Robots Could Steal 32% of Jobs in UK Financial Services by 2030: PwC

Approximately 32 percent of existing UK jobs in financial services and insurance could be automated by robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) over the next 15 years, according to a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers. And other industries are even more at risk. For example, 56 percent of existing transportation and storage jobs could be at risk from automation by 2030, while 46 percent of current manufacturing jobs could be automated, and 44 percent of wholesale and retail jobs are headed for automation, PwC revealed in its latest UK Economic Outlook report. Conversely, the threat of automation is lower in other sectors such as education (9 percent) and health and social work (17 percent), PwC said. Overall, up to 30 percent of existing UK jobs could be automated by 2030, which is a lower proportion than those at risk in the US (38 percent) and Germany (35 percent), but more than Japan (21 percent), the study added.