Mathematics, IT and Computing : Destinations

Table 1 shows the employment levels rose amongst mathematics graduates by 3.7 percent to 45.3% in 2010.
Around a quarter of mathematics graduates chose to undertake further study after leaving university (almost twice the proportion of UK graduates across all disciplines).
Unemployment levels improved by almost one percent to 9.5% alongside the initial recovery in the graduate labour market.

In 2010, the proportion of IT graduates who were employed six months after graduation (including those working and studying) went up to 68.6% compared to 64% in the previous year.
The proportion of those going on to further study fell in 2010 to 9.5%, with the biggest drop seen in those studying for a higher degree in the UK (6.4% compared to 7.5% last year).
The unemployment rate for IT graduates from 2009/10 reflects the improving graduate labour market, with a decrease of over 2% to 14.2%.
Students beginning IT-related degrees now will hopefully benefit from an improved economic climate by the time they graduate.

Table 1. Destinations of maths and IT graduates from 2010, six months after graduation
	Numbers graduating(survey respondents)	Entering employment	Entering further study/training	Working and studying	Unemployed at time of survey	Other
Mathematics	4150	45.3%	24.4%	12.6%	9.5%	8.1%
IT and Computing	8845	63.9%	9.5%	4.7%	14.2%	7.7%
All subjects	233865	62.2%	13.5%	7.6%	8.5%	8.3%

Source: DLHE 2009/10

Further information

About the data
Types of work categories - for a fuller description of the jobs included in each category.
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Written by HECSU and AGCAS, October 2011

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