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Figures for Prospects.ac.uk

March 2010:

ABCE audited figures

Unique Browsers:

1,167,672

Page Impressions:

5,828,244

(Note: ABCE are now using the term Unique Browsers instead of Unique Users)

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What do graduates do - Yorkshire and the Humber (Spring 08)

The region has been heavily affected by the national reduction in manufacturing industry, although the sector is still important. Strong business, legal and financial sectors, concentrated in the large urban centres of the region, have replaced the more traditional industry.

7.6% of graduates from 2005/6 who were known to be in employment six months after graduating were based in the region. This equates to 11,065 graduates from 2005/6, up 1.8% from 10,870 from 2003/4.

Over this time period, there has been a marginal fall in the proportion of graduates in jobs that did not require a degree, from 40% to 39.1% - in real terms a very small fall in numbers (see Table 1 and SOC(HE)).

Table 1. Graduate employment categories for graduates working in the Yorkshire and the Humber six months after graduating from 2003/4 to 2005/6
2003/42004/52005/6
Traditional graduate occupations10.8%11.1%11.3%
Modern graduate occupations11.4%11.9%11.7%
New graduate occupations15.3%15.5%15.1%
Niche graduate occupations22.5%22.4%22.9%
Non-graduate occupations40%39.2%39.1%

Health jobs remain the most common destination for graduates entering the region (Table 2), with only minor fluctuations in the numbers entering key roles. The number of junior doctors, pharmacists, midwives and non-hospital nurses increased year-on-year, but the number of hospital nurses fell marginally, as did the numbers entering physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

Table 2. Types of work for UK-domiciled graduates working in Yorkshire and the Humber six months after graduating from 2003/4 to 2005/6
2003/42004/52005/6
Marketing, Sales and Advertising Professionals3.5%3.8%4.0%
Commercial, Industrial and Public Sector Managers10.2%9.3%9.2%
Scientific Research, Analysis & Development Professionals1.2%1.4%1.3%
Engineering Professionals2.8%2.4%2.4%
Health Professionals and Associate Professionals14.1%13.8%14.0%
Education Professionals5.8%6.1%6.0%
Business and Financial Professionals and Associate Professionals6.8%7.4%6.8%
Information Technology Professionals3.7%3.7%3.7%
Arts, Design, Culture and Sports Professionals4.1%4.4%5.1%
Legal Professionals0.7%0.7%0.8%
Social & Welfare Professionals4.8%5.0%4.8%
Other Professionals, Associate Professional and Technical Occupations4.8%5.1%5.2%
Numerical Clerks and Cashiers3.6%3.1%3.1%
Other Clerical and Secretarial Occupations12.3%11.9%10.5%
Retail, Catering, Waiting and Bar Staff8.9%9.5%10.0%
Other Occupations12.6%12.2%13.1%
Unknown Occupations0.3%0.1%0.3%
Total100%100%100%

Management declined in significance between 2003/4 and 2005/6, with a reduction in the numbers of graduates entering retail management the main cause. Increases in the number of graduates entering careers in graphic design, web design and commercial art helped to give rise to an increase in the proportion of graduates entering arts and design roles.

Other jobs that saw an increase in graduates between 2003/4 and 2005/6 included primary teaching (although this leveled off between 2004/5 and 2005/6), education and learning support workers, housing and welfare officers, advertising and marketing roles (again, this peaked in 2004/5) and web development. The largest decreases in roles in the region came in jobs as physiotherapists, probation officers, IT technicians, and occupational therapists.

The region also employed a higher share of graduates from 2005/6 as counsellors, insurance adjusters, trade union officers, education support workers, accounting technicians and biochemists than its share of national employment would suggest.

The health sector was, again, a very important employer in this region, with just over one in five, 20.9%, of graduates from 2005/6 known to be working in Yorkshire and the Humber six months after graduating being in a health role – largely as junior doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and occupational therapists (Table 3).

Table 3. Employment sectors for UK-domiciled graduates working in Yorkshire and the Humber six months after graduating in 2005/6
Employment sectorPercentage of graduates
Health and social work20.9%
Finance, law, consulting and related activities12.2%
Education11.6%
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles10.6%
Public administration and defence; social security7.5%

40% of graduates from 2005/6 known to be working in the region six months after graduating were employed by SMEs.