What does the 2024 first job survey tell us about new Telecom SudParis graduates? With some of the highest salaries in France, extremely rapid vocational integration and equal pay for men and women, the vocational integration survey by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE)* presents an employment outlook which remains highly favourable for Telecom SudParis engineers.
First job survey video
A highly favourable job market for digital engineers
The digital sector is one of the most promising fields in terms of recruitment. Digital transformation concerns all activity sectors. Digital engineers, such as design engineers and software engineers, remain highly sought after. However, the new professions emerging from the major digital trends such as data analysis, cybersecurity, cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) offer increasingly attractive employment prospects.
An above-average net employment rate
The net employment rate** for 2023 engineer graduates of Telecom SudParis is 91.3% (compared to the 89.6% average for French engineering schools) despite a difficult economic situation that has adversely affected recruitment!
Within six months following graduation, 75% of the class of 2023 is in an occupational activity, including voluntary work and business creation. The percentage of graduates continuing their studies at PhD level is higher than in previous years, at 11%.
Job-seeking periods remain very short: almost 8 out of 10 graduates found an occupational activity before leaving the school, and over 98% of new graduates found employment in less than 4 months.
A wide range of activity sectors
There is a perfect balance between small, medium-sized and large companies, attracting 30%, 32% and 30% of graduates respectively across a wide range of activity sectors: Information and Communication Technology Services and Industry (38%), Consulting and Engineering firms (15%), Finance and Insurance (14%), Automotive, Aerospace, Shipbuilding, Rail and Transport Services (7%), Energy (7%) and Scientific Research and Development (4%).
74% of Telecom SudParis engineers work in Île-de-France and 18.3% outside the Paris region. Among engineers working abroad, the United Kingdom and Canada are the most attractive countries.
Among the highest salaries for new graduates in france
In France, the median gross annual salary including bonuses for general engineers newly graduated from Telecom SudParis remains stable at €44,500, which consolidates the School’s position among the highest young graduate salary rates. Again this year, there is no difference in salary between men and women.
92.4% of employed graduates have executive status and 90% of those employed in France have a permanent position (86.6% for CGE engineers).
Internship, the best way to find a job
47% of 2023 graduates found employment via their end-of-study internship or apprenticeship. The use of professional social networks such as LinkedIn remains very high at 15%. There was also a marked increase in unsolicited applications (8%).
*This thirty-second survey on the vocational integration of graduates from the Conférence des Grandes Écoles graduate schools was carried out during the first quarter of 2024. Each participating CGE member school collected the data for their establishment. The survey participation rate for Telecom SudParis engineer graduates was 73%.
**The net employment rate corresponds to the proportion of graduates in employment, including those doing voluntary work, divided by the same population plus those looking for work.
| Indicator | Télécom SudParis, Class of 2023 | CGE, Engineers 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Response rate | 73% | 56.1% |
| Net employment rate | 91.3% | 89.6% |
| Pursuing a PhD | 11% | 6.3% |
| Employment found within 2 months | 90.7% | 86.5% |
| Employment found within 4 months | 99.15% | 96.2% |
| Executive status | 92.4% | 91.5% |
| Permanent contract (CDI) | 89.5% | 86.6% |
| Job obtained through final-year internship or apprenticeship employer | 47% | 43.5% |
| Further studies (excluding PhD) | 5% | 6.9% |
| Job seekers | 7% | 8.8% |
| Employment abroad | 7.7% | 9.0% |
| Median salary in France (including bonuses) | €44,500 | €40,500 |
Further information
- CGE 2022 integration survey specific to Telecom SudParis (fr)
- CGE 2022 integration survey (fr)
- CGE 2021 integration survey specific to Telecom SudParis (fr)
- CGE 2021 integration survey (fr)
- IMT 2020 barometer of digital jobs (fr) produced during the Telecom Forum organized by the students of Telecom SudParis and IMT-BS, and the Talent Day organized by Telecom Paris students
