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UK's job market is splitting in two as AI demand surges while knowledge work postings crater

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UK's job market is splitting in two as AI demand surges while knowledge work postings crater

The Decoder · Aug 5, 2026, 3:42 PM UTC

AI now appears in 9.4 percent of British job postings, up from about 2 percent in 2023, according to Indeed. Overall hiring is falling in knowledge work fields such as marketing and management, but AI-related listings are rising fast. Indeed calls it a "two-speed labor market.…