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Where in Gloucestershire is the best place to work in Britain (almost)?

It's official (although we here at Punchline like to think we knew it already) out of all the towns and cities in the UK there is one in Gloucestershire that ranks above almost all others.

We say almost, because the survey - which looked at job prospects, salary, job satisfaction and property prices - actually ranked it second.

Scoring higher than anywhere else in the South West - and significantly higher than closest West rival Bristol - was our county capital, Gloucester.

Glassdoor's economic research survey questioned workers from across the country, and Gloucester came in just 0.1 of a point behind eventual winner, the Berkshire town of Slough.

Apparently Gloucester boasts 14,626 job openings, scored 3.5 out of five for job satisfaction, enjoys a median base salary of £24,000 and has a median home value of £239,000 - far less than many of the other high-ranking towns and cities.

For what it is worth, median pay in Slough was £29,500, in third-placed Cambridge it was £30,400 and in fourth placed Reading £30,000. Guildford was placed fifth.

Glassdoor's Best UK Towns & Cities to Work In report identifies UK locations with the highest overall Glassdoor Town & City Score, based on a comparison of 50 of the most populated UK towns and cities with populations above 100,000.

Each region's Glassdoor Town & City Score, based on a 5-point scale (5.0=best city for a job, 1.0=worst city for a job), is determined by weighting three factors equally: hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction.

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