Computer Science

 

Computer Science
5 years after Graduation.

EXPLAINER NOTES BY ANDY GARDNER

Subjects covered include:

Computer science, Information systems and networks, Software engineering, Artificial intelligence, Health informatics, Games, Computer generated visual & audio effects

General Median salaries to compare with below:

For all 24-29-year-olds in work in 2014-15: £20,800 WonkHE.   For all ages, £27,600 in 2015 ASHE

Interesting points from the depths of the LEO spreadsheet:

Well done University of Hertfordshire, high median earnings from students in the lowest prior attainment band with an extremely large cohort.  Like Architecture, Building and Surveying, there seems to be genuine Social Mobility going on here, with students in the middle or low prior attainment bands earning well above the national median average.  BTW this sector has very well-developed Apprenticeships with many sixth formers now going onto Advanced, Higher or Degree Apprenticeships

It’s not just about the money!

There are many reasons to go to university; Love of a subject, independent and critical thinking, independent living (if affordable!).  It’s not just about salary levels, however applicants must not be misled by general statements about a blanket graduate dividend, these can be clearly bogus.  See information below.

For courses with a clear vocational link, check to see if there is a relevant apprenticeship standard:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/apprenticeship-standards https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/institute-for-apprenticeships
https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeshipsearch

Computer Science
Data Set

HE provider Upper quartile Median earnings Lower quartile
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 74700 51800 34100
The University of Cambridge 70800 51300 38300
University College London 53500 43700 36500
The University of Warwick 49600 43600 34600
The University of Oxford 73500 43000 34100
The University of Edinburgh 54600 42700 29600
The University of St Andrews 53400 40800 31300
The University of Bristol 51200 40000 33700
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College 42100 40000 32300
The University of Southampton 53800 39800 28300
The University of York 49500 39600 28800
The University of Reading 46000 39500 30300
King's College London 53400 38400 30500
The University of Glasgow 46800 37800 24500
Oxford Brookes University 41700 37600 26600
Loughborough University 46900 36800 27900
University of Durham 48300 36700 28600
The University of Manchester 45900 36600 26200
The University of Bath 45400 36300 27600
Queen Mary University of London 48000 36300 30400
The Open University in England16 53300 36200 23500
The University of Strathclyde 46500 35900 27300
The University of Birmingham 42200 34700 28500
The City University 44600 34000 23400
Bournemouth University 41300 33500 25100
The University of Leicester 44800 33500 27500
The University of Leeds 44700 33200 25000
The University of Aberdeen 36000 32800 20700
The University of Surrey 46600 32500 27900
University of Nottingham 49900 32400 22500
The University of Sussex 40500 32400 25600
The University of Exeter 36000 32000 25700
The University of Sheffield 39400 31500 26400
Swansea University 36200 31100 24600
The University of Brighton 41100 30900 20200
Brunel University London 41400 30500 22900
Heriot-Watt University 43300 30500 19300
The University of Kent 42600 30100 24400
Aston University 42300 29900 20800
University of Hertfordshire 37900 29400 22600
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 35000 29200 22500
The Nottingham Trent University 37700 28700 20300
The University of East Anglia 33500 28600 19300
The University of West London 38000 28400 15800
The University of Stirling 33000 28400 22800
University of the West of England, Bristol 39500 28100 21200
London South Bank University 34600 27800 15800
Goldsmiths College 36100 27700 21200
The University of Essex 35700 27600 18300
The University of Hull 33600 27600 22100
Southampton Solent University 33400 27500 21700
Cardiff University 37600 27500 20800
University of Northumbria at Newcastle 33600 27400 21900
University Campus Suffolk 37100 27400 20300
Kingston University 35800 27300 20400
Canterbury Christ Church University 30600 27200 16200
University of Worcester 30200 27200 22600
GB 36000 27100 19200
Coventry University 36200 27000 20200
The Robert Gordon University 41400 27000 21600
Aberystwyth University 39000 26900 20800
The University of Central Lancashire 34000 26600 17600
The University of Lancaster 36100 26600 22200
The University of Liverpool 36000 26500 20500
Sheffield Hallam University 34600 26400 19900
The University of Keele 32900 26300 20000
Staffordshire University 34200 26300 19500
London Metropolitan University 31900 26200 17900
Buckinghamshire New University 34700 26100 14600
Middlesex University 32300 26000 16800
University of Plymouth 32200 26000 18800
The University of Dundee 40900 25900 15200
University of Wales Trinity Saint David 30900 25700 21000
Roehampton University 33500 25600 12900
University of Derby 31300 25500 20000
The University of Portsmouth 32900 25400 18600
The University of Salford 30000 25300 17400
Cardiff Metropolitan University 28100 25300 19000
Edge Hill University 29800 25200 17900
The University of Greenwich 33400 25000 17100
Birmingham City University 30400 24800 17600
Anglia Ruskin University 33000 24500 17900
Liverpool John Moores University 32600 24500 18500
The University of Westminster 32700 24400 17400
The University of Huddersfield 30000 24300 17800
The University of Northampton 31200 24300 16900
De Montfort University 33500 24200 15700
University of Chester 29700 24000 18800
University of Abertay Dundee 32600 24000 17600
Edinburgh Napier University 31100 24000 20100
University of Bedfordshire 32900 23900 16300
The University of East London 31700 23800 13400
Glasgow Caledonian University 30500 23700 18600
Leeds Beckett University 30800 23500 17800
The University of Wolverhampton 28400 23400 16000
The Manchester Metropolitan University 31300 23300 18200
University of Gloucestershire 27300 23000 15500
Liverpool Hope University 28700 23000 16300
Teesside University 29200 22900 17400
Glyndŵr University 25400 22800 17600
The University of Bolton 24900 22200 13100
University of South Wales 29400 22200 17000
The University of Sunderland 29100 22000 15500
The University of Bradford 27100 20700 16500
The University of Lincoln 27300 20500 15400
The University of the West of Scotland 27600 20100 13500
University of Cumbria 30000 19800 17000

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