Well, you should already hear from your peers that you have different salary grade from them when you start work. The difference in the amount is actually $600-800 depending on the ministry you are in. This is civil service, your CEP is lower when you are from the private universities; 2nd upper or not has no relevance. In fact, someone from a local university with a pass honour will still have a higher CEP than you. They don't list this in the intranet (which it make sense not to) but you will see a trend as you go along... not only your university, they will even dive into your tertiary education. This is why people quit civil service.