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

Engineering & Technology

15 months after graduation · sorted by starting salary

1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Management
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
£40,500
£40,500···£40,000···£53,500
2
Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year
University of Southampton
£37,000
£37,000···£40,500···£50,000
3
Computer Engineering (Extended)
Whitefield Academy Trust
£37,000
£37,000···£44,000···£56,000
4
Software Engineering
University of Southampton
£36,000
£36,000···£47,000···£62,000
5
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Warwick
£35,000
£35,000···£37,000···£53,500
6
Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
£35,000
7
Civil Engineering (4 years)
University of Oxford
£35,000
£35,000···£40,500···£60,500
8
Electronic Engineering with Space Science and Technology
The University of Bath
£34,000
£34,000···£36,000···£46,500
9
Software Engineering
Queen's University of Belfast
£33,000
10
Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics
University of Glasgow
£33,000
£33,000···£32,000···£38,000
11
Aeronautical Engineering
University of Glasgow
£33,000
£33,000···£32,000···£38,000
12
Mechanical Engineering (4 years)
University of Southampton
£32,500
£32,500···£34,500···£42,500
13
Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry
University of Nottingham, the
£32,000
£32,000···£35,500···£43,500
14
Civil Engineering
The University of Warwick
£32,000
£32,000···£33,000···£40,500
15
Structural and Fire Safety Engineering
University of Edinburgh
£31,500
£31,500···£32,000···£41,000
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