The 25 UK jobs most exposed to AI

These are the 25 occupations with the highest AI exposure scores in our index. High exposure means AI can help with many of the tasks involved. That often means the job changes, not that it disappears.

#	Occupation	AI exposure	Index rank	Median FT pay (2020)	Employee jobs
1	Management consultants and business analysts	100/100 (Very high)	#1 of 100	£42,555	203,000
2	Financial managers and directors	100/100 (Very high)	#2 of 100	£67,020	362,000
3	Chartered and certified accountants	99/100 (Very high)	#3 of 100	£42,303	97,000
4	Purchasing managers and directors	99/100 (Very high)	#4 of 100	£48,199	73,000
5	Business and financial project management professionals	98/100 (Very high)	#5 of 100	£50,508	265,000
6	Finance and investment analysts and advisers	98/100 (Very high)	#6 of 100	£37,441	134,000
7	Business and related associate professionals n.e.c.	98/100 (Very high)	#7 of 100	£30,032	218,000
8	Solicitors	97/100 (Very high)	#8 of 100	£43,014	89,000
9	Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks	95/100 (Very high)	#9 of 100	£25,926	297,000
10	Financial accounts managers	96/100 (Very high)	#10 of 100	£38,466	130,000
11	National government administrative occupations	95/100 (Very high)	#11 of 100	£26,554	160,000
12	Marketing associate professionals	95/100 (Very high)	#12 of 100	£28,725	163,000
13	Human resource managers and directors	94/100 (Very high)	#13 of 100	£49,346	133,000
14	Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors	93/100 (Very high)	#14 of 100	£30,102	127,000
15	Marketing and sales directors	93/100 (Very high)	#15 of 100	£80,000	204,000
16	Sales accounts and business development managers	92/100 (Very high)	#16 of 100	£48,032	572,000
17	Programmers and software development professionals	90/100 (Very high)	#17 of 100	£43,981	247,000
18	Further education teaching professionals	90/100 (Very high)	#18 of 100	£37,029	123,000
19	Human resources and industrial relations officers	89/100 (Very high)	#19 of 100	£30,068	157,000
20	Higher education teaching professionals	89/100 (Very high)	#20 of 100	£51,068	140,000
21	Information technology and telecommunications professionals n.e.c.	87/100 (Very high)	#21 of 100	£38,602	117,000
22	Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	87/100 (Very high)	#22 of 100	£45,553	107,000
23	Design and development engineers	87/100 (Very high)	#23 of 100	£41,794	95,000
24	Teaching and other educational professionals n.e.c.	85/100 (Very high)	#24 of 100	£26,872	114,000
25	Senior professionals of educational establishments	85/100 (Very high)	#25 of 100	£56,508	114,000

How this ranking was made

Sorted by the DfE (2023) AIOE (all AI applications) score, highest first, across the 100 occupations in the UK AI Job-Risk Index.

Index rank: 1 = most exposed of the 100 occupations. Exposure measures how much a job's abilities overlap with current AI applications; it is not a forecast of job losses. Sources: Department for Education (2023), The impact of AI on UK jobs and training; ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2020, Table 14. Full methodology · Compare jobs

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