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

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." The article UK's job market is splitting in two as AI demand surges while knowledge work postings crater appeared first on The Decoder .

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Published: 5 August 2026
Source: The Decoder
Category: News
Topics: Jobs & economy
Retrieved: 6 August 2026

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ethics.ai (5 August 2026), “UK's job market is splitting in two as AI demand surges while knowledge work postings crater,” evidence record 16862, https://ethics.ai/record/16862 (originally published by The Decoder).

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