Deloitte - Tax Consulting Graduate
Deloitte
Competitive
Nationwide
Deloitte - Tax Consulting Graduate
Deloitte
Competitive
Nationwide
Consumer Lending Industrial Placement
Lloyds Banking Group
£25,000
Remote (work from home), Wales, North West, Cardiff, Chester, Manchester
Audit and Assurance Graduate
Deloitte
Competitive
Nationwide
Retail Graduate Management Programme - Runcorn
Lidl
£40,000
North West, Runcorn
Everyday Banking Industrial Placement
Lloyds Banking Group
£25,000
Remote (work from home), North West, Manchester
Data Science and AI Industrial Placement Scheme
Lloyds Banking Group
£25,000
Remote (work from home), South West, North West, Scotland, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester
Audit and Assurance Industrial Placement
Deloitte
Competitive
Nationwide
Consumer Lending Graduate Scheme
Lloyds Banking Group
£42,000
Remote (work from home), North West, Chester
Tax Consulting Graduate
Deloitte
Competitive
Nationwide
Data Science and AI Graduate Scheme
Lloyds Banking Group
45,000
Remote (work from home), South West, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester
Sales Development Representative
This Is Prime
£25000 - £26000 per annum
North West
Technology Engineering Graduate Scheme
Lloyds Banking Group
£47,000
Remote (work from home), South West, London, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester
Technology Engineering Industrial Placement
Lloyds Banking Group
£25,000
Remote (work from home), South West, North West, Scotland, Yorkshire, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester
Tax Consulting Industrial Placement
Deloitte
Competitive
Nationwide
Business Development Graduate (Uxbridge, Birmingham, Manchester or Newcastle)
Keyence
£33,000 + location allowance
West Midlands, North West, North East, Nationwide, Republic of Ireland, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Uxbridge
KEYENCE Business Development Graduate
Keyence
£33,000 + location allowance
West Midlands, North West, North East, Nationwide, Republic of Ireland, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Uxbridge
Live Webinar - EmpowerHER: Inspiring Women in STEM
BAE Systems
N/A
Remote (work from home), Nationwide
Expires today
Graduate Sales Executive
This Is Prime
£25000 - £28000 per annum
North West
Recruitment Consultant
This Is Prime
£25000 - £28000 per annum
Nationwide
Lidl - Retail Graduate Management Programme - Runcorn
Lidl
£40,000
North West, Runcorn
The average graduate salary in Manchester in November 2025 is £30426, based on analysis of all graduate jobs in Manchester the past 3 months. The average graduate starting salary across the UK in November 2025 is £29631.
The latest graduate salary analysis 2025
Based on data gathered in the past three months we estimate that it is challenging to get a graduate job in Manchester in November 2025, compared to other major locations.
Manchester is ranked 2 out of our 45 most popular location for graduates. Manchester is therefore ranked as 'popular' as a career destination for UK graduates and students.
In the past 18 months the Finance sector has received the most job postings located in Manchester , followed by Science & Technology and Consultancy .
It could be suggested these are typically the type of graduate jobs you can get in Manchester.
In the past 18 months Lloyds Banking Group , Forvis Mazars and KPMG 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 signed up 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 signed up 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%.
