DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN LONDON? BRIGHTON IS ONE OF THE BEST CITIES TO DEVELOP A CAREER IN DIGITAL
• Monster.co.uk releases its Digital Cities Ranking highlighting the top 10 cities in the UK for developing digital careers outside of London
• Monster.co.uk analysed digital economy growth, available digital jobs and quality of life
• Created a Digital Cities Hub where candidates can find and apply for jobs outside of London easily: https://www.monster.co.uk/digital-cities.
United Kingdom – Monster’s Digital Cities highlights the top 10 cities outside of London to develop a digital career. To create the ranking Monster analysed a variety of factors across cities in the UK, including digital economy growth, available digital jobs and quality of life to create an overall score. The full rankings and corresponding information, including digital jobs available in these areas is available on Monster’s new Digital Cities Hub.
Louise Goodman, Marketing Director at Monster.co.uk, comments: “Our first Digital Cities ranking shows the digital industry is thriving all over the country, not just in London. With London fast becoming unaffordable for the majority of young people starting out their careers, we hope this ranking will give them confidence that there are exciting opportunities in their home or university cities. You don’t have to move to London to make it in digital!”
Birmingham topped the list thanks to the availability of over 437 digital jobs, combined with 33% industry growth YoY and average salaries of over £43,000 alongside average costs of £638 to rent a one bed home and £4 for a pint.
Leeds saw higher average earnings (£50,041) and lower cost of living, but had slightly fewer jobs than Birmingham available (310) granting it fourth spot on the UK wide ranking.
Edinburgh, seventh in the ranking of best places outside the capital to work, saw the highest average wages (£53,019) and eighth place Belfast saw the lowest rents (£528.5) combined with the largest digital growth with 37%.
Monster Digital Cities ranking:
For more information on each of these top Digital Cities and how to apply for digital focused jobs in the area head to: https://www.monster.co.uk/digital-cities.