How many live roles in each sector involve AI?
17,241 of 43,967 live roles in the eight sectors with a page involve AI. 39.2% · of live roles that involve AI · live specs · week ending 2 October 2026.
Across 43,967 live specs in the eight sectors with a page, all markets, 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.
Market pages slice one market by sector and seniority. Sector pages compare one sector across markets, where the sector has 10 or more employers in each market. No market-by-sector route exists.
Eight sector pages
A sector publishes standalone at 150 live specificationsHow many live roles involve AI in each sector
Of live roles that involve AI, all markets, live specs, week ending 2 October 2026: AI-native 2,404 of 3,182 (75.5%); Technology 5,358 of 11,837 (45.3%); Financial services 5,045 of 12,687 (39.8%); Media and entertainment 938 of 2,470 (38.0%); Professional services 1,799 of 5,573 (32.3%); Advertising agencies 1,300 of 5,562 (23.4%); Consumer brands 272 of 1,569 (17.3%); Retail 125 of 1,087 (11.5%).
Where AI sits at the centre of the work, and who is accountable, in each sector
Each measure takes the one before it as its base. Of roles that involve AI where AI sits at the centre of the work: Consumer brands 178 of 272 (65.4%); Financial services 3,296 of 5,045 (65.3%); AI-native 1,566 of 2,404 (65.1%); Media and entertainment 601 of 938 (64.1%); Technology 3,197 of 5,358 (59.7%); Professional services 1,019 of 1,799 (56.6%); Advertising agencies 639 of 1,300 (49.2%); Retail 60 of 125 (48.0%).
Of AI-central roles accountable for what the model produces: Consumer brands 30 of 178 (16.9%); Financial services 1,000 of 3,296 (30.3%); AI-native 281 of 1,566 (17.9%); Media and entertainment 126 of 601 (21.0%); Technology 597 of 3,197 (18.7%); Professional services 161 of 1,019 (15.8%); Advertising agencies 94 of 639 (14.7%); Retail 9 of 60 (15.0%).
How AI-central roles in each sector read on the four tests
Every AI-central role is then read on four tests. Accountable is one of them.
Each test is reported on its own, on each sector's AI-central roles in all markets, week ending 2 October 2026. The share of AI-central roles that meet none of the four tests sits beside each sector as context.
How this is measured
Live specs. A sector page compares one sector across markets; a market page slices one market by sector. The same cell has one home and no market-by-sector route exists. 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. Each measure's share is on the measure before it. A page publishes at 150 or more live specs. A cell under 30 prints its counts and no share; under 150 its count and base print beside its share. A sector cell inside a market publishes with 10 or more employers in it, and is held under that.
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