Artificial Intelligence driving the 'next generation' of jobs in the UK

The uptake of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by industry will drastically change the UK job market in the coming years – with 133 million new jobs expected to be created globally. In the UK alone, up to a third of jobs will be automated or likely to change as a result of the emergence of AI – impacting 10.5 million workers. The findings come from a new report – Harnessing the Power of AI: The Demand for Future Skills – from global recruiter, Robert Walters, and market analysis experts, Vacancy Soft. Ollie Sexton, Principal at Robert Walters, said: "As businesses become ever more reliant on AI, there is an increasing amount of pressure on the processes of data capture and integration. As a result, we have seen an unprecedented number of roles being created with data skillset at their core. "Our job force cannot afford to not get to grips with data and digitalisation.