Milton Keynes in the top three UK cities where people want to quit their jobs

Monday, 3 October 2022 09:11

A new study has found that Milton Keynes is 2nd in the UK for people wanting to leave their jobs.

Results from a brand new study by Funky Pigeon has found that Milton Keynes is the second highest city in the UK for people wanting to leave their jobs.

The study analysed the Google search data of 20 resignation related phrases, such as ‘resignation letter’, ‘template for resignation letter’, ‘writing a resignation letter’, ‘how to write a resignation letter’, in the UK’s 60 most populated cities to discover where the most people were considering leaving their current jobs.

The research found that Milton Keynes was second in the list with 85.28 average monthly searches per 10,000 people in the city searching for these resignation related terms, suggesting that the MK is one of the top in the UK where employees are unhappy in their jobs.

Cambridge came out on top with 97.97 average monthly searches per 10,000 people and in third place was Manchester with 81.35.

The top 25 cities where people want to find a new job are:

Rank	City/Town	County	Average monthly searches (per 10,000)
1	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	97.97
2	Milton Keynes	Buckinghamshire	85.28
3	Manchester	Greater Manchester	81.35
4	Leeds	West Yorkshire	80.26
5	Reading	Berkshire	78.07
6	Norwich	Norfolk	77.65
7	Peterborough	Cambridgeshire	76.84
8	Exeter	Devon	74.57
9	Ipswich	Suffolk	74.50
10	York	North Yorkshire	73.46
11	Colchester	Essex	72.29
12	Bristol	Bristol	72.21
13	Bournemouth	Dorset	69.95
14	Northampton	Northamptonshire	68.32
15	Oxford	Oxfordshire	68.31
16	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	67.99
17	Aberdeen	Aberdeen	67.77
18	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne and Wear	66.70
19	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	66.59
20	Swindon	Wiltshire	64.81
21	Watford	Hertfordshire	63.87
22	Glasgow	Glasgow	62.90
23	London	London	62.82
24	Slough	Berkshire	62.79
25	Telford	Shropshire	60.92

The research comes as the card brand has released a range of cards to help people resign.

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