{"id":14000,"date":"2019-12-05T15:46:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migqxjzty5-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=14000"},"modified":"2021-10-12T10:55:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T10:55:55","slug":"the-best-and-worst-places-to-live-in-the-uk-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/the-best-and-worst-places-to-live-in-the-uk-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The best and worst places to live in the UK revealed\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

We analysed over 1,000,000 job vacancies alongside\u00a0rental prices, house prices, and population figures to establish the best places to live across the UK based on opportunities and value for money. We\u00a0ranked UK cities by the number of jobs per person, average salary, rental prices, and house prices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aberdeen is crowned the best place to live in the UK overall for availability of job opportunities, average salary, and house price affordability, however, it fails to make it into the top 10 when it comes to value for money for renters. Taking the top spot as the best value city for renters is Hull, where just under 17% of residents\u2019 salary goes towards paying rent, compared to 23% in Aberdeen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to its modest house and rental prices Preston came in a close second but fell short due to a lower average salary than many of the other top 10 locations (\u00a330,432). Newport is the only Welsh location to make it into the top 10 coming in third place, however, the amount of competition for jobs prevented the city from taking the top spot. Making up the rest of the top five cities are Carlisle and Liverpool, which are evenly matched in the overall rankings, although Carlisle was found to be better value for money in the rental market.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The top 10 best places to live in the UK based on our ranking factors, are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Rank\u00a0<\/th>City\u00a0<\/th>People per vacancy\u00a0<\/th>Average house price<\/th>Average salary\u00a0\u00a0<\/th>Average annual rent<\/th>Annual salary spent on rent (%)\u00a0<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>Aberdeen<\/td>2.5<\/td>\u00a3146,141.30<\/td>\u00a334,743<\/td>\u00a38,028.00<\/td>23.11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>Preston\u00a0<\/td>1.6<\/td>\u00a3127,323.20<\/td>\u00a330,432<\/td>\u00a36,564.00<\/td>21.57%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Newport<\/td>4<\/td>\u00a3184,978.40<\/td>\u00a336,580<\/td>\u00a37,188.00<\/td>19.65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Liverpool\u00a0<\/td>3.2<\/td>\u00a3136,516.70<\/td>\u00a330,972<\/td>\u00a35,736.00<\/td>18.97%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Carlisle\u00a0<\/td>2.7<\/td>\u00a3136,410.40<\/td>\u00a330,238<\/td>\u00a35,988.00<\/td>19.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Manchester<\/td>1<\/td>\u00a3179,505.70<\/td>\u00a333,787<\/td>\u00a310,068.00<\/td>29.80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Hereford\u00a0<\/td>1.4<\/td>\u00a3245,308.10<\/td>\u00a333,678<\/td>\u00a37,512.00<\/td>22.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>Durham\u00a0<\/td>11.3<\/td>\u00a3105,443.70<\/td>\u00a332,172<\/td>\u00a35,916.00<\/td>18.39%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>Nottingham\u00a0<\/td>2.9<\/td>\u00a3145,479.30<\/td>\u00a332,335<\/td>\u00a37,764.00<\/td>24.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Newcastle<\/td>2.4<\/td>\u00a3166,661.80<\/td>\u00a332,944<\/td>\u00a38,604.00<\/td>26.12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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According to Adzuna\u2019s findings, the places where renters will get the best value for money are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
City\u00a0<\/th>Average earnings<\/th>Average annual rent<\/th>Salary spent on rent (%)\u00a0<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hull<\/td>\u00a330,427<\/td>\u00a35,124.00<\/td>16.84%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Durham<\/td>\u00a332,172<\/td>\u00a35,916.00<\/td>18.39%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlisle<\/td>\u00a330,238<\/td>\u00a35,736.00<\/td>18.97%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liverpool<\/td>\u00a330,972<\/td>\u00a35,988.00<\/td>19.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newport<\/td>\u00a336,580<\/td>\u00a37,188.00<\/td>19.65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stoke-on-Trent<\/td>\u00a328,282<\/td>\u00a35,772.00<\/td>20.41%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bradford<\/td>\u00a330,954<\/td>\u00a36,360.00<\/td>20.55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plymouth<\/td>\u00a332,013<\/td>\u00a36,828.00<\/td>21.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preston<\/td>\u00a330,432<\/td>\u00a36,564.00<\/td>21.57%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wolverhampton<\/td>\u00a330,655<\/td>\u00a36,660.00<\/td>21.73%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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Cambridge was found to be the best city for job opportunities, with over 10,000 live vacancies and just over 3,000 unemployed residents. However, with average house prices coming in at \u00a3446,167 and rent prices averaging \u00a31,225 per month (38% of residents\u2019 average salary over the year), Cambridge failed to make it into the top 20 in the overall rankings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The locations found to be the worst places to live according to Adzuna\u2019s research are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Rank\u00a0<\/th>City\u00a0<\/th>People per vacancy\u00a0<\/th>Average house price<\/th>Average salary\u00a0\u00a0<\/th>Average annual rent\u00a0<\/th>Annual salary spent on rent (%)\u00a0<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>Westminster<\/td>49.1<\/td>\u00a3914,775.50<\/td>\u00a334,492<\/td>\u00a333,984.00<\/td>98.53%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>Lichfield<\/td>4.9<\/td>\u00a3244,371.90<\/td>\u00a325,205<\/td>\u00a38,724.00<\/td>34.61%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Stirling<\/td>6.4<\/td>\u00a3188,883.40<\/td>\u00a327,458<\/td>\u00a310,488.00<\/td>38.20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Tunbridge Wells<\/td>1.9<\/td>\u00a3400,159.20<\/td>\u00a327,349<\/td>\u00a312,624.00<\/td>46.16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>York<\/td>3.4<\/td>\u00a3258,202.10<\/td>\u00a329,088<\/td>\u00a312,408.00<\/td>42.66%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Chichester<\/td>2.4<\/td>\u00a3384,269.60<\/td>\u00a328,839<\/td>\u00a311,592.00<\/td>40.20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Canterbury<\/td>5.4<\/td>\u00a3295,911.80<\/td>\u00a330,598<\/td>\u00a310,476.00<\/td>34.24%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>St Albans<\/td>2.3<\/td>\u00a3508,389.00<\/td>\u00a331,477<\/td>\u00a315,720.00<\/td>49.94%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>Salford<\/td>7<\/td>\u00a3166,215.70<\/td>\u00a328,784<\/td>\u00a38,964.00<\/td>31.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Bath<\/td>2<\/td>\u00a3334,256.80<\/td>\u00a330,988<\/td>\u00a315,456.00<\/td>49.88%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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Andrew Hunter, co-founder of Adzuna, comments: <\/span>\u201cWhilst London was naturally the city with the highest earnings, it was interesting to see more of a regional spread making up the other high-earners, with Cardiff not far behind and other cities like Birmingham and Newport also ranking highly.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, we know that finding the best place to live for your needs isn\u2019t always about where you can earn the most money. In fact, our analysis found that some of the highest-earning locations offer much less when it comes to job opportunities, or value for money when it comes to paying rent.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to share these findings to help job seekers make an informed decision, especially if they are considering relocating.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We analysed over 1,000,000 job vacancies alongside\u00a0rental prices, house prices, and population figures to establish the best places to live across the UK based on opportunities and value for money. We\u00a0ranked UK cities by the number of jobs per person, average salary, rental prices, and house prices. Aberdeen is crowned the best place to live Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":10951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-job-market"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}