Workers in London are the most unhappy with their current job and think about trying to find another role at least once a day.

This compares to workers in the South West who are the happiest in their work, according to research from the UK’s first independent recruitment agency scoring website HireScores.

HireScores found 74% of London-based workers said that they think about trying to find a new job at least once a day. In direct contrast, in line with its leafy surroundings, workers in the South West say that they are the happiest in their work with only 11% saying that they were unhappy and 52% saying that they never look for other jobs.

Around 1,700 people took part in the survey and by looking at the amount of people who said that they thought about trying to find a new job once a day every day, HireScores was able to draw up a league table that charts the unhappiest working regions in the UK.

Lisette Howlett, managing director of HireScores, said: “Despite its pockets of wealthy areas and high paying jobs, it looks as though London is a place where the majority of workers are actually unhappy with their current employment and this may be due to a combination of factors such as the high cost of living, potential poor work life balance and current uncertainty about jobs due to the sudden financial downturn.

“The South West is famous for having an allegedly more relaxed way of life and this is evident from the research.”