Graduatesinnongraduaterolesbypartsoftheuk 2021 To 2022

Employed graduates in non-graduate roles in parts of the UK, 2021 to 2022
About these data

Date Published: 31/08/2023
The data in this publication comes from the ONS Annual Population Survey (APS).
This analysis is based on a previous publication exploring graduates in non-graduate roles in city regions,
The previous publication can be found here.
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Defining roles
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Number and percentage of employed graduates who were working in non-graduate roles, estimates in par
Percentage of employed graduates who were working in non-graduate roles, estimates in London and the
Percentage of employed graduates who were working in non-graduate roles, estimates in London and the
Defining graduate and non-graduate roles
Notes
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Note Text
The data in this publication comes from the ONS Annual Population Survey (APS). Both the 2021 and 202
More information on the APS can be found here.
A graduate is defined as a person who is aged between 16 and 64 (inclusive), not currently enrolled on an
A 'recent'
The graduate
European is a graduate
Economic who includes:
Area (EEA) left full-time education
Austria, within
Belgium, five years
Bulgaria, of theCroatia,
Cyprus, survey date. Analysis
the Czech Repo
and Sweden.
The statistics in this publication only include people who are in employment and aged 16-64.
The statistics in the publication are based on individuals’ main job. Second jobs are not included in this ana
This anlalysis is based on the current Stanadard Occupation Classification (SOC) for the UK (2020).
More information on the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) for the UK can be found here.
For information about what constitutes a ‘non-graduate role’ and ‘graduate role’ please refer to the sheet ‘D
Employees whose role type is not known have not been displayed. This is why totals across tables may no
The Combined Authority geographies in this publication use the 2023 Local Authority District to Combined
More information on the geographies used can be found here.
Number and percentage of employed graduates who were working in no
This worksheet contains one table. Some cells may refer to notes, which can be found on the notes wo
Shortand [c] in the 'Notes' column refers to values that have been removed due to being disclosive.
Shortand [u] in the 'Notes' column refers to values that are unreliable due to small sample sizes. These
Geography
North East
North of Tyne Combined Authority
Tees Valley Combined Authority
North East Combined Authority
North West
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Rest of North West
Yorkshire and The Humber

South Yorkshire Combined Authority
West Yorkshire
Rest of Yorkshire and The Humber
East Midlands
West Midlands
West Midlands Combined Authority
Rest of West Midlands
East of England
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Rest of East of England
London
Inner London
Outer London
South East
South West
West of England Combined Authority
Rest of South West
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
UK
uates who were working in non-graduate roles, estimates in parts of the UK in 2
otes, which can be found on the notes worksheet.
een removed due to being disclosive.
reliable due to small sample sizes. These values have also been shaded.
Number of recent graduates who Number of non-recent graduates who
were working in non-graduate were working in non-graduate roles
roles
22,578 146,056
7,399 46,740
3,737 38,237
11,442 61,079
64,612 406,882
26,399 157,255
17,156 91,768
21,057 157,859
61,203 280,628
19,184 69,852
28,238 112,402
13,781 98,374
49,251 258,815
55,526 338,599
30,010 153,218
25,516 185,381
47,247 373,865
7,115 44,902
40,132 328,963
154,050 662,450
84,783 285,942
69,267 376,508
98,634 530,804
49,008 336,022
9,589 59,741
39,419 276,281
33,642 190,879
92,747 435,362
21,304 110,742
749,802 4,071,104
in parts of the UK in 2021
Number of all graduates who Percentage of recent graduates who

roles
169,528 45.8
54,139 37.3
41,974 39.8
73,415 56.8
476,731 40.6
185,890 36.9
110,954 41.9
179,887 44.9
343,479 44.4
90,684 48.3
140,640 44.0
112,155 40.7
310,409 52.9
396,869 37.3
183,862 33.6
213,007 42.9
422,611 34.1
52,017 35.0
370,594 34.0
833,359 34.9
380,963 32.4
452,396 38.7
632,491 44.5
388,084 41.2
70,536 25.7
317,548 48.3
225,310 47.9
532,718 52.4
132,895 40.6
4,864,484 41.5
Percentage of non-recent graduates who Percentage of all graduates who
were working in non-graduate roles were working in non-graduate roles
39.5 40.3
36.8 36.9
41.1 41.0
40.7 42.9
34.6 35.4
33.8 34.3
35.9 37.1
34.5 35.6
32.8 34.4
34.6 37.2
30.6 32.4
34.4 35.0
35.8 37.9
35.7 36.0
35.7 35.3
35.7 36.5
35.1 35.0
27.4 28.2
36.5 36.2
27.5 28.9
25.5 27.3
29.1 30.4
29.7 31.4
34.6 35.4
27.6 27.6
36.6 37.8
38.3 39.4
38.9 40.8
33.4 34.5
33.2 34.4
Notes
[u] [This note applies to cells B7 and E7]


Number and percentage of employed graduates who were working in non-
This worksheet contains one table. Some cells may refer to notes, which can be found on the notes worksh
Shortand [u] in the 'Notes' column refers to values that are unreliable due to small sample sizes. These val
Geography
North East
North West
Rest of North West

West Yorkshire
East Midlands
West Midlands
East of England
London
Inner London
Outer London
South East
South West
Rest of South West
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
UK
uates who were working in non-graduate roles, estimates in parts of the UK by cou
Number of graduates born in the UK who were working in non-
graduate roles
155,857
49,530
37,395
68,932
392,821
140,376
97,195
155,250
291,840
77,393
114,148
100,299
241,136
299,757
131,497
168,260
325,920
43,711
282,209
383,335
172,640
210,695
471,373
319,122
55,010
264,112
201,738
453,152
116,468
3,652,519
mates in parts of the UK by country of birth in 2021
Number of graduates born in the rest of the EEA (exc. UK) who were
working in non-graduate roles
5,530
1,798
1,669
2,063
34,293
17,324
6,206
10,763
19,885
6,590
6,201
7,094
34,014
39,342
14,994
24,348
45,632
2,944
42,688
166,688
85,176
81,512
62,056
34,573
5,968
28,605
11,381
43,185
11,292
507,871
Number of graduates born in the rest of the world who were working
in non-graduate roles
8,141
2,811
2,910
2,420
49,617
28,190
7,553
13,874
31,225
6,172
20,291
4,762
35,259
57,770
37,371
20,399
51,059
5,362
45,697
281,244
121,055
160,189
98,601
34,389
9,558
24,831
12,191
36,381
5,135
701,012
Percentage of graduates born in the UK who were working in non-
graduate roles
41.1
37.6
40.5
44.3
34.1
32.7
36.3
34.2
33.9
36.3
31.1
35.6
36.6
34.1
33.5
34.7
34.2
30.2
34.9
24.3
22.3
26.2
30.4
34.4
26.2
36.8
38.8
40.9
33.7
33.5
Percentage of graduates born in the rest of the EEA (exc. UK) who
were working in non-graduate roles
36.1
49.6
40.8
27.2
48.1
44.7
47.7
55.1
38.5
46.1
31.8
39.7
52.2
52.8
46.5
57.7
42.9
15.8
48.7
38.6
35.1
43.0
39.9
49.5
36.4
53.6
50.6
39.4
47.1
42.4
Percentage of graduates born in the rest of the world who were
32.2
25.0
48.6
30.1
40.2
38.8
40.2
43.5
37.4
39.7
42.9
23.0
36.6
38.3
39.1
36.8
34.5
25.5
36.0
32.4
32.3
32.5
32.0
35.4
33.2
36.4
41.7
41.8
33.7
34.5
Notes
[u] [This note applies to cells C6 and F6]

[u] [This note applies to cells C7, F7, D7 and G7]

[u] [This note applies to cells D34 and G34]
Percentage of employed graduates who were working in non-graduate role
Geography Percentage of graduates born in the UK who were working
London 24.3
UK excluding London 35.0
UK 33.5
non-graduate roles, estimates in London and the UK by country of birth in 2021
ound on the notes worksheet.
o being disclosive.
sample sizes. These values have also been shaded.
Percentage of graduates born in the EEA (excluding the
Republic of Ireland) who were working in non-graduate
roles
40.5
46.0
43.9
d the UK by country of birth in 2021
Percentage of graduates born in the Republic of Ireland

who were working in non-graduate roles
14.3
30.1
25.1
Percentage of graduates born in the EEA who were
38.6
44.6
42.4
Percentage of graduates born in the rest of the world
(excluding the UK and EEA) who were working in non-
graduate roles
32.4
36.1
34.5
Notes
[u] [This note applies to cells D6]

Geography
North East
North West
Rest of North West

West Yorkshire
East Midlands
West Midlands
East of England
London
Inner London
Outer London
South East
South West
Rest of South West
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
UK
uates who were working in non-graduate roles, estimates in parts of the UK in 202
Number of recent graduates who Number of non-recent graduates who
roles
22,375 128,604
6,670 42,467
5,600 34,244
10,105 51,893
85,510 407,307
25,113 164,029
29,149 89,264
31,248 154,014
63,605 266,079
14,145 66,666
33,868 104,411
15,592 95,002
52,841 243,597
56,124 314,898
26,546 137,943
29,578 176,955
56,408 325,834
3,847 47,645
52,561 278,189
108,940 630,122
44,208 267,979
64,732 362,143
69,226 530,385
39,330 326,313
14,221 67,376
25,109 258,937
34,378 167,462
70,985 413,721
17,224 108,403
676,946 3,862,725
in parts of the UK in 2022
Number of all graduates who Percentage of recent graduates who

roles
151,232 42.6
49,137 32.8
40,097 53.7
61,998 46.5
495,858 43.7
190,727 30.1
119,442 53.7
185,689 53.9
331,213 47.8
81,369 45.8
138,468 47.1
111,376 51.6
298,884 48.8
372,596 40.6
165,914 34.8
206,682 47.7
385,551 40.1
51,492 22.8
334,059 42.5
746,348 26.0
314,273 20.0
432,075 32.6
605,450 33.5
368,171 36.4
81,597 37.6
286,574 35.8
203,129 48.0
486,782 41.8
126,081 36.2
4,571,295 37.8
Percentage of non-recent graduates who Percentage of all graduates who
were working in non-graduate roles were working in non-graduate roles
36.2 37.0
32.7 32.7
41.2 42.7
36.6 37.8
33.7 35.1
33.0 32.7
34.8 38.1
33.9 36.1
32.4 34.5
31.4 33.2
30.4 33.2
35.7 37.4
34.6 36.6
35.0 35.7
33.7 33.9
36.0 37.2
32.1 33.2
31.9 30.8
32.1 33.6
26.6 26.5
24.3 23.5
28.6 29.2
29.5 30.0
33.3 33.7
30.0 31.1
34.2 34.5
34.5 36.3
38.5 38.9
35.6 35.6
32.1 32.9
Notes

Geography
North East
North West
Rest of North West

West Yorkshire
East Midlands
West Midlands
East of England
London
Inner London
Outer London
South East
South West
Rest of South West
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
UK
uates who were working in non-graduate roles, estimates in parts of the UK by cou
Number of graduates born in the UK who were working in non-
graduate roles
133,421
43,204
35,047
55,170
399,717
132,083
110,739
156,895
273,742
65,572
112,997
95,173
225,362
277,118
108,559
168,559
287,803
30,479
257,324
338,432
139,399
199,033
445,729
300,128
57,661
242,467
179,303
407,843
112,915
3,381,513
mates in parts of the UK by country of birth in 2022
Number of graduates born in the rest of the EEA (exc. UK) who were
5,512
1,359
1,376
2,777
32,150
15,163
2,299
14,688
20,896
8,281
5,456
7,159
32,124
28,071
16,282
11,789
47,024
14,572
32,452
130,709
65,792
64,917
58,804
37,116
14,363
22,753
11,254
44,897
8,351
456,908
Number of graduates born in the rest of the world who were working
12,299
4,574
3,674
4,051
63,991
43,481
6,404
14,106
36,575
7,516
20,015
9,044
41,398
67,407
41,073
26,334
50,724
6,441
44,283
277,207
109,082
168,125
100,917
30,927
9,573
21,354
12,572
34,042
4,815
732,874
Percentage of graduates born in the UK who were working in non-
graduate roles
36.8
32.6
42.3
37.5
33.5
28.8
39.3
34.7
33.5
32.0
32.3
36.3
34.0
33.7
30.3
36.3
31.9
28.1
32.4
21.9
18.4
25.3
29.2
32.6
27.6
34.1
35.7
39.0
35.9
31.9
Percentage of graduates born in the rest of the EEA (exc. UK) who
were working in non-graduate roles
33.8
23.0
40.4
39.7
44.4
44.1
21.1
54.1
46.3
49.3
35.3
55.7
54.8
44.1
48.7
39.1
44.6
41.7
46.0
34.5
31.6
38.2
39.3
49.9
53.6
47.8
53.3
42.6
38.2
41.1
Percentage of graduates born in the rest of the world who were
41.6
38.2
48.6
40.3
43.7
47.8
31.6
40.1
37.3
31.4
39.1
39.6
43.4
42.5
42.1
43.2
33.3
27.2
34.4
31.3
29.6
32.4
29.4
31.6
36.2
29.9
35.1
34.1
27.4
33.9
Notes


Percentage of employed graduates who were working in non-graduate role
Geography Percentage of graduates born in the UK who were working
London 21.9
UK excluding London 33.6
UK 31.9
non-graduate roles, estimates in London and the UK by country of birth in 2022
ound on the notes worksheet.
o being disclosive.
sample sizes. These values have also been shaded.
Percentage of graduates born in the EEA (excluding the
Republic of Ireland) who were working in non-graduate
roles
36.3
46.5
43.0
d the UK by country of birth in 2022
Percentage of graduates born in the Republic of Ireland

who were working in non-graduate roles
15.2
21.0
19.0
Percentage of graduates born in the EEA who were
34.5
44.4
41.1
Percentage of graduates born in the rest of the world
(excluding the UK and EEA) who were working in non-
graduate roles
31.3
35.7
33.9
Notes
[u] [This note applies to cells D6]

Defining graduate and non-graduate roles
The SOC2020 definition was supplied by Peter Elias and Kate Purcell, Institute for Employment Research
More information on the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) for the UK can be found here.
SOC2020 Code Type of role
1111 Graduate role
1112 Graduate role
1121 Graduate role
1122 Graduate role
1123 Graduate role
1131 Graduate role
1132 Graduate role
1133 Graduate role
1134 Graduate role
1135 Graduate role
1136 Graduate role
1137 Graduate role
1139 Graduate role
1140 Graduate role
1150 Graduate role
1161 Graduate role
1162 Graduate role
1163 Graduate role
1171 Graduate role
1172 Graduate role
1211 Graduate role
1212 Graduate role
1221 Graduate role
1222 Non-graduate role
1241 Graduate role
1242 Graduate role
1243 Graduate role
1254 Graduate role
1255 Graduate role
1258 Graduate role
2111 Graduate role
2112 Graduate role
2113 Graduate role
2114 Graduate role
2115 Graduate role
2119 Graduate role
2121 Graduate role
2122 Graduate role
2123 Graduate role
2124 Graduate role
2125 Graduate role
2126 Graduate role
2127 Graduate role
2129 Graduate role
2131 Graduate role
2132 Graduate role
2133 Graduate role
2134 Graduate role
2135 Graduate role
2136 Graduate role
2137 Graduate role
2139 Graduate role
2141 Graduate role
2142 Graduate role
2151 Graduate role
2152 Graduate role
2161 Graduate role
2162 Graduate role
2211 Graduate role
2212 Graduate role
2221 Graduate role
2222 Graduate role
2223 Graduate role
2224 Graduate role
2225 Graduate role
2226 Graduate role
2229 Graduate role
2231 Graduate role
2232 Graduate role
2233 Graduate role
2234 Graduate role
2235 Graduate role
2236 Graduate role
2237 Graduate role
2240 Graduate role
2251 Graduate role
2252 Graduate role
2253 Graduate role
2254 Graduate role
2255 Graduate role
2256 Graduate role
2259 Graduate role
2311 Graduate role
2312 Graduate role
2313 Graduate role
2314 Graduate role
2315 Graduate role
2316 Graduate role
2317 Graduate role
2319 Graduate role
2321 Graduate role
2322 Graduate role
2323 Graduate role
2324 Graduate role
2329 Graduate role
2411 Graduate role
2412 Graduate role
2419 Graduate role
2421 Graduate role
2422 Graduate role
2423 Graduate role
2431 Graduate role
2432 Graduate role
2433 Graduate role
2434 Graduate role
2435 Graduate role
2439 Graduate role
2440 Graduate role
2451 Graduate role
2452 Graduate role
2453 Graduate role
2454 Graduate role
2455 Graduate role
2461 Graduate role
2462 Graduate role
2463 Graduate role
2464 Graduate role
2469 Graduate role
2471 Graduate role
2472 Graduate role
2481 Graduate role
2482 Graduate role
2483 Graduate role
2491 Graduate role
2492 Graduate role
2493 Graduate role
2494 Graduate role
3219 Graduate role
3231 Graduate role
3232 Graduate role
3411 Graduate role
3412 Graduate role
3413 Graduate role
3414 Graduate role
3415 Graduate role
3416 Graduate role
3417 Graduate role
3421 Graduate role
3422 Graduate role
3429 Graduate role
3511 Graduate role
3512 Graduate role
3531 Graduate role
3532 Graduate role
3544 Graduate role
3549 Graduate role
3551 Graduate role
3552 Graduate role
3554 Graduate role
3556 Graduate role
3557 Graduate role
3560 Graduate role
3571 Graduate role
3572 Graduate role
3573 Graduate role
3574 Graduate role
3581 Graduate role
4111 Graduate role
4112 Graduate role
6136 Graduate role
be found on the notes worksheet.
e for Employment Research , University of Warwick.
can be found here.

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uate roles in city regions, 2012 to 2020.

Yorkshire and The Humber

Number of all graduates who Percentage of recent graduates who

[u] [This note applies to cells B7 and E7]

[u] [This note applies to cells B23 and E23]

[u] [This note applies to cells B30 and E30]

Yorkshire and The Humber

[u] [This note applies to cells C6 and F6]

[u] [This note applies to cells C20 and F20]

[u] [This note applies to cells C30 and F30]

Percentage of graduates born in the Republic of Ireland

[u] [This note applies to cells D6]

Yorkshire and The Humber

Number of all graduates who Percentage of recent graduates who

[u] [This note applies to cells B7 and E7]

[u] [This note applies to cells B9 and E9]

[u] [This note applies to cells B15 and E15]

[u] [This note applies to cells B23 and E23]

[u] [This note applies to cells B30 and E30]

Yorkshire and The Humber

[u] [This note applies to cells C6 and F6]

[u] [This note applies to cells C21 and F21]

[u] [This note applies to cells C30 and F30]

Percentage of graduates born in the Republic of Ireland

[u] [This note applies to cells D6]

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