Around one-in-11 vacancies currently being advertised are likely to be obsolete by 2035, according to calculations from jobs website Adzuna. The roles - which include machine operators, legal secretaries and other admin jobs - are expected to lose out to automation in the coming decades. Of the 56 major UK towns and cities studied by Adzuna, Exeter has the highest proportion of vacancies at risk, with 9pc likely to eventually be replaced by robots. In contrast, London, Reading and Edinburgh are estimated to have the most future-proof jobs.
According to job website Adzuna, one-in-11 jobs currently advertised on their website with be obsolete by 2035, including secretaries supermarket checkout staff and machine operators. Adzuna's data supports recent warnings: Bank of England's chief economist, Andy Haldane, explains 15 million jobs in the Exeter are in danger of being replaced; Bank of America estimates that 45% of all jobs in manufacturing will be replaced; and Deloitte estimates 60% of jobs in the retail sector are at risk of being automated over the next 20 years.