Report: Career & Salary Journey for Alumni
Our new report, produced in October 2025, examines the long-term career and salary trajectory of Generation UK alumni, assessing how participating in a Generation UK programme contributes to sustained career success for people completing the bootcamps.
Our findings, drawn from 511 survey responses (from 2019-2023 beneficiaries), and eight case study interviews, highlight the ongoing impact of taking part in a Generation UK programme for our alumni.
Generation UK aims to prepare, place and support people facing barriers to employment into careers that would not be accessible to them otherwise. Generation delivers different programmes or “bootcamps” of approximately 1 to 3 months in the areas of technology and healthcare aiming to place beneficiaries in entry-level roles. Programmes are practice-based, teaching technical skills as well as soft and employability skills, such as CV writing, interview preparation, and are accompanied by mentoring support adapted to the beneficiary context.
This report, undertaken by external research organisation ImpactEd, presents findings on the career and salary trajectories of Generation UK alumni after completing their respective bootcamp. We aim to have an impact that is broad, deep and durable, and this reports builds the evidence base to support our work on investigating long-term outcomes of our programmes.
Download the full report PDF here or from the links below.
KEY FINDINGS:
- Generation UK programmes lead to significant career and salary progression. Alumni experienced a positive average year-to-year salary increase of 17% for IT related programmes, 16% for the Healthcare Assistant programme, and 10% for the Sustainability Project Officer programme .
- Alumni annual salary growth rates often match or even exceed national industry benchmarks and bring people’s salaries above the Living Wage.
- For tech programmes the average salary 5 years after a bootcamp is £40,000, and for green and healthcare alumni after 3 years the average salary is £30,000.
- Alumni widely identified Generation UK’s holistic support as the crucial “first-step” in their career journeys, from technical skills development through to job search assistance.
Save the date! Durability Impact Webinar
In February 2026 we’ll share insights into the report from a panel of experts, including further Long Term Outcomes case studies, aimed at the UK charity sector. Your invitation to join us will be shared soon.
Please note this report has not yet been officially released to the public, so we’d be grateful if you could keep the website link and PDFs within our valued funder and partner community until early 2026.
“Generation really helped me in my job search, but also in succeeding in my role.”
Generation UK alumna
