AI Reshapes UK Workforce: Junior Roles Squeeze, London Talent War Heats Up

Goldman Sachs has crunched the numbers on over 800 occupations and found AI is hammering entry-level white-collar jobs hardest. A 10% increase in AI exposure correlates with more than 0.6 percentage points of reduced headcount growth for junior workers — dwarfing the effect on senior colleagues. The sectors feeling the sharpest pain? Management consulting, advertising, software publishing, and call centres. This isn't theoretical. UK vacancies fell to 707,000 in the...