Hull, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland are among the worst cities to find a job, with up to 80 unemployed claimants chasing every vacancy, a new analysis shows. Some 80 candidates are chasing every role going in Hull, while 73 claimants apply for every job in Stoke-on-Trent, a review of the latest official jobs data found. In Sunderland, 54 applicants chase every vacancy, while in Southend and The Wirral there are 44 and 41 claimants respectively for every job, the analysis by recruitment site Adzuna showed. The five worst cities have remained in the bottom five spot for the second year in a row, with Hull taking the worst spot for the second year running. In contrast, Reading, Cambridge, London and Milton Keynes were among the best cities to find a job - suggesting the North-South divide in employment continues unabated - with fewer than two claimants per vacancy, the study showed. Aberdeen was found to be the best city for job prospects, registering more vacancies than it has unemployed. The Scottish city's growth in employment is buoyed by the oil and gas industry, with the number of energy industry vacancies 18 times the national average.