St. Petersburg named best city in the world for job seekers, Utrecht & Rotterdam 5th and 6th in international rankings
Adzuna's City Ranking 2020:
The best cities for jobseekers
St Petersburg has been named the best city in the world for job-seekers, followed by Vienna (2nd place), Moscow (3rd place) and Frankfurt (4th place)
Utrecht ranks fifth in the international rankings as the best Dutch city for jobseekers, beating cities such as Rotterdam (6th place), Eindhoven (11th place) & Amsterdam (17th place).
Most work is available in Moscow, New York, St Petersburg and London, with between 100,000 and 250,000 vacancies per city.
Jobseekers looking for a high salary are best advised to move to San Francisco, where employers offer an average of €5,522 per month.
The most affordable city for job-seekers is Palermo (Italy), where only 15% of the incoming salary is spent on rent, followed by Edmonton (Canada).
Residents of the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro (68%), São Paulo (69%), Fortaleza (72%) & Salvador (74%) spend most of their salary on renting
International jobseekers are best advised to move to St. Petersburg. The metropolis emerges as the 'best city for jobseekers' in a recent analysis by job search engine Adzuna.
The study compared the 70 largest cities in 16 different countries on the basis of the number of vacancies, the monthly salary offered, unemployment rates, the affordability of the city and the ratio of vacancies to population. A score was assigned to each of these factors in order to determine which global city can be considered the 'best city for jobseekers'.
In the ranking, St. Petersburg comes first as the best place for jobseekers, followed by Vienna (2nd place), Moscow (3rd place), Frankfurt (4th place) and Utrecht (5th place). The city on the coast of the Baltic Sea is not only characterised as a cultural hub in Russia, but is also seen as an important player in the industrial and financial sector. Multinational companies such as Toyota, General Motors, Hyundai and Nissan are located here, making it an attractive city for job-seekers with a background in mechanical engineering.
Elsewhere in the world, only Moscow (259,000 vacancies) and New York (203,000 vacancies) have more jobs available for job-seekers. In the latter city, however, the unemployment rate is relatively high, as a result of which St. Petersburg, with 115,000 vacancies, ultimately scores better in the rankings. The highest unemployment is seen in the South African cities of Pretoria (64th place), Johannesburg (41st place) and Cape Town (57th place), while unemployment in Edinburgh (24th place) is the lowest of all world cities in the rankings.
The most affordable city for international jobseekers is the Italian city of Palermo, where residents spend just 15% of a month's salary on rent. In the Sicilian capital there are especially many opportunities available in the sales and technical sector. Also in the Canadian Edmonton is relatively affordable living, here you pay an average of 17% of a month's salary in rent. In the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro (68%), São Paulo (69%), Fortaleza (72%) and Salvador (74%) on the other hand, residents spend most of a month's salary on rent.
Of the Dutch cities, Utrecht comes out as the best, with a 5th place on the international rankings. The student city scores above average on all factors measured during the survey. The relatively high monthly salary in Utrecht of €3253 makes this city an attractive option for (international) jobseekers. With more than 10,000 vacancies, Utrecht also has one of the best proportions of vacancies in relation to the number of inhabitants in the world.
Utrecht beats cities like Rotterdam (6th place), Eindhoven (11th place) and Amsterdam (17th place). Amsterdam receives the highest salary of the Dutch cities in the ranking, at €3,522 per month. However, Amsterdam scores lowest on the affordability of the city. This is where residents spend the highest percentage of their salary on rent, about 36% of an average monthly salary.
City Vacancies Average Monthly Salary (equivalent in €) % of Salary to Rent Adzuna Score
1 Sint-Petersburg 114.759 € 476 44% 218
2 Wenen 19.410 € 5.216 19% 216
3 Moskou 259.439 € 618 55% 215
4 Frankfurt 13.586 € 3.997 34% 209
5 Utrecht 10.640 € 3.253 30% 208
6 Rotterdam 12.942 € 3.075 29% 207
7 Singapore 72.687 € 3.595 42% 206
8 Lyon 24.078 € 2.567 33% 205
9 München 28.563 € 3.788 50% 204
=11 Berlijn 39.070 € 3.016 36% 203
=11 Eindhoven 5.539 € 3.306 24% 203
12 Toulouse 9.967 € 2.671 22% 198
13 Linz 3.985 € 4.248 27% 195
=15 Bangalore 69.768 € 992 26% 193
=15 Warschau 26.800 € 1.432 58% 193
16 Krakau 12.900 € 1.372 42% 192
17 Amsterdam 15.548 € 3.522 36% 191
18 Graz 4.310 € 4.292 21% 190
19 Keulen 11522 € 3.456 33% 189
=21 Hamburg 21976 € 3.353 41% 186
=21 Parijs 51.035 € 3.272 52% 186
22 Manchester 16.053 € 3.447 24% 185
23 Wrocław 11.400 € 1.262 50% 182
24 Edinburgh 4.435 € 3.914 27% 181
25 Londen 101.217 € 4.182 43% 178
26 New York 203.442 € 4.335 56% 177
27 Poznań 7.800 € 1.264 45% 171
28 Den Haag 6.215 € 3.261 27% 168
29 Salzburg 2.644 € 3.991 26% 166
=31 Montreal 32.696 € 3.935 28% 163
=31 Milaan 25.118 € 2.842 39% 163
32 Innsbruck 1.512 € 5.148 20% 162
=34 Marseille 8.071 € 2.631 25% 161
=34 Cardiff 2.312 € 3.456 26% 161
35 Łódź 5.900 € 1.127 38% 159
36 Birmingham 8.786 € 3.519 22% 157
37 Chicago 35.179 € 4.850 31% 154
38 Wellington 3.325 € 3.284 46% 150
39 Sydney 14.963 € 4.289 26% 147
=41 Auckland 9.359 € 3.188 46% 146
=41 Johannesburg 14.644 € 2.020 22% 146
42 Turijn 6.677 € 2.863 21% 145
43 Edmonton 7.789 € 4.474 17% 144
44 Brisbane 8.377 € 4.035 22% 142
=46 Calgary 7.724 € 5.067 18% 139
=46 Toronto 32.618 € 4.150 34% 139
47 Vancouver 22.209 € 4.096 36% 137
=49 Nice 3.281 € 2.903 29% 134
=49 San Francisco 24.324 € 5.522 56% 134
50 Melbourne 9.119 € 4.192 23% 133
51 Los Angeles 96.658 € 3.196 73% 132
52 Chennai 12.387 € 679 32% 130
=55 Adelaide 3.530 € 3.710 19% 128
=55 Perth 4.812 € 4.515 20% 128
=55 Rome 14.453 € 2.664 34% 128
56 Palermo 2.225 € 2.782 15% 124
57 Kaapstad 12.061 € 2.075 26% 113
58 Napels 5.616 € 2.447 33% 111
59 Delhi 10.871 € 713 36% 109
60 Canterbury 1.949 € 2.067 49% 104
61 São Paulo 47.453 € 457 69% 103
62 Mumbai 18.025 € 708 66% 102
63 Calcutta 6.309 € 520 35% 100
64 Pretoria 2.744 € 1.802 20% 89
65 Port Elizabeth 1.099 € 1.529 18% 86
66 Rio de Janeiro 13.155 € 436 68% 70
67 Durban 1.331 € 1.693 24% 67
68 Brasilia 7.099 € 635 48% 64
69 Fortaleza 4.267 € 228 72% 37
70 Salvador 2.517 € 281 74% 23
1. Contact person
Sara van Es
Country Manager - The Netherlands
E-mail: sara@adzuna.com
2. About Adzuna
Adzuna is a job search engine that more than twelve million jobseekers use every month to get an overview of every job, everywhere. The platform collects millions of jobs worldwide in one location. With smart search options and intelligent data analysis of the job market, it gives jobseekers all the information they need to find a new job.
Adzuna is active in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore, Italy, Poland, the United States, Austria, France, Australia, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, India and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, Adzuna supplies the Office for National Statistics (ONS) directly with data used by the government to gain insight into employment in the United Kingdom.
3. Methodology
Adzuna analysed the largest cities in all 16 markets in which it operates, resulting in a list of 70 cities around the world. To arrive at a ranking, each of these 70 cities was scored on the basis of 5 metrics: the absolute number of vacancies, the average monthly salary offered, local unemployment rates, the % of a monthly salary spent on rent, and the job density per city.
For the number of vacancies and the average monthly salary per city, Adzuna's vacancy data between 9 - 18 November 2020 was used. In a number of cases the data came from ca.indeed.com and seek.co.nz. Where possible, local unemployment figures were taken from OECD publications of September 2020. The job density per city was calculated by comparing the number of inhabitants with the number of vacancies in the city in question.
Affordability per city was calculated by comparing the average (gross) monthly salary with the average rent of a flat (2 beds) in each city. These rental data come from different sources, each a well-known player in the rental market of the country concerned.
All scores on the different factors were added together, in order to arrive at an overall Adzuna Score. The city with the highest score is considered to be the 'best city in the world for job seekers'.
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