Brighton has developed into a happening student city with a thriving population of desirable and in-demand graduates. Employers are always looking to snap up these graduates from the South Coast but we wanted to know how they differed from graduates elsewhere in the UK, in terms of their career ambitions, academic attainment and whether or not they had work experience.
£Competitive
5KPMG
South East, London, Watford, Milton Keynes, Reading, Southampton, Gatwick
Competitive
BDO LLP
South East, London, Nationwide, Guildford, Reading, Southampton, Gatwick
Competitive
BDO LLP
South East, London, Guildford, Reading, Southampton
Competitive
BDO LLP
South East, London, Nationwide, Guildford, Reading, Southampton
Competitive
BDO LLP
South East, Guildford
£23,500 to £26,500
10QA Limited
South East, Frimley
£31,000
Zurich Insurance
South East, South West, London, West Midlands, Birmingham, Farnborough, Fareham, Hill Head, Swindon
£28,000
Zurich Insurance
South East, South West, London, West Midlands, Scotland, Yorkshire, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Farnborough, Fareham, Hill Head, Swindon
£28,000
Zurich Insurance
South East, South West, Fareham, Titchfield, Swindon
£31,000
Zurich Insurance
South East, Fareham, Titchfield
£28,000
Zurich Insurance
South East, South West, Fareham, Titchfield, Swindon
£37,000 per annum
Lidl
South East, South West, London, The East, Nationwide, Enfield, Exeter, Peterborough, Southampton, Avonmouth, Bridgend, Brackla, Gravesend (west), Northfleet, Belvedere, Lessness Heath, Newton Aycliffe & Heighington, Doncaster, Runcorn, Wednesbury
Competitive starting annual salary
EY
South East, South West, London, The East, Bristol, Cambridge, Luton, Reading, Southampton
£37,000 per annum
Lidl
South East, Nationwide, Southampton
Competitive
BDO LLP
South East, Southampton
Competitive starting annual salary
EY
South East, South West, London, The East, Bristol, Cambridge, Luton, Reading, Southampton
Starting at £27,600
EY
South East, South West, London, West Midlands, North West, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Reading
Competitive
5KPMG
South East, South West, Reading
£27000 to 39000 per annum
Pareto Law
South East, Reading
£30000 to 42000 per annum
Pareto Law
South East, Reading
The average graduate salary in Brighton in October 2020 is £17,125 , based on analysis of all graduate jobs in Brighton the past 3 months. The average graduate starting salary across the UK in October 2020 is £24,866 .
The latest graduate salary analysis 2020
Based on data gathered in the past three months we estimate that it is challenging to get a graduate job in Brighton in October 2020, compared to other major locations.
Brighton is our 9th most popular location for graduates from a possible choice of 45. Brighton is therefore ranked as 'about average popularity' as a career destination for UK graduates and students.
In the past 18 months the Retail sector has received the most job postings located in Brighton , followed by Computing & IT and Food & Drink & Catering .
It could be suggested these are typically the type of graduate jobs you can get in Brighton.
In the past 18 months QA Limited and have advertised the most graduate jobs in Brighton .
Home to two large universities in the shape of the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex, students are provided with a wealth of opportunity when they study there, whether this is academic or employment opportunities. Graduates when they study on the South coast are always impressive when they are put before employers and recruitment teams.
However, we wanted to know why this was. To do this we took all the data from students who have registered with graduate-jobs.com and graduated between 2009 and 2014 and see how they fared when compared with graduates from across the country. We looked at the degree classifications, whether or not they had work experience and what were the sectors that they would like to work in. From this we could get a picture of the type of graduates from Brighton and compare then with the averages from the rest of the UK as a whole.
When graduates are starting to look at what sectors they would like to pursue a career in, there tends to be a general theme across the UK's regions and cities. However, with graduates from Brighton, they buck the national trend with ambitions in more creative sectors. With the top three most popular sectors chosen by graduates who studied in Brighton being Marketing, Management and Advertising and Public Relations, we can see that Brighton's graduates are perhaps more inclined to the creative sectors. While their top five also included the creative sector Media and Banking.
The interesting thing to note about these results is the volume in which graduates from Brighton wanted to study these subjects. An impressive 26.6% wanted to pursue a career in Advertising and Public Relations, compared to 22.3% nationally. Likewise with 23.9% of students from the South Coast town wanting to study Media, compared to just 19% nationally.
Degree classifications do vary from university to university with no national consensus or yard stick to measure classifications against. However, graduates from Brighton continue to impress nationally with their academic achievement. A staggering 12.5% of graduates from universities in Brighton were awarded for their hard work. This was extremely impressive when just 9.8% of graduates from the UK achieved this top mark.
The academic prowess of graduates was seen again when looking at those graduates who achieved an Upper Second Class (2.1) degree. An impressive 58.6% of graduates from Brighton received this impressive degree mark, more than 10% higher than the national average of 48.1%.
Unfortunately this is where the graduates from Brighton fall down slightly when in drawn in comparison with the rest of the UK. Only slightly it must be added however. Only 12.5% of graduates from the universities in Brighton had managed to gain work experience while they were studying. This was slightly lower than the national average which stands at 16.6%. However, this is something that easily remedied with a few months in some form of entry level or menial employment, which always provide the kind of skills and experiences that employers are looking for.
