20 Best UK Towns and Cities To Work In 2016

Would you consider moving city for the right job opportunity? When it comes to finding a job you’ll love, all of the UK’s towns and cities offer something very different. So how do you make that all important life decision? To help, Glassdoor is here with our newest jobs report identifying the 20 Best Towns and Cities to Work In 2016. Did your city make the cut? Check out the complete results: The list is compiled by ranking UK cities and towns with the highest Glassdoor Job Score¹, determined by weighting three factors equally: how easy it is to get a job (hiring opportunity), how affordable it is to live there (cost of living), and how satisfied employees are working there (overall job satisfaction). As part of this report, Glassdoor includes each city and town’s median pay for employees, current average home value, overall job satisfaction rating, population and number of current job openings. 1 Methodology: Glassdoor’s Best UK Towns and Cities to Work In report identifies UK towns and cities with the highest overall Glassdoor Job Score, based on a comparison of all UK cities, and towns with a population of 150,000 or more people. Each Glassdoor Job Score is based on a 5-point scale (5.0=best city for a job, 1.0=worst city for a job), and is determined by weighting three factors equally: hiring opportunity, cost of living, and overall job satisfaction. Each of these three factors are determined by:

• Hiring opportunity is determined by the ratio of active job openings to population. (Job openings per city and town represent active job listings on Glassdoor as of 19/6/16. Population data is according to the The Office For National Statistics, General Register Office for Scotland and The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
• Cost of living is determined by the ratio of median annual base salary to median average home value. (Median annual base salary per location based on at least 100 salary reports shared by local employees on Glassdoor over the past year (20/6/15-19/6/16). Average home value is according to the Zoopla’s Zed-Index average House Prices, as of 29 June 2016.
• Overall job satisfaction rating per location is determined by combining local company overall ratings (60%), career opportunities ratings (20%), and work-life balance ratings (20%). Each city or town must have received 100 overall ratings from local employees across each of these three criteria over the past year (20/6/15-19/6/16). Ratings based on a 5-point scale: 5.0=very satisfied, 1.0=very dissatisfied).