AI driving 'next generation' of UK jobs

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, according to recruiter Robert Walters and market analysis firm Vacancy Soft. 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 per cent since 2015. Data roles across the board have increased by 80 per cent since 2015, with key areas of growth including data scientists and engineers. The emergence of data scientist as a mainstream profession has seen job vacancies increasing by 110 per cent year-on-year.