"Figure 8: Percentage of recent graduates^1,2^ and non-recent graduates^3^ working in non-graduate roles^4^","" "July to September 2001 to July to September 2017, UK","" "","" "Notes","1. A recent graduate is a graduate who left full time education within five years of the survey date. 2. A graduate is defined as a person who is aged between 21 and 64, not enrolled on any educational course and who has a level of higher education above A level standard. 3. Non recent graduates are graduates who left full time education more than five years from the survey date. 4. Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of the West of England have defined a non-graduate role as one which does not require a higher educational background. Please see the user guidance to the report for more details. " "Unit","%" "","" "Year","Recent Graduates^1^ ","Non recent graduates^3^ " "Q3 2001","39","30" "Q4 2001","37","30" "Q1 2002","36","30" "Q2 2002","38","30" "Q3 2002","41","30" "Q4 2002","39","29" "Q1 2003","38","29" "Q2 2003","36","29" "Q3 2003","39","30" "Q4 2003","40","30" "Q1 2004","38","30" "Q2 2004","42","30" "Q3 2004","44","30" "Q4 2004","43","31" "Q1 2005","41","30" "Q2 2005","40","30" "Q3 2005","42","30" "Q4 2005","42","30" "Q1 2006","38","30" "Q2 2006","38","29" "Q3 2006","44","30" "Q4 2006","43","31" "Q1 2007","42","31" "Q2 2007","43","31" "Q3 2007","43","32" "Q4 2007","42","31" "Q1 2008","40","31" "Q2 2008","39","31" "Q3 2008","41","31" "Q4 2008","44","31" "Q1 2009","41","31" "Q2 2009","41","31" "Q3 2009","43","31" "Q4 2009","43","32" "Q1 2010","45","32" "Q2 2010","45","32" "Q3 2010","46","32" "Q4 2010","44","33" "Q1 2011","44","33" "Q2 2011","46","34" "Q3 2011","48","35" "Q4 2011","47","35" "Q1 2012","46","35" "Q2 2012","48","34" "Q3 2012","50","35" "Q4 2012","51","35" "Q1 2013","49","35" "Q2 2013","47","35" "Q3 2013","47","35" "Q4 2013","47","35" "Q1 2014","45","36" "Q2 2014","44","35" "Q3 2014","46","35" "Q4 2014","47","36" "Q1 2015","45","36" "Q2 2015","46","36" "Q3 2015","46","36" "Q4 2015","46","36" "Q1 2016","45","36" "Q2 2016","48","36" "Q3 2016","47","36" "Q4 2016","47","36" "Q1 2017","45","36" "Q2 2017","48","36" "Q3 2017","49","37"