UK city salary directory

Salary, cost-of-living and job-market data for 20 UK cities. Each city page lists median pay across 30 job titles, the local employer mix, average rent and how the area compares to neighbouring labour markets.

All cities, ranked by pay multiplier

Multiplier is the local median gross pay relative to the UK national median (UK = 1.00). Higher means a job pays more in nominal pounds than the UK average; cost of living usually eats some of that gap, so always compare both columns.

#	City	Region	Pay multiplier	Cost-of-living index	Avg rent (1-bed)	Unemployment
1	London	Greater London	1.28×	143	£1,950	5.2%
2	Cambridge	East of England	1.15×	115	£1,550	2.6%
3	Oxford	South East	1.13×	118	£1,575	2.8%
4	Reading	South East	1.12×	108	£1,425	2.9%
5	Edinburgh	Scotland	1.08×	92	£1,250	3.8%
6	Bristol	South West	1.06×	94	£1,350	3.9%
7	Brighton	South East	1.05×	105	£1,475	4.1%
8	Milton Keynes	South East	1.05×	95	£1,125	3.7%
9	Aberdeen	Scotland	1.04×	86	£900	4.2%
10	Southampton	South East	1.04×	91	£1,150	3.8%
11	Manchester	North West	1.02×	88	£1,050	4.8%
12	Leeds	Yorkshire	1.00×	84	£975	4.4%
13	Birmingham	West Midlands	0.98×	82	£950	5.9%
14	Glasgow	Scotland	0.97×	82	£925	4.6%
15	Cardiff	Wales	0.95×	81	£925	4.3%
16	Nottingham	East Midlands	0.94×	80	£875	5%
17	Liverpool	North West	0.93×	80	£875	5.8%
18	Sheffield	Yorkshire	0.93×	79	£825	4.7%
19	Newcastle	North East	0.92×	78	£825	5.1%
20	Belfast	Northern Ireland	0.90×	76	£825	3.6%

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