The artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation revolution is here.

But, what countries and cities are hiring the most in these emerging, but quite necessary fields?

Robotic process automation company UiPath has provided some clarity in this matter by analysing job listings from start-up hubs around the world. The research can be viewed here.

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China and the US, unsurprisingly, continue to lead the way in the AI industry. Both countries offer the highest number of jobs in both AI and ML, with 12,113 and 7,465 respectively.

However, the UK has the fourth highest number of jobs in the field. They lead the way in Europe with 1,547 jobs, ahead of Germany (1,120) and France (763).

The UK: A leading light in AI job creation

The data also reveals that London is one of the world’s leading cities for AI jobs creation. Ahead of New York, it is the biggest non-Asian city with 744 job postings, and 8th overall in the world.

Despite this, the majority of vacancies in the UK are outside of London — which may come as a surprise, although the UK is fortunate to have a number of expanding tech hubs: From Manchester to Oxford and Cambridge. Of the 1,547 jobs, 803 of them are based outside of the capital. Cambridge (102 jobs), Bristol (62) and Manchester (47) are the best performing towns outside of the capital.

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A recent PWC report projects that the AI sector will contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030. This is reflect in the demand for AI jobs — as many as 7 million new jobs are projected to be created in the UK alone by 2037, for example.

Which AI jobs are in the highest demand in the UK?

These are the 10 most proportionally in-demand AI jobs in the UK. PwC is also hiring the highest share (2.21%) of AI jobs in the UK, compared to any other employer.

1. Data Scientist, 9.06% of AI job listings required someone for this role
2. Software Engineer, 8.75%
3. Consultant, 6.01%
4. AI Researcher, 4.95%
5. Sales Engineer, 4.74%
6. AI/Machine Learning/Data Analyst, 4.43%
7. Machine Learning Engineer, 4.32%
8. Business Development, 2.85%
9. Intern, 2.74%
10. Product Manager, 2.74%

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Which countries have the highest number AI jobs (overall)?

While few will be surprised that China, Japan and the USA lead the way in AI jobs, the UK leads all other European nations with over 1,500 job listings.

Which countries have the highest number of AI jobs (per million of their working age population)?

A although China has the most jobs overall when it comes to jobs per million citizens, the UK out-perform both China and the USA proportionally, employing 37.3 people per million citizens.

Which cities have the highest number of AI jobs (overall)?