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What do graduates do - East of England (Spring 08)
This region is experiencing a significant increase in population, particularly from workers moving from London and the South East, which is expected to continue well into the 21st century. Important local industries include science research and development, leisure and tourism, finance, transport and communications, health and manufacturing.
6.3% of graduates from 2005/6 who were known to be in employment six months after graduating were working in the East of England. The region was known to employ 9,255 graduates from 2005/6 six months after graduating, a modest rise of 1.4% over the figure of 9,125 in 2003/4. There was a fall in the number of graduates in non-graduate occupations between 2003/4 and 2004/5, and there was a further, less dramatic drop the following year (Table 1). This region has the largest proportion in England of graduates in traditional graduate roles, with research and development playing an important part in graduate employment in the region (see SOC(HE)).
| 2003/4 | 2004/5 | 2005/6 | |
| Traditional graduate occupations | 12.7% | 13.1% | 13.8% |
| Modern graduate occupations | 12.4% | 13.5% | 15.0% |
| New graduate occupations | 14.9% | 15.0% | 14.4% |
| Niche graduate occupations | 20.5% | 22.5% | 21.1% |
| Non-graduate occupations | 39.4% | 36.0% | 35.8% |
Health jobs were the most popular destination for graduates working in the region over the last three year, although numbers have fluctuated (Table 2). Numbers of graduates working six months after graduating as junior doctors and nurses went up in the three years under consideration, whilst the number of physiotherapists and occupational therapists fell. The most common job for graduates entering management, retail management, also fell between 2003/4 and 2005/6, but other forms of management increased.
Most other sectors remained stable, but a strong, year-on-year growth in the number of primary and secondary teachers, and in social workers, led to increases in education and social and welfare jobs.
Other jobs seeing healthy increases over the three-year period included general engineering professionals, architectural assistants, buyers and purchasing officers, computer analysts, IT consultants, fine artists and business analysts.
Apart from those already mentioned, relatively large falls were seen in the numbers of graduates working as bank clerks, local government officers, adult care nurses, probation officers, sales representatives, recruitment consultants, advertising and marketing executives, and biochemists.
The region employed a larger share of scientific researchers, automobile engineers, farm managers, environmental health officers, technical sales representatives, conservation officers, biologists, chemists, laboratory technicians, insurance clerks, town planners and vets than its share of national employment would suggest.
| 2003/4 | 2004/5 | 2005/6 | |
| Marketing, Sales and Advertising Professionals | 4.1% | 4.5% | 3.8% |
| Commercial, Industrial and Public Sector Managers | 9.3% | 8.9% | 9.3% |
| Scientific Research, Analysis & Development Professionals | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| Engineering Professionals | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.8% |
| Health Professionals and Associate Professionals | 12.3% | 13.4% | 12.6% |
| Education Professionals | 7.4% | 8.2% | 8.5% |
| Business and Financial Professionals and Associate Professionals | 6.0% | 6.7% | 6.4% |
| Information Technology Professionals | 4.2% | 3.6% | 4.6% |
| Arts, Design, Culture and Sports Professionals | 4.5% | 5.2% | 4.9% |
| Legal Professionals | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Social & Welfare Professionals | 3.1% | 3.6% | 3.9% |
| Other Professionals, Associate Professional and Technical Occupations | 5.8% | 6.1% | 6.3% |
| Numerical Clerks and Cashiers | 3.1% | 2.5% | 2.0% |
| Other Clerical and Secretarial Occupations | 12.9% | 11.7% | 11.1% |
| Retail, Catering, Waiting and Bar Staff | 8.6% | 8.4% | 8.6% |
| Other Occupations | 12.0% | 11.4% | 12.0% |
| Unknown Occupations | 0.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Although important, the health sector was not quite as dominant as in other regions (Table 3). The main jobs were junior doctors, nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dentistry, pharmacy, management and radiography. The strong higher education sector in the region means that a proportionately larger number of graduates than in other regions were working in universities six months after graduating, mainly as researchers and support staff.
| Employment sector | Percentage of graduates |
| Health and social work | 18.7% |
| Education | 13.9% |
| Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 11.0% |
| Finance, law, consulting and related activities | 11.0% |
| Public administration and defence; social security | 8.1% |
Graduates from 2005/6 working in the East of England six months after graduating were the most likely in England to have started work in an SME – 44.2% - with IT occupations being prominent. Graduates working in this region were also more likely than the national average to have found their job through a recruitment agency, IT again featuring in the jobs found this way.
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