The number of graduates hired by organizations featured in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers increased by 4.3% in 2018, following a drop in graduate recruitment in 2017 in the aftermath of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union in the summer 2016.
Together, the UK’s top employers are increasing their graduate vacancies by 9.1% in 2019, the highest annual rise in graduate recruitment since 2010.
The biggest increases in vacancies are expected at public sector employers, accounting & professional services firms and engineering & industrial companies who intend to recruit more than 1,500 additional graduates in 2019.
Graduate starting salaries at the UK’s leading graduate employers are expected to remain unchanged for the fifth consecutive year in 2019, at a median starting salary of £30,000.
