This highly analytical and logical subject makes you an effective problem solver and these qualities apply to a range of roles. As you have gained a high level of technical knowledge and math’s theory you will be able to transfer these to your work to produce reasoned arguments which are ideal for management-based roles.

The more general attributes such as communication skills, time management, working to deadlines and organisational skills will, along with your numerical strengths, make you a good candidate for jobs in the IT, Finance and Engineering industries.

Statistics is a more specific pursuit that can take you straight into statistical careers: you will be able to deal with large amounts of data, work methodically, have strong IT skills and the ability to create and communicate results written and orally.

In statistics you will often be looking at large quantities of data in experiments you may have designed, then analyse these results, enabling you to apply theoretical knowledge data and express the findings stemming from it. As a result, statistics provides a grounding for careers in actuary and data management or as an economist, financial risk analyst or market researcher.

Among the graduates from the Class of 2010, around a quarter of mathematics graduates had opted for further study six months after graduation - almost twice the proportion of UK graduates across all disciplines. For those who found employment, more than a third of mathematics were working as business or financial professionals. The analytical skills and mathematical competence developed during their course continue to make these graduates attractive to employers. Some 7.5 percent of mathematics graduates were studying for a teaching qualification six months on from university.

Figures are taken from the 2011 edition of "What Do Graduates Do?".