West Midlands residents revealed as the UK’s most stressed

The city of Birmingham has been classified as the most tense city in the United Kingdom, according to a new study.

The research, conducted by Instant Offices, which provides office solutions, which measured factors such as salary levels, gender wages, and online search operations for “work pressure” and “exhaustion”, indicates that West Midlands residents bear the highest levels Tension at the national level.

Birmingham originates at the top of the list of relatively large size for tension -related internet search, noticeable gap between gender wages, and lower average salaries. The nearby Kovantry is ranked second in the study, which helps to place the West Midlands area as the area under the greatest pressure. Several residents there reported that they had reduced social activities and exercise due to the pressures associated with work.

The data indicates that in 2024, the UK ordinary employee received 21.1 days of work due to stress, depression or anxiety – which led to a loss of 16.4 million working days in general. Among the most common causes of exhaustion are the high burdens of work (including unpaid tasks), the cost of living cost, job insecurity, bullying or isolation in the workplace. One in four adults in the UK admits that he feels tension most of the time, while one of nine tension suffers on a daily basis.

UK women feel tension, on average, 11.7 days per month – significantly higher than 8.7 days that men have been informed. The study also highlights that cities that suffer from large gender wages, such as derby, Coventry and Lutton, show increasing levels of tension among workers.

With the increasing pressures of work, exhaustion and mental health concerns, employers and policy makers urge to address structural issues such as wages and increased financial pressures. They also advise individuals to seek to achieve a healthy balance between work and life, preserving social ties, and giving priority to self -care as a way to reduce daily tension.