Where is the easiest place to get a job UK?

According to newly published statistics from Indeed, the world's biggest employment site, Oxfordshire is the easiest location in the United Kingdom to find a local job, while jobseekers in areas like Scotland and Wales struggle the most. Oxfordshire is the easiest place in the UK to get a local job.

Indeed conducted an analysis in 2019 of the millions of jobs that were posted on its platform and the millions of CVs that were submitted to the site in order to determine the regions of the UK that had the most and lowest number of applicants for each job posting.

According to the findings of the study, some regions in Scotland and Wales have the lowest number of available local employment in comparison to the number of job seekers in those regions. As a result, employees in these regions face the greatest competition while looking for work in their home community.

1 North Ayrshire

2  Angus

3 Rhondda, Cynon, Taf

4 Midlothian

5 Ayrshire in the East

6 Blaenau Gwent

7 Clackmannanshire

8 Inverclyde

9 Neath Port Talbot 

10 and the County of Durham

The South East of England has all of the locations that rank in the top three for having the simplest time finding a job, and the majority of the locations that rank in the top ten are located in the south of England.

Where is it the simplest and where is it the most difficult to obtain work?

* The Jobs Availability Index can range from 0 to 1, with 0 indicating the area with the highest number of CVs submitted for each job posting on Indeed and the area where it is most difficult to find work, and 1 indicating the area with the lowest number of CVs submitted for each job posting and the area where it is more straightforward to find work.

Despite its remote location and relatively large seasonal workforce in the hospitality and retail sectors, Scotland's Argyll and Bute is one of the easiest places in the country to get a local job, making it an exception to the general rule that it is easier to find a job in the south of England. This is because the area has a relatively large number of tourists who visit the area during the summer months.

One cannot say the same thing for North Ayrshire, which is located within commuting distance of Glasgow but has the lowest rate of employment available for candidates.

1 Oxfordshire

2 Surrey

3 Berkshire

4 Edinburgh

5 Bristol

6 Greater London

7 Buckinghamshire

8 Gloucestershire

9 Argyll and Bute

10 Cambridgeshire