53 Jobs

  • Audit Graduate Trainee - IT External Audit - Manchester - January 2024

    Competitive

    North West, Manchester

  • Audit Graduate Trainee - Privately Owned Business - Manchester - January 2024

    Competitive

    North West, Manchester

  • Product Engineering: Software Undergraduate - Manchester - Jaguar Land Rover

    £21,377

    North West, Manchester

  • Graduate Sales Development Representative - Tech

    £23,000 to £50,000

    North West, Manchester

  • Graduate Business Development Executive

    28,000

    North West, Manchester

  • Graduate Sales Development Representative - SAAS/Tech

    £24,000 to £40,000

    North West, Manchester

  • Graduate Sales Development Representative - Top 15 Tech Company!

    £24,000 to £35,000

    North West, Manchester

  • Data Management and Strategy Graduate Scheme

    £42,000

    South West, London, Wales, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester

  • Data Science and Analytics Graduate Scheme

    £45,000

    South West, London, Wales, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester

  • Technology Engineering Graduate Scheme

    £45,000

    South West, West Midlands, Wales, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Edinburgh, Halifax, Manchester

  • Software Engineering Graduate Programme: Manchester - Jaguar Land Rover

    £31,000, with a £2,000 joining bonus

    North West, Manchester

  • Sustainable Consumer Banking Graduate Programme

    £42,000

    South West, London, West Midlands, Wales, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester

  • Technology Engineering Industrial Placement

    £25,000

    South West, West Midlands, Wales, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester

  • Enterprise Risk Graduate Programme

    Competitive

    London, West Midlands, North West, Scotland, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester

  • People Advisory Services — Mobility and Reward Graduate Programme

    Competitive

    South East, South West, London, West Midlands, North West, North East, Scotland, Yorkshire, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester

  • People Advisory Services — Workforce Advisory Graduate Programme

    Competitive

    South East, South West, London, West Midlands, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Reading

  • Entry Level Recruitment Consultant

    Vivid Resourcing

    £22,500 to £50,000

    North West, Manchester

  • Graduate Recruitment Consultant - Manchester

    Vivid Resourcing

    £25,000 to £50,000 (first year)

    North West, Manchester

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Manchester

Manchester's universities offer excellent opportunities for a world-class education - so how do graduates from Manchester differ to graduates from the rest of the UK?

To answer this, we looked at graduates from universities in Manchester who registered with graduate-jobs.com in the last five years, analysing which sectors they want to work in, what classification they got for their degree, and whether or not they have work experience.

Sectors

The five most popular sectors chosen by graduates from Manchester turned up no big surprises, as the numbers were in line with the national averages.

This means the most popular sector with Manchester graduates is Management, followed by Marketing and Banking. Looking more closely at the numbers, 34% of Manchester graduates look to work in Management, which is well ahead of the UK average of 28.5%, second only to Wales.

Graduates from Manchester were further on trend with Advertising and Public Relations and Finance in the fourth and fifth spots, as they are nationwide.

Most Popular Sectors for graduates from Manchester

Degree Classifications

Universities in Manchester have a proud reputation of producing first-rate graduates, and the numbers back that reputation up: Manchester graduates have the highest rate of First Class degrees anywhere in the country.

Our study shows that 11.7% of graduates from Manchester were awarded a 1:1 degree, edging Manchester ahead of midlands rivals Birmingham, who awarded 11.5% of their graduates First Class degrees.

However, Manchester universities fall behind the average for 2:1 degrees, awarding them to only 53.9% of their graduates - lower than rivals Birmingham at 56.7.%, Leeds at 56% and Nottingham at 59.7%.

Degree classifications for graduates from Manchester

Work Experience

Work experience and work place skills are often a big pull for employers when reviewing graduate job applications and CVs, and Manchester graduates came in close to the national average.

The number of graduates from Manchester who registered with work experience stood at 15.2%, only slightly down from the national average of 16.6%. That number puts Manchester behind Sheffield at 18.7% and Birmingham at 17.9%, but ahead of Newcastle at 15.1% and Liverpool at 14.2%.

% of graduates from Manchester with work experience