Jobs per 100 residents aged 16 to 64, every council ranked

Every job located here, the self employed included, for every 100 residents of working age. Over 100 means more jobs than working age residents. Figures for 2024, published for 350 councils in England, Wales and Scotland. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Barking and Dagenham, 42 per 100. The council in the middle: Redditch, 78 per 100. Highest: City of London, 5,692 per 100.

Jobs per 100 residents aged 16 to 64, every council it is published for, lowest first
Place	Council	Figure
1	Barking and DagenhamLondon	42 per 100
2	LewishamLondon	44 per 100
3	GosportSouth East	45 per 100
4 joint	Blaenau GwentWales	46 per 100
4 joint	RedbridgeLondon	46 per 100
6	East RenfrewshireScotland	48 per 100
7 joint	ClackmannanshireScotland	50 per 100
7 joint	East DunbartonshireScotland	50 per 100
7 joint	RossendaleNorth West	50 per 100
10 joint	CroydonLondon	51 per 100
10 joint	South DerbyshireEast Midlands	51 per 100
10 joint	South TynesideNorth East	51 per 100
13 joint	BexleyLondon	52 per 100
13 joint	HaringeyLondon	52 per 100
15 joint	HarrowLondon	53 per 100
15 joint	Waltham ForestLondon	53 per 100
17 joint	CaerphillyWales	54 per 100
17 joint	Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands	54 per 100
17 joint	TamesideNorth West	54 per 100
20 joint	East LothianScotland	55 per 100
20 joint	GedlingEast Midlands	55 per 100
20 joint	North East DerbyshireEast Midlands	55 per 100
20 joint	PendleNorth West	55 per 100
20 joint	Redcar and ClevelandNorth East	55 per 100
25 joint	EalingLondon	56 per 100
25 joint	InverclydeScotland	56 per 100
25 joint	Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands	56 per 100
28 joint	Castle PointEast of England	57 per 100
28 joint	GreenwichLondon	57 per 100
28 joint	HartlepoolNorth East	57 per 100
28 joint	NewhamLondon	57 per 100
28 joint	North AyrshireScotland	57 per 100
33 joint	BromleyLondon	58 per 100
33 joint	WiganNorth West	58 per 100
35 joint	HyndburnNorth West	59 per 100
35 joint	Rhondda Cynon TafWales	59 per 100
35 joint	RochfordEast of England	59 per 100
35 joint	TendringEast of England	59 per 100
35 joint	WandsworthLondon	59 per 100
40 joint	DudleyWest Midlands	60 per 100
40 joint	HaveringLondon	60 per 100
40 joint	SandwellWest Midlands	60 per 100
40 joint	SeftonNorth West	60 per 100
40 joint	Vale of GlamorganWales	60 per 100
45 joint	BraintreeEast of England	61 per 100
45 joint	BroxtoweEast Midlands	61 per 100
45 joint	MaldonEast of England	61 per 100
45 joint	Neath Port TalbotWales	61 per 100
45 joint	St. HelensNorth West	61 per 100
50 joint	AdurSouth East	62 per 100
50 joint	AngusScotland	62 per 100
50 joint	BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber	62 per 100
50 joint	HavantSouth East	62 per 100
50 joint	MedwaySouth East	62 per 100
50 joint	MidlothianScotland	62 per 100
50 joint	SuttonLondon	62 per 100
50 joint	West DunbartonshireScotland	62 per 100
50 joint	WirralNorth West	62 per 100
59 joint	BrentLondon	63 per 100
59 joint	Forest of DeanSouth West	63 per 100
59 joint	GraveshamSouth East	63 per 100
59 joint	MertonLondon	63 per 100
59 joint	South LanarkshireScotland	63 per 100
59 joint	WalsallWest Midlands	63 per 100
59 joint	WyreNorth West	63 per 100
66 joint	ChorleyNorth West	64 per 100
66 joint	County DurhamNorth East	64 per 100
66 joint	East AyrshireScotland	64 per 100
66 joint	SwaleSouth East	64 per 100
66 joint	TamworthWest Midlands	64 per 100
66 joint	West LindseyEast Midlands	64 per 100
72 joint	ArunSouth East	65 per 100
72 joint	BolsoverEast Midlands	65 per 100
72 joint	DoverSouth East	65 per 100
72 joint	ErewashEast Midlands	65 per 100
72 joint	North LanarkshireScotland	65 per 100
72 joint	RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber	65 per 100
78 joint	BradfordYorkshire and the Humber	66 per 100
78 joint	BroxbourneEast of England	66 per 100
78 joint	BuryNorth West	66 per 100
78 joint	Central BedfordshireEast of England	66 per 100
78 joint	OldhamNorth West	66 per 100
78 joint	RochdaleNorth West	66 per 100
78 joint	West DevonSouth West	66 per 100
78 joint	Wyre ForestWest Midlands	66 per 100
86 joint	BarnetLondon	67 per 100
86 joint	Folkestone and HytheSouth East	67 per 100
86 joint	High PeakEast Midlands	67 per 100
86 joint	ThanetSouth East	67 per 100
90 joint	East LindseyEast Midlands	68 per 100
90 joint	HastingsSouth East	68 per 100
90 joint	KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber	68 per 100
90 joint	NorthumberlandNorth East	68 per 100
94 joint	Amber ValleyEast Midlands	69 per 100
94 joint	BoltonNorth West	69 per 100
94 joint	BridgendWales	69 per 100
94 joint	EnfieldLondon	69 per 100
94 joint	HartSouth East	69 per 100
94 joint	KnowsleyNorth West	69 per 100
94 joint	Southend-on-SeaEast of England	69 per 100
101 joint	BroadlandEast of England	70 per 100
101 joint	CharnwoodEast Midlands	70 per 100
101 joint	East CambridgeshireEast of England	70 per 100
101 joint	FifeScotland	70 per 100
101 joint	Merthyr TydfilWales	70 per 100
106 joint	Cannock ChaseWest Midlands	71 per 100
106 joint	Great YarmouthEast of England	71 per 100
106 joint	Isle of AngleseyWales	71 per 100
106 joint	MansfieldEast Midlands	71 per 100
106 joint	SouthamptonSouth East	71 per 100
106 joint	SpelthorneSouth East	71 per 100
106 joint	TandridgeSouth East	71 per 100
113 joint	BurnleyNorth West	72 per 100
113 joint	FenlandEast of England	72 per 100
113 joint	North HertfordshireEast of England	72 per 100
113 joint	North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	72 per 100
113 joint	North TynesideNorth East	72 per 100
113 joint	South StaffordshireWest Midlands	72 per 100
113 joint	TorfaenWales	72 per 100
113 joint	West LothianScotland	72 per 100
113 joint	WolverhamptonWest Midlands	72 per 100
122 joint	BaberghEast of England	73 per 100
122 joint	East HampshireSouth East	73 per 100
122 joint	HarboroughEast Midlands	73 per 100
122 joint	Mid DevonSouth West	73 per 100
122 joint	South HollandEast Midlands	73 per 100
122 joint	South OxfordshireSouth East	73 per 100
122 joint	SunderlandNorth East	73 per 100
122 joint	ThurrockEast of England	73 per 100
130 joint	CoventryWest Midlands	74 per 100
130 joint	Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands	74 per 100
130 joint	LambethLondon	74 per 100
130 joint	MiddlesbroughNorth East	74 per 100
130 joint	Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands	74 per 100
130 joint	North KestevenEast Midlands	74 per 100
130 joint	Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands	74 per 100
130 joint	Stockton-on-TeesNorth East	74 per 100
130 joint	TorbaySouth West	74 per 100
130 joint	WealdenSouth East	74 per 100
140 joint	East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	75 per 100
140 joint	EastbourneSouth East	75 per 100
140 joint	Epping ForestEast of England	75 per 100
140 joint	LancasterNorth West	75 per 100
140 joint	LeicesterEast Midlands	75 per 100
140 joint	RenfrewshireScotland	75 per 100
140 joint	RugbyWest Midlands	75 per 100
140 joint	SwanseaWales	75 per 100
140 joint	WrexhamWales	75 per 100
149 joint	Epsom and EwellSouth East	76 per 100
149 joint	FalkirkScotland	76 per 100
149 joint	LutonEast of England	76 per 100
149 joint	Mid SussexSouth East	76 per 100
149 joint	RushcliffeEast Midlands	76 per 100
154 joint	AshfieldEast Midlands	77 per 100
154 joint	BedfordEast of England	77 per 100
154 joint	Blackburn with DarwenNorth West	77 per 100
154 joint	BrecklandEast of England	77 per 100
154 joint	CarmarthenshireWales	77 per 100
154 joint	Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber	77 per 100
154 joint	LewesSouth East	77 per 100
154 joint	MorayScotland	77 per 100
154 joint	Reigate and BansteadSouth East	77 per 100
154 joint	RotherSouth East	77 per 100
154 joint	SloughSouth East	77 per 100
154 joint	TeignbridgeSouth West	77 per 100
166 joint	AberdeenshireScotland	78 per 100
166 joint	Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East	78 per 100
166 joint	East DevonSouth West	78 per 100
166 joint	HarlowEast of England	78 per 100
166 joint	HuntingdonshireEast of England	78 per 100
166 joint	Malvern HillsWest Midlands	78 per 100
166 joint	Mid SuffolkEast of England	78 per 100
166 joint	North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	78 per 100
166 joint	PlymouthSouth West	78 per 100
166 joint	RedditchWest Midlands	78 per 100
166 joint	South KestevenEast Midlands	78 per 100
177 joint	BassetlawEast Midlands	79 per 100
177 joint	BrentwoodEast of England	79 per 100
177 joint	BromsgroveWest Midlands	79 per 100
177 joint	DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber	79 per 100
177 joint	MeltonEast Midlands	79 per 100
177 joint	North NorfolkEast of England	79 per 100
177 joint	SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber	79 per 100
177 joint	South AyrshireScotland	79 per 100
177 joint	SwindonSouth West	79 per 100
177 joint	WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber	79 per 100
187 joint	BostonEast Midlands	80 per 100
187 joint	NewportWales	80 per 100
187 joint	PembrokeshireWales	80 per 100
190 joint	BasildonEast of England	81 per 100
190 joint	BirminghamWest Midlands	81 per 100
190 joint	BlackpoolNorth West	81 per 100
190 joint	BuckinghamshireSouth East	81 per 100
190 joint	HorshamSouth East	81 per 100
190 joint	Kingston upon ThamesLondon	81 per 100
190 joint	MonmouthshireWales	81 per 100
190 joint	New ForestSouth East	81 per 100
190 joint	North SomersetSouth West	81 per 100
190 joint	Scottish BordersScotland	81 per 100
190 joint	SevenoaksSouth East	81 per 100
190 joint	South RibbleNorth West	81 per 100
190 joint	Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands	81 per 100
190 joint	Telford and WrekinWest Midlands	81 per 100
204 joint	CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber	82 per 100
204 joint	CeredigionWales	82 per 100
204 joint	ConwyWales	82 per 100
204 joint	East HertfordshireEast of England	82 per 100
204 joint	EastleighSouth East	82 per 100
204 joint	FlintshireWales	82 per 100
204 joint	GatesheadNorth East	82 per 100
204 joint	StockportNorth West	82 per 100
204 joint	WokingSouth East	82 per 100
213 joint	CanterburySouth East	83 per 100
213 joint	ColchesterEast of England	83 per 100
213 joint	East SuffolkEast of England	83 per 100
213 joint	North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	83 per 100
213 joint	PowysWales	83 per 100
213 joint	RushmoorSouth East	83 per 100
213 joint	South NorfolkEast of England	83 per 100
213 joint	StaffordWest Midlands	83 per 100
213 joint	WorthingSouth East	83 per 100
222 joint	King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England	84 per 100
222 joint	RutlandEast Midlands	84 per 100
222 joint	ShropshireWest Midlands	84 per 100
222 joint	WaverleySouth East	84 per 100
222 joint	West LancashireNorth West	84 per 100
222 joint	West OxfordshireSouth East	84 per 100
222 joint	WorcesterWest Midlands	84 per 100
229 joint	Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West	85 per 100
229 joint	FarehamSouth East	85 per 100
229 joint	Isle of WightSouth East	85 per 100
229 joint	Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands	85 per 100
229 joint	PortsmouthSouth East	85 per 100
229 joint	Richmond upon ThamesLondon	85 per 100
235 joint	Brighton and HoveSouth East	86 per 100
235 joint	Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West	86 per 100
235 joint	HaltonNorth West	86 per 100
235 joint	Isles of ScillySouth West	86 per 100
235 joint	Ribble ValleyNorth West	86 per 100
235 joint	SomersetSouth West	86 per 100
235 joint	TorridgeSouth West	86 per 100
235 joint	WychavonWest Midlands	86 per 100
243 joint	CornwallSouth West	87 per 100
243 joint	East StaffordshireWest Midlands	87 per 100
243 joint	GloucesterSouth West	87 per 100
243 joint	LichfieldWest Midlands	87 per 100
243 joint	South CambridgeshireEast of England	87 per 100
243 joint	StroudSouth West	87 per 100
243 joint	Three RiversEast of England	87 per 100
243 joint	Vale of White HorseSouth East	87 per 100
243 joint	WiltshireSouth West	87 per 100
243 joint	WokinghamSouth East	87 per 100
253 joint	DorsetSouth West	88 per 100
253 joint	Dundee CityScotland	88 per 100
253 joint	ElmbridgeSouth East	88 per 100
253 joint	LincolnEast Midlands	88 per 100
253 joint	Perth and KinrossScotland	88 per 100
253 joint	Tonbridge and MallingSouth East	88 per 100
259 joint	Argyll and ButeScotland	89 per 100
259 joint	DarlingtonNorth East	89 per 100
259 joint	DerbyEast Midlands	89 per 100
259 joint	IpswichEast of England	89 per 100
259 joint	MaidstoneSouth East	89 per 100
259 joint	Test ValleySouth East	89 per 100
259 joint	West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	89 per 100
266 joint	AshfordSouth East	90 per 100
266 joint	Bath and North East SomersetSouth West	90 per 100
266 joint	Bracknell ForestSouth East	90 per 100
266 joint	Cheshire EastNorth West	90 per 100
266 joint	CumberlandNorth West	90 per 100
266 joint	DartfordSouth East	90 per 100
266 joint	HounslowLondon	90 per 100
266 joint	StirlingScotland	90 per 100
266 joint	TewkesburySouth West	90 per 100
275 joint	CherwellSouth East	91 per 100
275 joint	DenbighshireWales	91 per 100
275 joint	Dumfries and GallowayScotland	91 per 100
275 joint	SalfordNorth West	91 per 100
279 joint	ChelmsfordEast of England	92 per 100
279 joint	LiverpoolNorth West	92 per 100
279 joint	Tunbridge WellsSouth East	92 per 100
282 joint	GwyneddWales	93 per 100
282 joint	PeterboroughEast of England	93 per 100
284 joint	North DevonSouth West	94 per 100
284 joint	St AlbansEast of England	94 per 100
284 joint	Westmorland and FurnessNorth West	94 per 100
287 joint	HerefordshireWest Midlands	95 per 100
287 joint	North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	95 per 100
287 joint	Orkney IslandsScotland	95 per 100
290 joint	CardiffWales	96 per 100
290 joint	FyldeNorth West	96 per 100
290 joint	HighlandScotland	96 per 100
290 joint	South GloucestershireSouth West	96 per 100
290 joint	YorkYorkshire and the Humber	96 per 100
295 joint	LeedsYorkshire and the Humber	97 per 100
295 joint	PrestonNorth West	97 per 100
295 joint	Shetland IslandsScotland	97 per 100
298 joint	ChesterfieldEast Midlands	98 per 100
298 joint	Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands	98 per 100
298 joint	HertsmereEast of England	98 per 100
298 joint	Newcastle upon TyneNorth East	98 per 100
298 joint	StevenageEast of England	98 per 100
303 joint	GuildfordSouth East	99 per 100
303 joint	HillingdonLondon	99 per 100
305	Surrey HeathSouth East	100 per 100
306	BristolSouth West	101 per 100
307	NottinghamEast Midlands	102 per 100
308 joint	CheltenhamSouth West	103 per 100
308 joint	RunnymedeSouth East	103 per 100
308 joint	UttlesfordEast of England	103 per 100
311 joint	Mole ValleySouth East	104 per 100
311 joint	NorwichEast of England	104 per 100
311 joint	West SuffolkEast of England	104 per 100
314 joint	Glasgow CityScotland	105 per 100
314 joint	Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands	105 per 100
316 joint	ChichesterSouth East	106 per 100
316 joint	South HamsSouth West	106 per 100
318	Welwyn HatfieldEast of England	107 per 100
319 joint	HackneyLondon	108 per 100
319 joint	ReadingSouth East	108 per 100
319 joint	WatfordEast of England	108 per 100
322 joint	CotswoldSouth West	109 per 100
322 joint	Milton KeynesSouth East	109 per 100
324 joint	Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland	110 per 100
324 joint	WarwickWest Midlands	110 per 100
326	City of EdinburghScotland	111 per 100
327	Aberdeen CityScotland	112 per 100
328	BlabyEast Midlands	113 per 100
329	Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East	114 per 100
330 joint	ExeterSouth West	115 per 100
330 joint	North West LeicestershireEast Midlands	115 per 100
332 joint	Hammersmith and FulhamLondon	116 per 100
332 joint	OxfordSouth East	116 per 100
334	West BerkshireSouth East	117 per 100
335 joint	CambridgeEast of England	119 per 100
335 joint	SolihullWest Midlands	119 per 100
335 joint	TraffordNorth West	119 per 100
338	CrawleySouth East	120 per 100
339	ManchesterNorth West	121 per 100
340	WarringtonNorth West	124 per 100
341	WinchesterSouth East	134 per 100
342	North WarwickshireWest Midlands	146 per 100
343	Tower HamletsLondon	147 per 100
344	DacorumEast of England	148 per 100
345	Kensington and ChelseaLondon	151 per 100
346	SouthwarkLondon	166 per 100
347	IslingtonLondon	171 per 100
348	CamdenLondon	296 per 100
349	WestminsterLondon	551 per 100
350	City of LondonLondon	5,692 per 100

Not in this list

Northern Ireland. ONS publishes no jobs density for Northern Ireland. NISRA's count of employee jobs leaves out the self employed, so it would not be the same measure.

ONS jobs density (2024), from NOMIS · 2024 · fetched 14 October 2026 · How this is measured

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