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The best and worst places to find work

If you’re looking for work, you might need to move to Scotland


The best place to find work in the UK is in Scotland, while the worst place is in Yorkshire, new figures reveal.

Jobs site Adzuna looked into where the most jobs were available and compared that with the number of unemployed people in each area to come up with its figures.

Aberdeen, Reading and Cambridge were the best places to find a job, while Hull, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland were worst.

In fact, there were almost 80 unemployed people for every job vacancy in Hull, while in Aberdeen there were more jobs than people claiming benefit.

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There was also information on which jobs were in most demand – and where in the country they were most common.

Engineering, IT and sales and marketing were the most in-demand jobs – and also come with higher-than-average salaries.

Manchester had the most marketing and sales positions; Belfast was found to have the highest propiortion of call-centre jobs; secretaries and estate agents were in the most demand in London; while Edinburgh was best for jobs in finance.

By contrast, if you’re looking for an IT or construction job, Liverpool has the fewest opportunities.

The 10 best cities to find work

Rank

Area

Unemployed claimants per vacancy

1

Aberdeen

0.88

2

Reading

1.21

3

Cambridge

1.56

4

London

1.76

5

Milton Keynes

1.91

6

Oxford

2.02

7

Guilford

2.75

8

Wycombe & Slough

3.28

9

Brighton

3.75

10

Bristol

3.83


The 10 worst cities to find work

Rank

Area

Unemployed claimants per vacancy

1

Hull

79.64

2

Stoke-on-Trent

73.32

3

Sunderland

53.66

4

Southend

44.06

5

The Wirral

40.94

6

Lanarkshire

39.91

7

Rochdale & Oldham

31.61

8

Wolverhampton

25.5

9

Middlesbrough

24.07

10

Swansea Bay

23.88