Jobs in the north of England will be the most affected by automation, according to research from The Centre for Cities. High numbers of low skill workers in areas such as Mansfield, Stoke, Doncaster and Blackburn mean that over a quarter of jobs are at risk from robots in the next 10 years. This will be a boon to highly paid professions such as accountancy and law, but will leave the likes of retail and hospitality workers increasingly left behind. In contrast, high-skill regions like Oxford and Cambridge will see only 13% of jobs under threat. “People who work with computers have been told they can expect their job to disappear within 20 years,” said Prof John Hawksworth, director of policy at the think tank.
Jobs in the north of England will be the most affected by automation, according to research from The Centre for Cities. High numbers of low skill workers in areas such as Mansfield, Stoke, Doncaster and Blackburn mean that over a quarter of jobs are at risk from robots in the next 10 years. In contrast, high-skill regions like Oxford and Cambridge will see only 13% of jobs under threat. “People who work with computers have been told they can expect their job to disappear within 20 years,” said Prof John Hawksworth, director of policy at the think tank.