As offices around the world ask for a return to the office, there is still a growing number of jobs, especially for companies wanting to attract Gen-Z and younger millennials that allow it. A recent study used data to reveal which global cities are most accessible and attractive for remote workers by assessing factors related to remote working infrastructure, living costs, infrastructure and liveability, in addition to showing current location trends.
The global employment specialists WorkMotion.com released the study that analysed the ease of complying with local employment laws and ranks the attractiveness of 85 global cities for remote workers. As a company that helps companies hire employees based anywhere in the world, WorkMotion decided to rank the cities according to their remote working compliance regulations, cost of living, infrastructure and liveability. Additionally, they used proprietary data to illustrate current location trends by showing where remote workers are currently being hired from. The resulting index reveals which cities are facilitating remote working best, and which are most attractive for remote workers to relocate to, as well as current remote worker patterns.
The table below reveals a sample of results for the top 10 cities for facilitating remote work out of the 80 cities in the index.
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The Top 10 Cities for Remote Working Infrastructure: |
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1 Barcelona 2 Dubai 3 Prague 4 Madrid 5 Melbourne 6 Amsterdam 7 Lisbon 8 Sydney 9 Gran Canaria 10 Reykjavik |
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“The growth of remote working has opened up new avenues for employees around the world,” comments Carsten Lebtig, Co-Founder and Managing Director of WorkMotion. “People are increasingly less restricted by their location and the size of its job pool, and can regard foreign locations as possible work destinations regardless of whether or not they speak the local language. Now that the initial shock of the pandemic has subsided, we wanted to capture a snapshot of the current remote working landscape as the first step in tracking how it changes over the coming years. Many remote workers are drawn to cities by the promise of a different lifestyle or climate. The leaders of Barcelona, Dubai and Prague can be proud to say they’ve done things right and their cities are the best destinations for a Workation as well as to live, play and work from.”
