Cambridge is ‘geekiest’ city in the UK

A new survey claims that Cambridge’s population is the geekiest in the country

by Matt Russell

This article is 14 years old

Tuesday August 30 2011, 11:31pm

A survey has placed Cambridge as the UK’s technological capital and 'geekiest' city.

This puts the city ahead of London, which came only fourth behind fellow technological heavyweights Gloucester and Brighton, claims a new survey by Ebuyer.

The University is responsible for training a tech savvy Cambridge populationAndrew Griffin

Oxford proved to be relative luddites as they only managed eighth place.

This is the second recent defeat by Cambridge, as this year's National Student Survey found that Cambridge students were significantly happier with their university education than Oxford ones.

Cambridge beat off competition from other cities with an impressive ‘Geek score’ of 24.

The total was calculated from categories including the percentage of workers who hold a certified qualification, the number of job opportunities in technology positions, and the city with the most amount of technological purchases per person.

97% of workers aged between 16-64 had a certified qualification in Cambridge, which is 11% more than second best Gloucester.

In a university city such as Cambridge this perhaps comes as little surprise.

And with roughly 1,500 students enrolling to study a science based subject every year at the university, Cambridge looks to hold on to its lead.

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