THE past few months have certainly showcased our capabilities at tackling DIY jobs around the house.

But it seems we’re still a nation of ‘lazy DIY-ers’ and if we can hire someone else to do the jobs we keep putting off, then we will!

PriceYourJob.co.uk found out where in the UK the laziest homeowners live by calculating which region seeks the most help with home DIY projects.

They found 6,290 searches on average per month are made by eager Brits looking to ‘find a trader’ or ‘hire a tradesman’.

To find the data, PriceYourJob analysed 83 of the largest cities in the UK and the most common DIY jobs (also trading professions) to find out which one is most popular in each city. PriceYourJob used Google search data over the last 12 months.

Bradford ranked 19th in the list with 24,720 searches on average over the last 12 months (2,060 per month on average).

This consists of 720 searches for painters, 110 for carpenters, 110 for decorators, 40 for gardeners and 20 for tilers.

Birmingham is the city with the laziest DIY-ers, hiring tradespeople most with 121,200 searches on average over the last 12 months (10,100 per month on average).

Residents of Birmingham require the most help for all DIY jobs included – ranking first across the board.

The Scottish cities of Glasgow (2nd) and Edinburgh (7th) featured in the top 10 with 84,360 and 50,400 searches over the last year respectively – labelling them the ‘laziest’ homeowners in Scotland.

Manchester placed third with more than 69,300 searches for DIY traders such as painters and gardeners. Bristol came fourth with 69,120 searches over the last 12 months, while Leeds was fifth with 62,760 queries related to hiring help.

Newport (2,760), Grimsby (4,920) and Poole (5,760) had the lowest number of searches made overall.

As well as Newport, Swansea placed in the bottom five with 6,480 Google searches for traders’ residents are likely to hire for help with DIY projects.

Most popular jobs Brits hire help for:

1. Painter – 48,529 searches

2. Carpenter – 9,790 searches

3. Decorator – 6,460 searches

4. Gardener – 2,920 searches

5. Tiler – 1,660 searches

Methodology

PriceYourJob used Google AdWords to find out how many searches were made in each UK city. The largest populated cities were chosen (100,000 and more). DIY jobs included: Painter, Carpenter, Decorator, Gardener, and Tiler.

Average monthly search volumes were collected and x by 12 months to estimate yearly searches.

London was excluded from the list as it would always show the largest volume.