Graduate jobs in Wales 2019
Wales has a proud academic history and certainly proves it can run with the rest of the UK in terms of producing highly qualified and highly skilled graduates for the working world. But we wanted to know what made graduates from Wales different to those from the rest of the UK, in terms of career ambitions, academic attainment and whether they had work experience or not.
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Sponsored
A competitive salary of £23k (up to £25k for London based roles)
Compass Group UK & Ireland
South East, South West, London, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, Nationwide
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Sponsored
£Competitive
7KPMG
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland, Yorkshire, Nationwide
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£20000 to 25000 per annum, company car!
Pareto Law
Wales
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£20000 to 25000 per annum, company car!
Pareto Law
Wales
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£20000 to 25000 per annum, company car!
Pareto Law
Wales, Cardiff
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£27,000
9QA Consulting Limited
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Yorkshire, Nationwide
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£Competitive
9QA Consulting Limited
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland, Yorkshire, Nationwide
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£Competitive
6PricewaterhouseCoopers Services Ltd (PwC)
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland, Yorkshire, Nationwide
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Competitive
Amazon UK Services Ltd
Wales, Nationwide, Swansea
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£44,000 + benefits
4Aldi
South East, South West, London, The East, Wales, Nationwide
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£Competitve
ABF Grain Products Ltd
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland, Yorkshire, Nationwide
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Competitive
10Capgemini
South East, London, West Midlands, Wales, North West, Scotland, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester
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£Competitive
7KPMG
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland, Yorkshire, Nationwide
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£19,000 to £45,000
LHi Group
South West, Wales, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Swansea, Cheltenham
Easy apply
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OTE £30,000
5Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd.
South West, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Nottingham
Easy apply
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£Competitive
7KPMG
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland
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£Competitive
7KPMG
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland, Yorkshire, Nationwide
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£Competitive
7KPMG
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland
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£Competitive
7KPMG
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland
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£Competitive
7KPMG
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland
Wales
To see whether graduates from Wales showed any major differences between themselves and the rest of the UK (rUK), we took a look at the graduates from Welsh universities between the 2009 and 2014 to see if graduates from Wales showed any remarkable difference in their attainment, ambition and employability.
Sectors
Starting by looking at their sector choices, graduates from Wales were not too different from the rest of the UK, with the top two most popular sectors being the same as the rest of the UK's. The one thing that did stand out was the proportion of the graduates from Wales who wanted to work in Management. The 36.4% of graduates who wanted to work in this particular sector was well ahead of the 28.5% national average, and proportionally much higher than any other city or part of the UK.
Degree Classifications
In terms of degree classifications awarded from Welsh universities, it appears that it is much more difficult to be awarded the top mark of a First Class degree, with graduates from Wales being among the lowest in the UK. The amount of graduates who left a Welsh university with a First Class degree stood at 8.3%, much lower than the national average of 9.8%, with only Nottingham, Sheffield and Northern Ireland where an even lower percentage of graduates achieved a First.
However, graduates from Wales are nearly as likely to receive a 2.1 classification for their degree, with 48% of graduates from Wales receiving this level of degree and the national average standing at 48.1%.
Work Experience
Work experience is often believed to be the counter part of a graduate's degree, so that they can prove to employers they are the full package. Graduates from Wales are no exception to the problems that employers are finding. Only 15.3% of graduates from Welsh universities had work experience, although this was not that far off the national average of 16.6%. Graduates from Welsh universities are also not the worst, with Liverpool and Newcastle having even lower percentage of graduates with work experience.
