not in the EU
United Kingdom
Since 2019 UK data come from ILOSTAT and the ONS rather than Eurostat.
~34%
Work in exposed occupations
~11.7 m · estimate · 2025
4.9%
Unemployment
ILO modelled estimate, annual · 2026
–
Firms using AI
Eurostat publishes no AI-adoption data for Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
0.73
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
34.1 m
Employed
2025 · ILOSTAT
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — United Kingdom
- 41Not exposed
- 25Minimal
- 5Low
- 14Medium
- 11High
- 4Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
No Cedefop projection for this country (Cedefop does not model the United Kingdom).
What employers say (WEF 2025)
23%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
33%
of skills will change
global: 39%
93%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.