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The UK wholesale and retail sector has the greatest number of jobs with a high chance of automation in the next 10 to 20 years, according to this research by business advisory firm Deloitte.

Deloitte’s analysis is based on the latest Office for National Statistics figures, combined with the firm’s 2014 work with Oxford University, which found that a total of 35% of UK jobs have a high chance of being automated. Deloitte has updated the work to study the impact of automation on jobs by major industry group.

Deloitte found that 2,168,000 jobs in the wholesale and retail sector (59% of the total current workforce) have a high chance of being automated in the next two decades. This is followed by transport and storage – 1,524,000 jobs (74%) – and human health and social work, with 1,351,000 jobs (28%).

However, the human health and social work sector also has the largest number of jobs with a low likelihood of automation, with 2,249,000 jobs (46% of the workforce) in the low chance category. This is followed by professional, scientific and technical roles – 2,215,000 jobs (58%) – and education, with 1,927,000 jobs (66%).

Between 2001 and 2015, the sectors with the three largest increases in overall wage contribution were health and social work, with £27.36bn added in wages; professional scientific and technical roles, with £23.91bn added; and financial and insurance services, with £18.53bn added.

The total wage contribution of the manufacturing sector decreased by £16.52bn; followed by retail, with a decrease of £4.14bn; and transportation and storage, with a decrease of £2.23bn.

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Feb 8, 2021

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Feb 29, 2016

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