How many live roles in the professional services sector involve AI?
1,799 of 5,573 live roles in the professional services sector involve AI. 32.3% · of live roles that involve AI · live specs · week ending 2 October 2026.
Across 5,573 live professional services specs from 20 employers, week ending 2 October 2026. Professional 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 professional 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 professional services specifications involve AI
Involved: 1,799 of 5,573 live roles in the professional services sector involve AI, 32.3% of live roles that involve AI (live specs, week ending 2 October 2026).
Central: of those 1,799 roles that involve AI, 1,019 have AI at the centre of the work, 56.6% of roles that involve AI where AI sits at the centre of the work.
Accountable: of those 1,019 AI-central roles, 161 are accountable for what the model produces, 15.8% 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: 1,019 of 5,573 (18.3%) live roles in the professional services sector are AI-central.
How professional services compares across markets
In each market where professional services has 10 or more employers, week ending 2 October 2026: US, 1,279 of 3,650 (35.0%) live roles involve AI, and of those 764 of 1,279 (59.7%) have AI at the centre of the work.
Held, with fewer than 10 professional services employers in the market: Australia, UK, Canada, Singapore, Ireland.
The remaining 18 live professional services specs come from employers in five other markets and count toward the sector total.
Where AI lands by seniority in professional services
Entry level: 124 of 588 (21.1%) live roles in the professional services sector involve AI; of those, 50 of 124 (40.3%) have AI at the centre of the work.
Director and above: 402 of 955 (42.1%) live roles in the professional services sector involve AI; of those, 221 of 402 (55.0%) have AI at the centre of the work.
Week ending 2 October 2026.
The pathway, across marketsHow AI-central professional services roles read on the four tests
Every AI-central role is then read on four tests. Accountable is one of them.
Of 1,019 AI-central roles in the professional services sector, week ending 2 October 2026, each test on its own: works with the model, 101 of 1,019 (9.9%); can overrule it, 80 of 1,019 (7.9%); is accountable for what it produces, 161 of 1,019 (15.8%); keeps decisions over it, 258 of 1,019 (25.3%).
Beside the four tests, as context: 759 of 1,019 meet none of the four tests (74.5%).
Beside the four tests: 759 of 1,019 meet none of the four tests (74.5%).
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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