The 7 cities in England where you’re more likely to get a job than in London

LONDON – Job vacancy figures defied the negative sentiment surrounding the triggering of Article 50 and rose last month, according to job site CV-Library.

The study, which compared data from March 2017 with February 2017, found that job postings on the site increased at a rate of 14.1% in March, while applications rose at a slower rate of 4.6%.

However, in some locations, job postings are rising faster than London. So which cities are seeing vacancies rise the fastest?

Take a look below at the 7 cities where job numbers are rising faster than the capital city, which came in at eighth.

7. Bristol — 12.5%. The south-western city is rapidly emerging as one of the country’s most dynamic areas. As well as seeing job postings rise, it is also an attractive place to live — the Sunday Times named it the best city in Britain in which to live in 2017, and it collected the EU’s European Green Capital Award in 2015 for its eco-credentials.

6. Manchester — 12.8%. The north-western city is the third most populous in the UK. Ranked as a “beta world city” — the highest-ranked British city apart from London — it is a huge economic hub with strengths in media, science, transport architecture, and culture.

5. Leeds — 13%. The historic West Yorkshire city has the UK’s fourth-largest urban economy. It has a multi-billion pound financial and insurance services industry, and is also an important manufacturing hub.

4. Sheffield — 13.7%. The South Yorkshire city has undergone extensive redevelopment in the past decade and seen output grow at a faster rate than the national average. It is emerging as a tech hub: the city’s tech sector has an average annual output of over £300 million, with over 10% of firms categorised as “high growth,” according to a Tech City report.

3. Birmingham — 14.8%. The West Midlands city is the second most populous in the UK. Ranked as a “beta world city,” the city’s economy is dominated by the service sector.

2. Brighton — 18.8%. Widely regarded as one of the happiest and most dynamic cities in the UK, the seaside city on England’s south coast also saw a big uptick in job postings in March.

1. Liverpool — 19.9%. Along with Manchester, Liverpool is the most important economy in the north-west of England. ONS figures published in December found that the Merseyside region had an economic growth rate of 3.1% in 2016, making it the fastest-growing city region in the UK for the year.