How many live roles in the UK involve AI?
1,931 of 5,381 live roles in the UK involve AI. 35.9% · of live roles that involve AI · live specs · week ending 2 October 2026.
Across 5,381 live specs in the UK from 167 employers, week ending 2 October 2026. Each role is read on whether it involves AI, whether AI sits at the centre of the work, and whether the role is accountable for what the model produces.
A cell under 30 live specs prints its counts and no share; under 150, its count and base print beside its share. Every share moves with sector mix, and this page names the market’s sector cells beside its figures.
How many UK specifications involve AI
Involved: 1,931 of 5,381 live roles in the UK involve AI, 35.9% of live roles that involve AI (live specs, week ending 2 October 2026).
Central: of those 1,931 roles that involve AI, 1,161 have AI at the centre of the work, 60.1% of roles that involve AI where AI sits at the centre of the work.
Accountable: of those 1,161 AI-central roles, 303 are accountable for what the model produces, 26.1% of AI-central roles accountable for what the model produces.
Beside the three measures, as context and not as a measure, on the base of all live roles: 1,161 of 5,381 (21.6%) live roles in the UK are AI-central.
Which sectors make up the UK base
Sector mix: financial services 1,941, advertising agencies 853, technology 815, media and entertainment 234, AI-native 227, consumer brands 179. Sector cells with fewer than 10 employers in the UK are held: 1,132 live specs sit in them. Every figure on this page is for the market as a whole, and its sector mix is named here beside it.
Sector cells with fewer than 10 employers in the UK are held: 1,132 live specs sit in them.
Where AI lands by seniority in the UK
Entry level: 93 of 517 (18.0%) live roles in the UK involve AI; of those, 36 of 93 (38.7%) have AI at the centre of the work.
Director and above: 380 of 1,015 (37.4%) live roles in the UK involve AI; of those, 222 of 380 (58.4%) have AI at the centre of the work.
Week ending 2 October 2026.
How UK AI-central roles read on the four tests
Every AI-central role is then read on four tests. Accountable is one of them.
Of 1,161 AI-central roles in the UK, week ending 2 October 2026, each test on its own: works with the model, 237 of 1,161 (20.4%); can overrule it, 107 of 1,161 (9.2%); is accountable for what it produces, 303 of 1,161 (26.1%); keeps decisions over it, 414 of 1,161 (35.7%).
Beside the four tests, as context: 742 of 1,161 meet none of the four tests (63.9%).
Beside the four tests: 742 of 1,161 meet none of the four tests (63.9%).
How this is measured
Live specs: roles open at the freeze, de-duplicated, and read the same way in every market. Each measure's share is on the measure before it, and a figure under a floor prints its counts.
Full methodIs this a net-new seat at the company, or a backfill?
Of 1,161 AI-central roles in the UK: new (confirmed) 27.9%; backfill (confirmed) 21.0%; backfill (inferred) 51.1%, week ending 2 October 2026.