{"slug": "uk-s-job-market-is-splitting-in-two-as-ai-demand-surges-while-knowledge-work", "title": "UK's job market is splitting in two as AI demand surges while knowledge work postings crater", "summary": "AI now appears in 9.4 percent of British job postings, up from about 2 percent in 2023, according to Indeed, which calls it a 'two-speed labor market.' Overall hiring is falling in knowledge work fields such as marketing and management, but AI-related listings are rising fast.", "body_md": "# UK's job market is splitting in two as AI demand surges while knowledge work postings crater\n\nBy Matthias BastianSource:\n\n[The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com)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.\"\n\nThe article [UK's job market is splitting in two as AI demand surges while knowledge work postings crater](https://the-decoder.com/uks-job-market-is-splitting-in-two-as-ai-demand-surges-while-knowledge-work-postings-crater/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-s-job-market-is-splitting-in-two-as-ai-demand-surges-while-knowledge-work", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/uks-job-market-is-splitting-in-two-as-ai-demand-surges-while-er4u", "published_at": "2026-08-05 15:42:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-05 15:50:58.663559+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Indeed", "The Decoder", "Matthias Bastian"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-s-job-market-is-splitting-in-two-as-ai-demand-surges-while-knowledge-work", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-s-job-market-is-splitting-in-two-as-ai-demand-surges-while-knowledge-work.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-s-job-market-is-splitting-in-two-as-ai-demand-surges-while-knowledge-work.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-s-job-market-is-splitting-in-two-as-ai-demand-surges-while-knowledge-work.jsonld"}}