UK – Artificial intelligence driving the next generation of jobs: Robert Walters

AI is set to drastically change the UK job market in the coming years with up to a third of jobs expected to be automated or likely to change as a result of the emergence of AI, impacting 10.5 million workers, according to a report from Robert Walters and VacancySoft. The report found that 133 million new jobs are expected to be created globally with the uptake of AI by industry. Robert Walters also found that demand for data professionals is rapidly growing. IT professionals dedicated to data management appear to be the fastest growing area within large or global entities, with volumes increasing ten-fold in three years, an increase in vacancies of 160% since 2015. Data roles across the board have increased by 80% since 2015, with key areas of growth including data scientists and engineers.