Top 50 UK Cities for Visa Sponsorship
As of September 2026, FindMySponsor has 1,370 indexable source-town pages with at least five organisations. The table ranks the top 50 by unique conservative organisation count and A-rating percentage. Location labels and licence details come from GOV.UK; the Home Office does not describe these places as hiring hubs.
| # | City | Total Sponsors | A-Rated % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | 36,532 | 100% |
| 2 | Birmingham | 3,076 | 100% |
| 3 | Manchester | 2,874 | 100% |
| 4 | Leicester | 1,414 | 100% |
| 5 | Glasgow | 1,366 | 100% |
| 6 | Bristol | 1,298 | 100% |
| 7 | Edinburgh | 1,175 | 100% |
| 8 | Leeds | 1,080 | 100% |
| 9 | Nottingham | 1,046 | 100% |
| 10 | Ilford | 932 | 100% |
| 11 | Reading | 910 | 100% |
| 12 | Coventry | 901 | 100% |
| 13 | Slough | 852 | 100% |
| 14 | Milton Keynes | 847 | 100% |
| 15 | Cambridge | 836 | 100% |
| 16 | Harrow | 814 | 100% |
| 17 | Bradford | 737 | 100% |
| 18 | Liverpool | 730 | 100% |
| 19 | Luton | 709 | 100% |
| 20 | Sheffield | 686 | 100% |
| 21 | Oxford | 628 | 100% |
| 22 | Cardiff | 613 | 100% |
| 23 | Bolton | 592 | 100% |
| 24 | Southampton | 569 | 100% |
| 25 | Belfast | 534 | 100% |
| 26 | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 531 | 100% |
| 27 | Croydon | 529 | 100% |
| 28 | Derby | 512 | 100% |
| 29 | Northampton | 512 | 100% |
| 30 | Wolverhampton | 503 | 100% |
| 31 | Aberdeen | 496 | 100% |
| 32 | Hounslow | 484 | 100% |
| 33 | Watford | 484 | 100% |
| 34 | Romford | 437 | 100% |
| 35 | Southall | 426 | 100% |
| 36 | Hayes | 417 | 100% |
| 37 | Wembley | 413 | 100% |
| 38 | Norwich | 406 | 100% |
| 39 | Brighton | 394 | 100% |
| 40 | Preston | 393 | 99% |
| 41 | Peterborough | 390 | 100% |
| 42 | Uxbridge | 359 | 100% |
| 43 | High Wycombe | 346 | 100% |
| 44 | Oldham | 343 | 100% |
| 45 | Swindon | 331 | 100% |
| 46 | Walsall | 330 | 100% |
| 47 | Bedford | 328 | 100% |
| 48 | Blackburn | 316 | 100% |
| 49 | Barking | 311 | 100% |
| 50 | Huddersfield | 310 | 100% |
Top 50 cities from September 2026 GOV.UK data. Browse all locations →