The given table shows the destinations of UK undergraduate degree holders over a 4-year period from 2007 to 2010, and the chart provides information about income ranges for graduates by gender in the years 2009 and 2010.
Overall, the noticeable trend is UK graduates tend to choose a full-time job throughout the period. It is clearly shown in the numbers with the proportion at 64% in 2007 and 63% in 2010. The destination with the lowest figure is freelance and further study, at 9% in 2007 and maintaining to be the least chosen option until 2010.
Destination with the second highest figure is ‘further study only’, far behind full-time employment at 16% in the 2007 academic year. Showing little variation, this number will only surge and decrease by about 1-2% in the following years.
A closer look at ‘not employed’ and ‘part-time employment and study’ option, their numbers have similar pattern with two other patterns, which is having slightly different number year by year. Nine out of a hundred graduates in 2007 chose freelance and study path, and eleven out of a hundred bachelor degree holders chose to not having any jobs.
Women graduates in the 2009/10 academic year mostly acquire 20000 – 25000 USD, while Men in the same academic year mostly acquire 15000 – 20000 USD. However, a small percentage of men graduates get over 40000 USD for their salaries.