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 293	£42,555	203,000
2	Financial managers and directors	100/100 (Very high)	#2 of 293	£67,020	362,000
3	Chartered and certified accountants	99/100 (Very high)	#3 of 293	£42,303	97,000
4	Psychologists	99/100 (Very high)	#4 of 293	£44,794	32,000
5	Purchasing managers and directors	99/100 (Very high)	#5 of 293	£48,199	73,000
6	Actuaries, economists and statisticians	99/100 (Very high)	#6 of 293	£45,887	33,000
7	Business and financial project management professionals	98/100 (Very high)	#7 of 293	£50,508	265,000
8	Finance and investment analysts and advisers	98/100 (Very high)	#8 of 293	£37,441	134,000
9	Legal professionals n.e.c.	98/100 (Very high)	#9 of 293	£77,582	46,000
10	Business and related associate professionals n.e.c.	98/100 (Very high)	#10 of 293	£30,032	218,000
11	Credit controllers	97/100 (Very high)	#11 of 293	£24,440	24,000
12	Solicitors	97/100 (Very high)	#12 of 293	£43,014	89,000
13	Civil engineers	97/100 (Very high)	#13 of 293	£43,317	46,000
14	Education advisers and school inspectors	96/100 (Very high)	#14 of 293	£41,075	18,000
15	Human resources administrative occupations	96/100 (Very high)	#15 of 293	£21,516	20,000
16	Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.	96/100 (Very high)	#16 of 293	£49,350	56,000
17	Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks	95/100 (Very high)	#17 of 293	£25,926	297,000
18	Financial accounts managers	96/100 (Very high)	#18 of 293	£38,466	130,000
19	National government administrative occupations	95/100 (Very high)	#19 of 293	£26,554	160,000
20	Marketing associate professionals	95/100 (Very high)	#20 of 293	£28,725	163,000
21	Financial and accounting technicians	94/100 (Very high)	#21 of 293	£45,467	34,000
22	Human resource managers and directors	94/100 (Very high)	#22 of 293	£49,346	133,000
23	Insurance underwriters	94/100 (Very high)	#23 of 293	£36,270	23,000
24	Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors	93/100 (Very high)	#24 of 293	£30,102	127,000
25	Information technology and telecommunications directors	93/100 (Very high)	#25 of 293	£72,980	35,000

How this ranking was made

Sorted by the DfE (2023) AIOE (all AI applications) score, highest first, across the 293 occupations in the UK AI Job-Risk Index.

Index rank: 1 = most exposed of the 293 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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