联合王国研究生的聘用在2024年下降了8%,但大多数的聘用仍然保持正常,学徒人数上升,工资增加。 UK graduate hiring dropped 8% in 2024, but most hiring continued normally, while apprenticeships rose and salaries increased.

据学生雇主协会称,2024年英国的毕业生招生下降了8%,这是自该流行病以来首次下降,尽管92%的招生仍保持正常。 Graduate hiring in the UK fell 8% in 2024, the first decline since the pandemic, according to the Institute of Student Employers, though 92% of hiring continued as normal. 学徒招聘增加了8%,雇主雇用了每个学徒1.8名毕业生,低于2024年的2.3名。 Apprentice recruitment rose 8%, with employers hiring 1.8 graduates per apprentice—down from 2.3 in 2024. 中等毕业生起薪达33 000英镑,增加2%,而离校毕业生则增加3%,达到24 000英镑。 Median graduate starting salaries reached £33,000, up 2%, while school leavers saw a 3% increase to £24,000. 申请数量仍然很高,每个毕业生空缺140人。 Application volumes remained high at 140 per graduate vacancy. 政府正在推广学徒制,目标是使三分之二的年轻人在25岁之前接受教育或培训,到2040年达到10%接受高等技术教育。 The government is promoting apprenticeships, aiming for two-thirds of young people to be in education or training by age 25, with 10% in higher technical education by 2040. 取消19岁以上学徒的英语和数学必修要求的修改可以使每年多达10,000人完成课程。 Changes removing mandatory English and maths requirements for apprentices over 19 could allow up to 10,000 more to complete programs annually.