The graph and chart above illustrate the number of new graduates and their employment in the UK between 1992 and 2002.
Overall, there was a fluctuation in the figure for new graduates. Besides, the percentage of professional employment took the lead over the period. Moreover, the rate of professional employment and managerial and administrative employment experienced a downward trend while the proportion of clerical and secretarial and sales witnessed an upward trend. Meanwhile, other employment showed a fluctuation in its figure.
In detail the number of new graduates of the UK, the time between 1992 and 1997 witnessed a dramatic growth to 195,000 in the figure for new graduates. Over the following years, the number of new graduates decreased significantly to 180,000 in 2002,
In terms of the employment of new graduates of the UK, in 1992, the rate of professional employment ranked first, with 59% , distantly followed by the figure for managerial and administrative employment (20%). At the same time, the proportion of clerical and secretarial employment was higher than the rate of sales and other employment, at 9%, 3% and 5%, respectively. Over the following years, the rate of professional employment and managerial and administrative employment decreased year by year, at 41% and 18% in 2002, In the meantime, the percentage of clerical and secretarial employment and managerial and sales increased to 19% and 10%, respectively, in 2002. Besides, a growth to 8% in the proportion of other employment in 1997, followed by a reduction of 1% to 7% in 2002.
