Graduates leaving universities in Manchester will have received one of the world's best educations - and will be in good stead to compete in a competitive job market.
Competitive
EY
South West, London, West Midlands, North West, Scotland, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester
£18,000 to £35,000
G2V Recruitment Group Ltd
North West, Yorkshire, Leeds, Manchester
Competitive
EY
London, West Midlands, North West, Scotland, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester
Competitive
6PwC
South West, London, North West, Scotland, International, Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester
Competitive
EY
London, West Midlands, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester
Competitive
4KPMG
London, West Midlands, North West, Birmingham, Manchester
Competitive
4KPMG
South West, London, West Midlands, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester
24,500
Anderson Associates
North West, Manchester
£24,000 + Bonus
Anderson Associates
London, North West, Manchester
£18,000 to £40,000
Vivid Resourcing
London, North West, Scotland, Manchester, Merchant City
Competitive
6PwC
London, North West, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Yorkshire, Belfast, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester
Competitive
6PwC
London, West Midlands, North West, Birmingham, Manchester
£21,000 to £30,000
Gravitas Recruitment Group
London, North West, Yorkshire, Leeds, Manchester
£22k to £35k (OTE after 3 years £70K+)
Gravitas Recruitment Group
London, North West, Yorkshire, International, Leeds, Manchester
£21,000 to £23,000
Gravitas Recruitment Group
London, North West, Yorkshire, International, Leeds, Manchester
Competitive
2Enterprise Rent-A-Car
North West, Manchester
Competitive
4KPMG
London, West Midlands, North West, Birmingham, Manchester
Competitive
Mazars
South East, South West, London, North West, Yorkshire, Leeds, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Poole
Competitive
Mazars
London, North West, Yorkshire, Leeds, Manchester
Competitive
Mazars
South East, London, West Midlands, North West, Birmingham, Manchester, Milton Keynes
The average graduate salary in Manchester in December 2021 is £23,847 , based on analysis of all graduate jobs in Manchester the past 3 months. The average graduate starting salary across the UK in December 2021 is £25,333 .
The latest graduate salary analysis 2021
Based on data gathered in the past three months we estimate that it is challenging to get a graduate job in Manchester in December 2021, compared to other major locations.
Manchester is our 4th most popular location for graduates from a possible choice of 45. Manchester is therefore ranked as 'popular' as a career destination for UK graduates and students.
In the past 18 months the Consultancy sector has received the most job postings located in Manchester , followed by Finance and Science & Technology .
It could be suggested these are typically the type of graduate jobs you can get in Manchester.
In the past 18 months Mazars, KPMG and PwC have advertised the most graduate jobs in 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.
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.
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%.
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%.
