward trend in 2023, down 6.4% from the previous year.
Despite the downward trend in the number of jobs released in some sectors, the UK remains one of the world economic leaders. There are still a wide range of career opportunities for students to choose from:
Many universities in the UK offer "sandwich courses" at the undergraduate level, with 6-12 months of paid internships during the university period. Some universities in the UK provide post-graduation internships for master's students, ranging from 3 to 12 months.
After the resumption of the UK Graduate Employment Visa in 2021, international Bachelor's and Master's graduates are entitled to a 2-year internship employment visa, and international PhD graduates are entitled to a 3-year internship employment visa.
Moreover, every university in the UK has a career guidance center, which can help students with job recommendation, resume revision, interview coaching, etc., so that students can be more competitive in the job market.
Ranking of the most popular universities by employers
Currently, the top five universities in the UK are the University of Birmingham, the University of Manchester, the University of Nottingham, the University of Leeds and the University of Bristol.
The other top 10 are: University of Warwick, University College London, University of Southampton, Durham University and University of Exeter. Oxbridge both fell out of the top 10.
University of Birmingham
Back in The Graduate Market in 2021, the University of Birmingham was ranked as the most favoured university by UK employers. Birmingham's School of Engineering and Physical Sciences is at the forefront of the field and is committed to education, research and the dissemination of knowledge. Chemical engineering is ranked in the top 5 in the UK.
University of Manchesterton
The University of Manchester is known for its rigorous teaching and liberal academic ethos, and has a tradition of innovation as the guiding ideology of teaching and academic research. The University's reputation in the fields of business, computing, engineering and other fields is remarkable. Manchester Business School's "Manchester Project Method" is as famous as Harvard Business School's "Case Method" in world management.
University of Nottingham
Nottingham University Business School is accredited by AACSB, AMBA AND EQUIS as the "Triple Crown" accreditation for less than 1% of business schools worldwide, an accolade that employers and universities alike consider to be a sign of high standards, quality and prestige. Huiying studied in the top 5 for research in pharmacy and health sciences, area studies and economics, and ranked first in the UK for research in public health and primary care, third in engineering, and nine other subject areas were ranked in the top 10.