Best places to live & work in East Midlands

For each occupation, the top East Midlands local authority by Gera Settle Score for a family, with the ONS regional median pay. As of June 2026.

Occupation	Regional pay	Top area	Settle Score
Other nursing professionals	£39,216	Nottingham	83.5
Other administrative occupations n.e.c.	£26,341	Nottingham	83.5
Sales accounts and business development managers	£50,746	Nottingham	83.5
Warehouse operatives	£27,196	Nottingham	83.5
Secondary education teaching professionals	£45,828	Nottingham	83.5
Programmers and software development professionals	£49,685	Nottingham	83.5
Care workers and home carers	£26,864	Nottingham	83.5
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale	£39,069	Nottingham	83.5
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants	£29,405	Nottingham	83.5
Sales and retail assistants	£23,940	Nottingham	83.5
Management consultants and business analysts	£43,468	Nottingham	83.5
IT managers	£49,160	Nottingham	83.5
Customer service occupations n.e.c.	£26,709	Nottingham	83.5
Large goods vehicle drivers	£41,045	Nottingham	83.5
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks	£29,776	Nottingham	83.5
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£50,084	Nottingham	83.5
Engineering professionals n.e.c.	£45,665	Nottingham	83.5
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	£42,887	Nottingham	83.5
Human resources and industrial relations officers	£34,827	Nottingham	83.5
Teaching assistants	£21,060	Nottingham	83.5
Chefs	£28,019	Nottingham	83.5
Property, housing and estate managers	£38,379	Nottingham	83.5
Marketing associate professionals	£33,938	Nottingham	83.5
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	£30,711	Nottingham	83.5
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians	£34,745	Nottingham	83.5
Electricians and electrical fitters	£39,842	Nottingham	83.5
Cleaners and domestics	£22,473	Nottingham	83.5
Social workers	£42,390	Nottingham	83.5
Business and related research professionals	£39,211	Nottingham	83.5
Delivery drivers and couriers	£27,663	Nottingham	83.5
Engineering technicians	£41,923	Nottingham	83.5
Receptionists	£23,776	Nottingham	83.5
Nurse practitioners	£51,098	Nottingham	83.5
Senior care workers	£27,979	Nottingham	83.5
Security guards and related occupations	£29,563	Nottingham	83.5
Kitchen and catering assistants	£21,536	Nottingham	83.5
Other health professionals n.e.c.	£38,412	Nottingham	83.5
Bus and coach drivers	£31,557	Nottingham	83.5
Construction operatives n.e.c.	£31,133	Nottingham	83.5
Data analysts	£32,154	Nottingham	83.5

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Contains public sector information published by Gera Systems and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Gera Settle Score — ONS ASHE salary joined to HM Land Registry, Ofsted, Home Office and NHS England area data (June 2026, published 19 June 2026).