Direct Marketplace Limited t/ Manchester is the UK ’s top regional city for office take - up , with a 54 % increase on a 10-year average in 2018 , according to commercial property services company JLL . It said the tech sector had been the biggest source of demand . JLL UK Head of Offices Research David Smith said Manchester was in a league of its own in terms of UK employment with record job creation . The city is expected to expand its office workforce by 10,000 by 2021 . Meanwhile , North - West Lead Minister David Lathwood said Brexit uncertainty had not hit Manchester as hard as elsewhere in the UK .
Manchester is the UK ’s top regional city for office take - up , with a 54 % increase on a 10-year average in 2018 , according to commercial property services company JLL . It said the tech sector had been the biggest source of demand . JLL UK Head of Offices Research David Smith said Manchester was in a league of its own in terms of UK employment with record job creation . The city is expected to expand its office workforce by 10,000 by 2021 . Meanwhile , North - West Lead Minister David Lathwood said Brexit uncertainty had not hit Manchester as hard as elsewhere in the UK .