First job survey 2025
Engineers graduating in the class of 2024 (for the 2025 survey) were interviewed 6 months after graduation.
How do ESILV Master in Engineering graduates fare in the job market after completing 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.
47 700 €
average gross annual salary
97%
executive status
93%
hired in less than 4 months
6 months after leaving ESILV
Graduates’ situation
85% net employment rate
85% hired on permanent contracts
20% working abroad
93% of contracts signed in less than 4 months
Search time
Nearly 70% of graduates in post found a job before graduating.
93% of graduates in post found their job in less than 4 months.
Starting salaries
Starting salaries range from €33,000 to €140,300 (gross annual salary, including variable pay).
The average salary is €47,700 in France and €68,700 abroad.
Type of contract
85% of contracts are permanent
84% are satisfied or very satisfied with their first job
International
20% start their career abroad. Of the ESILV class of 2023 who have stayed in France, 44% have an international job.
Company size
- 4% work in companies with fewer than 10 employees
- 5% in SMEs with between 10 and 19 employees
- 5% in SMEs with between 20 and 49 employees
- 13% in companies with between 50 and 249 employees
- 22% in companies with between 250 and 5,000 employees
- 51% in organisations with more than 5,000 employees
Examples of positions held in 2024
- 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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