Top 50 UK Cities for Visa Sponsorship
As of October 2026, FindMySponsor has 1,363 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 | 36,616 | 100% |
| 2 | Birmingham | 3,067 | 100% |
| 3 | Manchester | 2,861 | 100% |
| 4 | Leicester | 1,410 | 100% |
| 5 | Glasgow | 1,376 | 100% |
| 6 | Bristol | 1,295 | 100% |
| 7 | Edinburgh | 1,175 | 100% |
| 8 | Leeds | 1,081 | 100% |
| 9 | Nottingham | 1,048 | 100% |
| 10 | Ilford | 937 | 100% |
| 11 | Reading | 905 | 100% |
| 12 | Coventry | 904 | 100% |
| 13 | Slough | 856 | 100% |
| 14 | Cambridge | 840 | 100% |
| 15 | Milton Keynes | 839 | 100% |
| 16 | Harrow | 804 | 100% |
| 17 | Bradford | 737 | 100% |
| 18 | Liverpool | 736 | 100% |
| 19 | Luton | 705 | 100% |
| 20 | Sheffield | 692 | 100% |
| 21 | Oxford | 628 | 100% |
| 22 | Cardiff | 618 | 100% |
| 23 | Bolton | 587 | 100% |
| 24 | Southampton | 571 | 100% |
| 25 | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 538 | 99% |
| 26 | Belfast | 537 | 100% |
| 27 | Croydon | 533 | 100% |
| 28 | Derby | 512 | 100% |
| 29 | Northampton | 511 | 100% |
| 30 | Wolverhampton | 495 | 100% |
| 31 | Aberdeen | 495 | 100% |
| 32 | Watford | 489 | 100% |
| 33 | Hounslow | 483 | 100% |
| 34 | Romford | 440 | 100% |
| 35 | Southall | 420 | 99% |
| 36 | Hayes | 416 | 100% |
| 37 | Wembley | 413 | 100% |
| 38 | Norwich | 402 | 100% |
| 39 | Brighton | 395 | 100% |
| 40 | Preston | 394 | 100% |
| 41 | Peterborough | 389 | 100% |
| 42 | Uxbridge | 360 | 100% |
| 43 | High Wycombe | 348 | 100% |
| 44 | Oldham | 345 | 100% |
| 45 | Bedford | 331 | 100% |
| 46 | Swindon | 330 | 100% |
| 47 | Walsall | 330 | 100% |
| 48 | Huddersfield | 316 | 100% |
| 49 | Blackburn | 315 | 100% |
| 50 | Barking | 309 | 100% |
Top 50 cities from October 2026 GOV.UK data. Browse all locations →