Top 100 UK Universities by Graduate Salary 2026

This leaderboard ranks 100 UK universities by median 5-yr salary, drawn from HMRC LEO 5-year (via HESA Discover Uni). Only universities with at least 10 qualifying courses are included.

100 UK universities ranked · minimum 10 courses per university to qualify · source: HMRC LEO 5-year (via HESA Discover Uni)

Rank	University	Median 5-yr salary	Sample
TEF G · #1	Imperial College London Kensington and Chelsea	£53,500	60 courses
TEF S · #2	London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London Westminster	£53,250	40 courses
TEF B · #3	University of Bath Bath	£46,500	59 courses
#4	University of Cambridge Cambridge	£45,000	28 courses
#5	University of Oxford Oxford	£44,000	219 courses
#6	University of Bristol Bristol	£43,500	161 courses
#7	UCL (University College London) London	£42,500	382 courses
#8	University Academy 92 (UA92) Manchester	£42,500	27 courses
#9	Loughborough University Loughborough	£42,000	105 courses
#10	King's College London, University of London Westminster	£41,750	110 courses
#11	Durham University Durham	£41,000	82 courses
#12	University of Southampton Southampton	£40,500	248 courses
#13	University of Exeter Exeter	£40,000	161 courses
#14	Aston University, Birmingham Birmingham	£39,500	26 courses
#15	City (City St George's, University of London) City of London	£39,500	57 courses
#16	University of Surrey Guildford	£38,500	76 courses
#17	University of Nottingham Nottingham	£38,500	121 courses
#18	University of St Andrews St Andrews	£38,000	626 courses
#19	University of Warwick Coventry	£38,000	150 courses
#20	Queen Mary University of London London	£36,500	111 courses
#21	University of Reading Reading	£36,000	231 courses
#22	Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne	£35,500	116 courses
#23	Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh	£35,250	88 courses
#24	University of Leeds Leeds	£34,500	224 courses
#25	University of Kent Canterbury	£34,500	111 courses
#26	The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh	£34,500	339 courses
#27	University of Buckingham Buckingham	£34,500	15 courses
#28	University of Strathclyde Glasgow	£34,000	200 courses
#29	Brunel University of London Uxbridge	£34,000	92 courses
#30	University of Birmingham Birmingham	£34,000	180 courses
#31	University of York York	£34,000	173 courses
#32	University of Sheffield Sheffield	£34,000	84 courses
#33	The University of Law London	£33,500	15 courses
#34	University of Sussex Brighton	£33,000	134 courses
#35	University of Leicester Leicester	£33,000	96 courses
#36	Regent's University London Westminster	£33,000	32 courses
#37	University of Brighton Brighton	£32,500	113 courses
#38	Bournemouth University Poole	£32,500	114 courses
#39	Lancaster University Lancaster	£32,500	230 courses
#40	Oxford Brookes University Oxford	£32,500	110 courses
#41	Royal Agricultural University Cirencester	£32,500	27 courses
#42	Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow	£32,250	46 courses
#43	Robert Gordon University Aberdeen	£32,000	59 courses
#44	University of Portsmouth Portsmouth	£32,000	152 courses
#45	University of Liverpool Liverpool	£32,000	169 courses
#46	Cardiff University Cardiff	£32,000	113 courses
#47	Harper Adams University Newport	£32,000	13 courses
#48	University of Manchester Manchester	£32,000	260 courses
#49	London South Bank University Southwark	£31,750	78 courses
#50	Kingston University Kingston upon Thames	£31,750	86 courses
#51	Coventry University Coventry	£31,000	234 courses
#52	Birkbeck, University of London London	£31,000	134 courses
#53	University of Westminster, London London	£31,000	147 courses
#54	Royal Holloway, University of London Egham	£31,000	187 courses
#55	University of Dundee Dundee	£30,500	145 courses
#56	University of Greenwich Greenwich	£30,500	124 courses
#57	University of Hertfordshire Hatfield	£30,500	108 courses
#58	Northumbria University, Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne	£30,500	87 courses
#59	University of the West of Scotland Paisley	£30,500	45 courses
#60	Nottingham Trent University Nottingham	£30,000	179 courses
#61	Goldsmiths, University of London Lewisham	£30,000	62 courses
#62	University of Aberdeen Aberdeen	£30,000	318 courses
#63	University of Plymouth Plymouth	£30,000	150 courses
#64	Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh	£30,000	69 courses
#65	Middlesex University Barnet	£29,500	68 courses
#66	University of East Anglia UEA Norwich	£29,500	297 courses
#67	University of Roehampton Wandsworth	£29,500	63 courses
#68	London Metropolitan University City of London	£29,500	93 courses
#69	Ravensbourne University London Greenwich	£29,500	32 courses
#70	University of Essex Colchester	£29,500	379 courses
#71	SOAS University of London Camden	£29,500	210 courses
#72	Swansea University Swansea	£29,500	201 courses
#73	University of the Arts London London	£29,500	91 courses
#74	University of Glasgow Glasgow	£29,500	573 courses
#75	University of Hull Hull	£29,500	170 courses
#76	University of Stirling Stirling	£29,000	163 courses
#77	Glasgow School of Art Glasgow	£29,000	11 courses
#78	Keele University Keele	£29,000	234 courses
#79	Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield	£29,000	103 courses
#80	St Mary's University, Twickenham Twickenham	£28,500	80 courses
#81	Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff	£28,000	76 courses
#82	University of Bradford Bradford	£28,000	52 courses
#83	Leeds Beckett University Leeds	£28,000	120 courses
#84	Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge	£28,000	139 courses
#85	University of Northampton Northampton	£27,500	142 courses
#86	De Montfort University Leicester	£27,500	95 courses
#87	University of West London Ealing	£27,500	113 courses
#88	University of East London Newham	£27,500	94 courses
#89	University of Huddersfield Huddersfield	£27,500	126 courses
#90	University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham	£27,500	112 courses
#91	Southampton, Solent University Southampton	£27,500	66 courses
#92	Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury	£27,500	111 courses
#93	Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe	£27,500	128 courses
#94	Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool	£27,500	97 courses
#95	Abertay University Dundee	£27,250	46 courses
#96	Arts University Bournemouth Poole	£27,000	19 courses
#97	Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh Edinburgh	£27,000	24 courses
#98	Aberystwyth University Wales	£27,000	201 courses
#99	Birmingham City University Birmingham	£27,000	128 courses
#100	Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester	£26,500	121 courses

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