Real Earnings Data

Salary Explorer

Compare graduate earnings across every subject. Real salary data from HMRC tax records — 15 months, 3 years & 5 years post-graduation.

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21 subjects · Full-time · Starting salary (15 months)

Median Graduate Salary by Subject

Full-time graduates only · Click a bar to see top courses
Trajectory key:15 months3 years5 years
Medicine & Dentistry
£37,000
Education
£36,000
Computer Science
£30,000
£30,000£34,000+13% over 5yrs
Mass Communications & Documentation
£30,000
Languages
£30,000
£30,000£38,500£49,000+63% over 5yrs
Law
£29,500
£29,500£30,000£35,500+20% over 5yrs
Subjects Allied to Medicine
£28,000
£28,000£30,500+9% over 5yrs
Politics
£28,000
Psychology
£26,000
Veterinary Science
£26,000
£26,000£26,500+2% over 5yrs
Combined
£26,000
Historical & Philosophical Studies
£25,000
Economics
£25,000
£25,000£26,000+4% over 5yrs
Engineering & Technology
£24,500
£24,500£29,500£32,500+33% over 5yrs
Architecture, Building & Planning
£24,500
£24,500£25,000+2% over 5yrs
Nursing
£24,500
Agriculture & Related
£24,000
Sociology
£24,000
Biological Sciences
£23,000
£23,000£23,500+2% over 5yrs
Physical Sciences
£23,000
£23,000£25,000+9% over 5yrs
General Studies
£21,500
Top earning courses

Computer Science

15 months after graduation · sorted by starting salary

1
Computer Science
The University of Warwick
£40,000
£40,000···£49,000···£65,500
2
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Loughborough University
£38,000
£38,000···£40,500···£58,500
3
Computer Science
University of York
£35,000
£35,000···£40,000···£53,500
4
Computer Science and Mathematics
University of York
£35,000
£35,000···£40,000···£53,500
5
Computer Science (with a year in industry)
University of York
£35,000
£35,000···£40,000···£53,500
6
Software Engineering
Edinburgh Napier University
£35,000
£35,000···£31,500···£39,000
7
Computing
The University of Huddersfield
£31,000
£31,000···£29,500···£37,000
8
Computer Science (Undergraduate Masters including Professional Experience)
Queen's University of Belfast
£31,000
9
Computer Science
University of Keele
£30,000
£30,000···£26,500···£37,000
10
Computer Science
University of the West of England, Bristol
£30,000
£30,000···£32,000···£41,500
11
Computer Science
Swansea University
£30,000
£30,000···£31,500···£40,500
12
Computing Science and Physics
University of Aberdeen
£28,500
£28,500···£25,500···£40,000
13
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
University Campus of Football Business Limited
£27,000
£27,000···£22,500···£26,500
14
Computer Science
Black Mountain Activities Limited
£24,500
£24,500···£26,500···£33,000
15
Graphic Communication with Diploma in Creative Computing
Norwich University of the Arts
£24,000
£24,000···£19,500···£24,500
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