
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.