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Licensed Skilled Worker sponsor counts across 115 UK cities and towns — every place with 150+ sponsors on the Home Office register. Click through for the local employer list, dominant sectors, and commonly-sponsored occupations.
| City / town | Region | Licensed sponsors |
|---|---|---|
| London | Greater London | 36,656 |
| Birmingham | West Midlands | 3,093 |
| Manchester | Greater Manchester | 2,890 |
| Leicester | Leicestershire | 1,420 |
| Glasgow | Glasgow | 1,376 |
| Bristol | Bristol | 1,294 |
| Edinburgh | Edinburgh | 1,178 |
| Leeds | West Yorkshire | 1,083 |
| Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | 1,050 |
| Ilford | Essex | 933 |
| Reading | Berkshire | 916 |
| Coventry | West Midlands | 913 |
| Slough | Berkshire | 863 |
| Milton Keynes | Buckinghamshire | 844 |
| Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | 842 |
| Harrow | Middlesex | 817 |
| Bradford | West Yorkshire | 742 |
| Liverpool | Merseyside | 734 |
| Luton | Bedfordshire | 711 |
| Sheffield | South Yorkshire | 688 |
| Oxford | Oxfordshire | 630 |
| Cardiff | Cardiff | 626 |
| Bolton | Lancashire | 594 |
| Southampton | Hampshire | 572 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Tyne and Wear | 548 |
| Croydon | Surrey | 538 |
| Belfast | Belfast | 536 |
| Northampton | Northamptonshire | 516 |
| Derby | Derbyshire | 514 |
| Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 500 |
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen City | 497 |
| Hounslow | Middlesex | 489 |
| Watford | Hertfordshire | 489 |
| Essex | England | 457 |
| Romford | Essex | 444 |
| Southall | Middlesex | 426 |
| Hayes | Middlesex | 421 |
| Wembley | Middlesex | 420 |
| Norwich | Norfolk | 405 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Staffordshire | 403 |
| Brighton | East Sussex | 398 |
| Preston | Lancashire | 397 |
| Peterborough | Cambridgeshire | 397 |
| Kent | England | 396 |
| Uxbridge | Middlesex | 361 |
| High Wycombe | Buckinghamshire | 346 |
| Oldham | Lancashire | 344 |
| Walsall | West Midlands | 333 |
| Bedford | Bedfordshire | 331 |
| Swindon | Wiltshire | 330 |
| Surrey | England | 330 |
| Huddersfield | West Yorkshire | 316 |
| Blackburn | Lancashire | 315 |
| Barking | Essex | 313 |
| Stockport | Cheshire | 294 |
| Colchester | Essex | 287 |
| York | North Yorkshire | 284 |
| Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | 275 |
| Rochdale | Lancashire | 269 |
| Dagenham | Essex | 267 |
| Swansea | Swansea | 256 |
| Bournemouth | Dorset | 253 |
| Portsmouth | Hampshire | 252 |
| Guildford | Surrey | 249 |
| Dartford | Kent | 248 |
| Gloucester | Gloucestershire | 244 |
| Warrington | Cheshire | 241 |
| Solihull | West Midlands | 239 |
| Salford | Greater Manchester | 238 |
| Hull | East Yorkshire | 237 |
| Middlesex | England | 237 |
| Chelmsford | Essex | 235 |
| Ipswich | Suffolk | 232 |
| Crawley | West Sussex | 232 |
| Newport | Gwent | 230 |
| Maidenhead | Berkshire | 226 |
| Doncaster | South Yorkshire | 220 |
| St Albans | Hertfordshire | 213 |
| Hemel Hempstead | Hertfordshire | 205 |
| Plymouth | Devon | 201 |
| Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire | 199 |
| Basingstoke | Hampshire | 198 |
| Bath | Somerset | 197 |
| Woking | Surrey | 197 |
| Exeter | Devon | 192 |
| Sutton | Surrey | 189 |
| Rotherham | South Yorkshire | 186 |
| Maidstone | Kent | 185 |
| Poole | Dorset | 183 |
| Ashford | Kent | 182 |
| Middlesbrough | Cleveland | 180 |
| Enfield | Middlesex | 177 |
| Richmond | Surrey | 176 |
| Wakefield | West Yorkshire | 175 |
| Dundee | Angus | 175 |
| Sunderland | Tyne and Wear | 174 |
| Bracknell | Berkshire | 174 |
| West Bromwich | West Midlands | 173 |
| Feltham | Middlesex | 170 |
| Bromley | Kent | 167 |
| Blackpool | Lancashire | 164 |
| Telford | Shropshire | 164 |
| Lincoln | Lincolnshire | 164 |
| Warwick | Warwickshire | 162 |
| Worcester | Worcestershire | 161 |
| Altrincham | Cheshire | 160 |
| Worthing | West Sussex | 159 |
| Wokingham | Berkshire | 157 |
| Brentford | Middlesex | 156 |
| Dudley | West Midlands | 156 |
| Hertfordshire | England | 155 |
| Chester | Cheshire | 155 |
| Kingston upon Thames | Surrey | 153 |
| Bury | Lancashire | 150 |
| Hove | East Sussex | 150 |
Counts are re-synced daily from the Home Office Register of Licensed Sponsors. Towns with fewer than 150 registered sponsors are searchable via the sponsor search tool.