00:01, Mon, Jan 16, 2017
The likes of retailer Aldi and law firm Baker McKenzie are among those offering at least £40,000, while graduates taken on by Britain’s top 100 employers can expect an average salary closer to £30,000 during the next year.
The figures were compiled for The Graduate Market in 2017 report, a study of the latest graduate vacancies and starting salaries at the country’s best-known and most successful employers.
Despite the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote, Britain’s top employers are expecting to expand their graduate recruitment for the fifth year running in 2017.
The report reveals that employers are stepping up their graduate vacancies by 4.3 per cent this year, with extra jobs available in the public sector, and at high street and online retailers.