The table provides the data on UK graduates who had different destination for academic year from 2007 to 2010, while pie charts illustrate the proportion of salaries distribution between male and female for 2009 and 2010.
Overall, full-time employment had the highest percentages throughout the period, whereas part-time employment and study had the lowest percentages. Regarding salaries, men and women both earned mid-range salaries.
To begin with, in 2007, 64% of graduates placed in full-time employment, this figure fell dramatically at 59% in2009, before rising to 63% in 2010. The figure for part-time employment and study had 9% in 2007, which decreased marginally at 7% in 2010. 16% of the UK graduates, placed in further study in 2007, which increased to 18% in 2009 and it fell slightly in 2010 at 17%. The UK graduates, who were not employed was 11% in 2007, which hiked to 15% in 2009, then fell in 2010 at 13%.
On the other hand, a largest proportion of female earned between $20,000 and $24,000 at 32%, whereas male only had 26%. Moreover, men and women both had quite similar earning. Nevertheless, both gender earned similar amount of salary between $15,000 and $19,999 at 29%.