CodeClan student outcomes 2015-2022

Get insight into our graduates' careers and employment outcomes

Training at CodeClan has been a life-changing decision for thousands of our students. This outcomes report has been researched and compiled to give you access to data around those decisions and their outcomes. 

3482 people completed CodeClan courses between 2015 and June 2022, including short courses, bespoke courses and 1498 immersive career changers.

This report will help you make an informed decision about your training by understanding the scale of the impact that CodeClan’s Professional Software Development and Professional Data Analysis courses has had on our students’ careers.

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Professional Software Development outcomes

These outcome figures relate to CodeClan’s Professional Software Development course, designed to give you the knowledge, confidence and skills to launch a career as a software developer. This information is based on CodeClan students on this course who graduated between 2015 and the end of 2020.

1,379

Software development graduates

This is the total number of students who graduated from our immersive Professional Software Development course between 2015 and June 2022

96%

Course completion rate

In total, 1434 students started the Professional Software Development course from 2015 and finished by June 2022. Of that number, 1,379 completed the course, which is 97% of all students. 

84%

Job placement rate

This is the job placement percentage for 1320 job-seeking graduates who finished the course between 2015 and June 2022. Sources for this data include CodeClan’s placement records, information given directly from graduates, and LinkedIn. Those who we do not categorise as ‘job seeking graduates’ were either sponsored by their employer or voluntarily opted out of our careers services – a total of 59 students.

Time to employment

Of our graduates who found relevant work after CodeClan, the time it took them to find a job after completing CodeClan is as follows:

A bar chart with four bars show the average time it takes for CodeClan Software Development graduates to find a job: 40% within one month; around 35% in two to three months; around 20% within 4 to 6 months and roughly 10% in more than 6 months.

£29,739

Average CodeClan software graduate starting salary

This is the average starting salary for CodeClan graduates from the Professional Software Development course. This figure is based only on the starting salaries where we have recent, exact data: 165 graduates who were offered roles between September 2021 and August 2022.

£53,484

Average Software Developer salary advertised in the UK

This is the average Software Developer salary in the UK. This is not CodeClan data, but was retrieved from Reed.co.uk on 25th January 2023, based on a sample size of 1870 salaries. 

Emma, a CodeClan software development graduate

“I gained so much more knowledge than I thought I would”

– Emma, Professional Software Development graduate

David, a CodeClan Software Development Graduate

“Sometimes I lack confidence in my abilities, however I now see that I’m able to achieve new things.

– David, Professional Software Development graduate

Amy, a CodeClan Software Development graduate

“My classmates and instructors were incredibly supportive.”

– Amy, Professional Software Development graduate

Professional Data Analysis outcomes

These outcome figures relate to CodeClan’s Professional Data Analysis course, designed to give you the skills and knowledge to become a professional data analyst. The information is based on CodeClan students on this course from the first graduating cohort in 2019 to those who graduated before the end of 2020.

119

Data analysis graduates

This is the total number of graduates from our Professional Data Analysis course from 2019 up to the last students to graduate in 2020.

92%

Course completion rate

In total, 129 students started the course between 2019 (when the course was launched) and June 2022. Of that number, 119 finished it, which is 92% of all students

83%

Job placement rate

This is the job placement percentage for 109 job-seeking graduates who finished this course between 2019 and June 2022. Sources for this data include CodeClan’s placement records, information given directly from graduates, and LinkedIn. Those who we do not categorise as ‘job seeking graduates’ were either sponsored by their employer or voluntarily opted out of our careers services – a total of 10 students.

Time to employment

Of the Professional Data Analysis graduates who found relevant work after CodeClan, the time it took them to find a job after completing the course was as follows:

A bar chart with four bars showing the average time it takes for CodeClan Data Analysis graduates to find a job: 30% within one month; around 35% in two to three months; around 28% within 4 to 6 months and roughly 12% more in than 6 months.

£36,514

Average CodeClan data graduate starting salary

This is the average starting salary for CodeClan graduates from the Professional Data Analysis course. This figure is based only on the starting salaries where we have recent, exact data: 28 graduates between September 2021 and August 2022.

£42,772 - Data Analysts

£55,338 - Business Analysts

£56,703 - Data Scientists

These are average data related salaries in the UK. This is not CodeClan data, but was retrieved from Reed.co.uk on 25th January 2022, based on a combined sample size of 4877 salaries. 

Jonathan, a CodeClan data analysis graduate

“It doesn’t matter how much experience you have with a computer, anyone can learn. I’m amazed at what I can do now.”

– Jonathan, Professional Data Analysis graduate

Elly, a CodeClan data analysis graduate

“I loved my experience at CodeClan. The course content was great and the instructors were lovely and supportive.”

– Elly, Professional Data Analysis graduate

Ric, a CodeClan data analysis graduate

“The learning support function went above and beyond to help me help myself. It has changed the way I approach any kind of task.”

– Ric, Professional Data Analysis graduate

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