SLOUGH has retained its crown for being the best town for jobs for the third time.
Recent figures revealed by Glassdoor, one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites, shows that Slough has 23,387 job openings with above average wages and an overall job satisfaction rating of 3.4.
The town also has a median base salary of over £30,000 per year, a median home value of nearly £400,000 with Javascript engineers, site managers and business analysts being the hot jobs.
It compiled its findings by ranking UK towns and cities with the highest Glassdoor score (out of five), which Slough scores a 4.2, and is determined by three factors: hiring opportunities, cost of living and job satisfaction.
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Cambridge, Gloucester, Guildford and Reading make up the UK’s top five on the list which the report calls the “golden triangle.”
Amanda Stansell, senior research analyst at Glassdoor, said: “Our latest report shows that companies are continuing to look outside of the big cities to set up offices and recruit local talent, in part driven by ever improving access, favourable rents and salaries.
“The golden triangle between Gloucester, Cambridge and Guildford perfectly encapsulates the balance of open jobs and reasonable cost of living.
“Companies can get away with not having offices in larger, expensive cities- like London- as employees are prioritising flexibility and convenience over the prestige of an office address.”
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