Britain's happiest workers: Find out where your area ranks in the list

A study has ranked antithetic parts of the UK for however blessed workers are, based connected everything from occupation restitution to whether they deliberation they tin support successful enactment until retirement

South West England is the champion spot successful the UK to work, caller probe claims.

The portion - location to Bristol, Bath and Exeter and extending down to Cornwall - was ranked apical for “fulfilling, financially rewarding, semipermanent employment”. Next was Greater London and past the North West. Bottom was Yorkshire and Humber, followed by Northern Ireland.

The probe was compiled by pensions elephantine Phoenix based connected probe among 6,000 moving adults and information from the Office for National Statistics. The South West came retired apical for occupation satisfaction, and was besides judged highly for fiscal security. Nearly 8 retired of 10 workers successful the portion besides said they were blessed with options for occupation flexibility.

London had the highest placing for fiscal information and vocation progression, but didn’t bash arsenic good for people’s assurance successful their semipermanent employment. Scotland emerged arsenic the portion wherever workers felt safest successful their jobs long-term. More than fractional of those questioned northbound of the borderline were besides assured they could enactment successful enactment until retirement.

Catherine Foot, manager of deliberation vessel Phoenix Insights, said: “Good quality, satisfying jobs substance to radical of each ages, and amended employment opportunities crossed the state are captious to thrust the economical maturation our state sorely needs. To bash this we request amended proviso and entree to nationalist employment enactment services.

“Crucially, we indispensable besides guarantee section areas person greater powers to plan and people the employment and skills enactment that radical need, moving intimately with section employers, wellness and lodging providers. Otherwise, we hazard utilizing top-down solutions that don’t conscionable the scope of needs crossed the UK.”

Mike Ambery, status savings manager astatine Standard Life, portion of Phoenix Group, added: “Making definite radical crossed the UK person entree to good, fulfilling enactment that they tin stay successful arsenic agelong arsenic they need, oregon want, is captious to tackling our wide pension under-saving crisis, helping radical gain and prevention for longer. Government and businesses indispensable guarantee that enactment to support radical successful enactment is targeted astatine a determination and section level, to assistance boost people’s quality to prevention wherever they unrecorded successful the UK.”

Employment ranking

• South West
• Greater London
• North West
• East Midlands
• Scotland
• East of England
• North East
• Wales
• West Midlands
• South East
• Northern Ireland
• Yorkshire and The Humber