The proportion of railway equipment and technologies companies hiring for artificial intelligence related positions rose in August 2021, with 29.7% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. This latest figure was higher than the 24.6% of companies who were hiring for artificial intelligence related jobs in July 2021 and an increase compared to the figure of 23.5% for the equivalent month last year. When it came to the proportion of all job openings that were linked to artificial intelligence, related job postings dropped in August 2021, with 0.8% of newly posted job advertisements being linked to the topic. This latest figure was an increase compared to the 0.7% of newly advertised jobs that were linked to artificial intelligence in the equivlent month a year ago. Artificial intelligence is one of the topics that GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, have identified as being a key disruptive force facing companies in the coming years.