First job survey 2023
Engineers graduating in the class of 2022 (for the 2023 survey) were interviewed 6 months after graduation.
How do ESILV engineering graduates fare in the job market after 5 years of engineering studies? This is the question answered each year by the first job survey.
The first job survey is carried out each year by ESILV as part of the survey conducted by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, a few months after graduates leave the school.
46 800 €
average gross annual salary
97%
executive status
92%
hired in less than 2 months
6 months after leaving ESILV
Graduates’ situation
94% net employment rate
91% hired on permanent contracts
20% working abroad
92% of contracts signed in less than 2 months
Search time
Nearly 71% of graduates in post found a job before graduating.
92% of graduates in post found their job in less than 2 months.
Starting salaries
Starting salaries range from €33,000 to €178,000 (gross annual salary, including variable pay).
The average salary is €46,800 in France and €76,200 abroad.
Type of contract
91% of contracts are permanent
90% are satisfied or very satisfied with their first job
International
20% start their career abroad. Of the ESILV class of 2022 who have stayed in France, 41% have an international job.
Company size
17% work in SMEs with fewer than 50 employees, 42% in companies with between 50 and 5,000 employees and 40% in organisations with more than 5,000 employees.
Examples of positions held in 2023
- Actuary – BPCE / AXA
- Capital Markets analyst – Deloitte (Luxembourg)
- Blockchain developer – PwC (Luxembourg)
- Rail operations engineer – Rail Concept
- Energy Efficiency Engineer – Total Energies
- Bioinformatics Application Developer – La Jolla Institute for Immunology (USA)
- Customer Success Account Manager – Microsoft
- Renewable Energy Engineer – ADEME
- Data Scientist – Schneider Electric SE
- Electrical Systems Installation Designer – Airbus
- Network development engineer – Amazon (Ireland)
- Graduate Analyst Global Market – BNP Paribas (Belgium)
- Life Sciences Industry solution technical – Dassault Systèmes
- Data Engineer – Deezer / ENGIE
- Business Analyst – Risk management – Edmond de Rotschild (Luxembourg)
- Machine Learning Engineer – Enedis
- Climate Support Officer – GoodPlanet Foundation
- Investment Compliance & Eligibility Officer – Hay’s (Luxembourg)
- Quality Manager – Hermès
- Blockchain Developer /Devops – IBM
- CyberSOC Analyst – Orange Cyberdéfense
- Graduate Trading Analyst – Société Générale SGCIB (UK)
- Embedded Cybersecurity Engineer – Thales
- Curriculum Developer – Youtube (South Africa)
- Front Office Tactical Developer – Equity Derivatives – BNP Paribas
- Product Manager & IA Development – Dream Yacht Charter
- Industrialisation Project Manager Fancy Jewellery and Leather Belts – CHANEL
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