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Has anyone got a job after University? And if you have, what was the job and what range was your salary if you don’t mind disclosing the information with us, because I’m hearing things such as they average £30k and some financial jobs give up to £50k for graduates but then seeing jobs for graduates that give £22k?
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Nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals have no option but to do a degree to work at that level (otherwise work as a support worker) and salary upon qualifying is 24k.
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£24k? Is that a lot of money for someone with a degree? after tax you'd take home and after paying rent you basically have little to last the month :/
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It's not classed as "a lot", but I definitely have more than "scraps" to live off each month. Add on antisocial hours pay, take off tax, pay my mortgage and bills, and even if I did that by myself I'd still comfortably be able to eat and have a life. My husband's on a similar pay and between us we've never missed a rent/mortgage payment, never missed paying a bill, never missed a meal, been able to afford having a life and always been able to afford a holiday - some of it is being sensible with money.
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(Original post by Emily_B)
It's not classed as "a lot", but I definitely have more than "scraps" to live off each month. Add on antisocial hours pay, take off tax, pay my mortgage and bills, and even if I did that by myself I'd still comfortably be able to eat and have a life. My husband's on a similar pay and between us we've never missed a rent/mortgage payment, never missed paying a bill, never missed a meal, been able to afford having a life and always been able to afford a holiday - some of it is being sensible with money.
It's not classed as "a lot", but I definitely have more than "scraps" to live off each month. Add on antisocial hours pay, take off tax, pay my mortgage and bills, and even if I did that by myself I'd still comfortably be able to eat and have a life. My husband's on a similar pay and between us we've never missed a rent/mortgage payment, never missed paying a bill, never missed a meal, been able to afford having a life and always been able to afford a holiday - some of it is being sensible with money.
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(Original post by Mohamed Idris)
£24k? Is that a lot of money for someone with a degree? after tax you'd take home and after paying rent you basically have scraps to last the month :/
£24k? Is that a lot of money for someone with a degree? after tax you'd take home and after paying rent you basically have scraps to last the month :/
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/18-06-20...hieved%2029%25.
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Or at least it was pre pandemic...
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(Original post by Emily_B)
It's not classed as "a lot", but I definitely have more than "scraps" to live off each month. Add on antisocial hours pay, take off tax, pay my mortgage and bills, and even if I did that by myself I'd still comfortably be able to eat and have a life. My husband's on a similar pay and between us we've never missed a rent/mortgage payment, never missed paying a bill, never missed a meal, been able to afford having a life and always been able to afford a holiday - some of it is being sensible with money.
It's not classed as "a lot", but I definitely have more than "scraps" to live off each month. Add on antisocial hours pay, take off tax, pay my mortgage and bills, and even if I did that by myself I'd still comfortably be able to eat and have a life. My husband's on a similar pay and between us we've never missed a rent/mortgage payment, never missed paying a bill, never missed a meal, been able to afford having a life and always been able to afford a holiday - some of it is being sensible with money.
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My first salary out of uni (quite a few years back now) was circa £19k. Not living in London and didn't drive so fairly easy to live off that.
There seems to be some mad expectation that everyone will walk into some graduate role. Never been true.
Edit: It was an entry level position at HSBC in case anyone thinks finance is some golden goose of a career.
There seems to be some mad expectation that everyone will walk into some graduate role. Never been true.
Edit: It was an entry level position at HSBC in case anyone thinks finance is some golden goose of a career.
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(Original post by Quady)
Thats pretty much the median wage in the UK and for new grads.
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/18-06-20...hieved%2029%25.
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Or at least it was pre pandemic...
Thats pretty much the median wage in the UK and for new grads.
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/18-06-20...hieved%2029%25.
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Or at least it was pre pandemic...
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It largely depends on what degree you do and what sector/ job you would want after university and what university you went to, some obviously pay more than others
https://www.graduate-jobs.com/gco/Bo...y-salaries.jsp
https://www.cityam.com/average-gradu...ubject-go-and/
https://www.graduate-jobs.com/gco/Bo...y-salaries.jsp
https://www.cityam.com/average-gradu...ubject-go-and/
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(Original post by Admit-One)
My first salary out of uni (quite a few years back now) was circa £19k. Not living in London and didn't drive so fairly easy to live off that.
There seems to be some mad expectation that everyone will walk into some graduate role. Never been true.
Edit: It was an entry level position at HSBC in case anyone thinks finance is some golden goose of a career.
My first salary out of uni (quite a few years back now) was circa £19k. Not living in London and didn't drive so fairly easy to live off that.
There seems to be some mad expectation that everyone will walk into some graduate role. Never been true.
Edit: It was an entry level position at HSBC in case anyone thinks finance is some golden goose of a career.
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(Original post by Mohamed Idris)
Has anyone got a job after University? And if you have, what was the job and what range was your salary if you don’t mind disclosing the information with us, because I’m hearing things such as they average £30k and some financial jobs give up to £50k for graduates but then seeing jobs for graduates that give £22k?
Has anyone got a job after University? And if you have, what was the job and what range was your salary if you don’t mind disclosing the information with us, because I’m hearing things such as they average £30k and some financial jobs give up to £50k for graduates but then seeing jobs for graduates that give £22k?
A financing tech job at £40K + bonus, an engineering grad scheme £28K and a funded PhD with a stipend.
I chose the PhD
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(Original post by mnot)
I had a couple offers (from an engineering masters).
A financing tech job at £40K + bonus, an engineering grad scheme £28K and a funded PhD with a stipend.
I chose the PhD
I had a couple offers (from an engineering masters).
A financing tech job at £40K + bonus, an engineering grad scheme £28K and a funded PhD with a stipend.
I chose the PhD
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(Original post by Mohamed Idris)
Seriously? I’ve always wanted to study Finance next year as I heard you can earn like 30k as soon as you start. What’s the job role?
Seriously? I’ve always wanted to study Finance next year as I heard you can earn like 30k as soon as you start. What’s the job role?
Competition for £30k starting salaries will be very tough, esp. with COVID and Brexit.
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(Original post by Admit-One)
First role was just a data entry monkey, (job market very poor when I left and found myself in a similar position as other graduates), then an account services clerk, then various roles relating to new applications, data integrity and eventually credit underwriting. None well paid
Competition for £30k starting salaries will be very tough, esp. with COVID and Brexit.
First role was just a data entry monkey, (job market very poor when I left and found myself in a similar position as other graduates), then an account services clerk, then various roles relating to new applications, data integrity and eventually credit underwriting. None well paid
Competition for £30k starting salaries will be very tough, esp. with COVID and Brexit.
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Very few jobs pay £50k starting salary for fresh grads, but they do exist. These are jobs in front office high finance, strategy consulting at MBB firms, corporate law, and tech at FAANG companies. Extremely competitive even for people at target unis
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(Original post by Mohamed Idris)
Has anyone got a job after University?
Has anyone got a job after University?
The salary I earned* (for the subsequent few years can be found here): https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/sho....php?t=6026828; under Do you get paid during training?
*P.S. this is the salary before on-call supplement, so assume the actual figure is about 20-30% higher.
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(Original post by Mohamed Idris)
Seriously? I’ve always wanted to study Finance next year as I heard you can earn like 30k as soon as you start. What’s the job role?
Seriously? I’ve always wanted to study Finance next year as I heard you can earn like 30k as soon as you start. What’s the job role?
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(Original post by Admit-One)
My first salary out of uni (quite a few years back now) was circa £19k. Not living in London and didn't drive so fairly easy to live off that.
There seems to be some mad expectation that everyone will walk into some graduate role. Never been true.
Edit: It was an entry level position at HSBC in case anyone thinks finance is some golden goose of a career.
My first salary out of uni (quite a few years back now) was circa £19k. Not living in London and didn't drive so fairly easy to live off that.
There seems to be some mad expectation that everyone will walk into some graduate role. Never been true.
Edit: It was an entry level position at HSBC in case anyone thinks finance is some golden goose of a career.
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(Original post by tjames988)
You certainly can, but not all finance roles pay £30k and they are highly competitive
You certainly can, but not all finance roles pay £30k and they are highly competitive
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