How many live roles in the financial services sector involve AI?
5,045 of 12,687 live roles in the financial services sector involve AI. 39.8% · of live roles that involve AI · live specs · week ending 2 October 2026.
Across 12,687 live financial services specs from 66 employers, week ending 2 October 2026. Financial services advertises roles in seven of the seven named markets. 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.
Every figure on this page is for the financial services sector in all markets unless a market is named. A market cell publishes where the sector has 10 or more employers in that market; under that it is held.
How many financial services specifications involve AI
Involved: 5,045 of 12,687 live roles in the financial services sector involve AI, 39.8% of live roles that involve AI (live specs, week ending 2 October 2026).
Central: of those 5,045 roles that involve AI, 3,296 have AI at the centre of the work, 65.3% of roles that involve AI where AI sits at the centre of the work.
Accountable: of those 3,296 AI-central roles, 1,000 are accountable for what the model produces, 30.3% 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: 3,296 of 12,687 (26.0%) live roles in the financial services sector are AI-central.
How financial services compares across markets
In each market where financial services has 10 or more employers, week ending 2 October 2026: US, 3,617 of 8,327 (43.4%) live roles involve AI, and of those 2,425 of 3,617 (67.0%) have AI at the centre of the work; UK, 798 of 1,941 (41.1%) live roles involve AI, and of those 531 of 798 (66.5%) have AI at the centre of the work; Australia, 251 of 1,364 (18.4%) live roles involve AI, and of those 133 of 251 (53.0%) have AI at the centre of the work.
Held, with fewer than 10 financial services employers in the market: Ireland, Canada, Singapore.
The remaining 399 live financial services specs come from employers in forty-six other markets and count toward the sector total.
Where AI lands by seniority in financial services
Entry level: 223 of 1,331 (16.8%) live roles in the financial services sector involve AI; of those, 84 of 223 (37.7%) have AI at the centre of the work.
Director and above: 1,239 of 3,437 (36.0%) live roles in the financial services sector involve AI; of those, 790 of 1,239 (63.8%) have AI at the centre of the work.
Week ending 2 October 2026.
The pathway, across marketsHow AI-central financial services roles read on the four tests
Every AI-central role is then read on four tests. Accountable is one of them.
Of 3,296 AI-central roles in the financial services sector, week ending 2 October 2026, each test on its own: works with the model, 866 of 3,296 (26.3%); can overrule it, 418 of 3,296 (12.7%); is accountable for what it produces, 1,000 of 3,296 (30.3%); keeps decisions over it, 1,348 of 3,296 (40.9%).
Beside the four tests, as context: 1,933 of 3,296 meet none of the four tests (58.6%).
Beside the four tests: 1,933 of 3,296 meet none of the four tests (58.6%).
How this is measured
Live specs. Employers are never named against a figure. 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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