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Sky News analysis of the latest census data shows the jobs we now work in, revealing a shift to data and computer programming.
The youngest workers were in retail and hospitality while farmers and elected officials had the most workers aged 60 and over.
Some 27.8 million people aged 16 and over in England and Wales said they were in employment at the time the census was taken in March 2021. This was during the middle of the pandemic, however those on furlough were asked to record their employment as ongoing.
The most popular jobs have changed over time, reflecting wider societal shifts as advances in technology create new roles.
Computer programming has seen one of the biggest rises. An additional 274,000 people work in the field compared with when the last census took place in 2011.
This represented the biggest rank change among the top-ranking professions over the time period, climbing from 14th most common in 2011 to 8th in 2021.
Financial services dropped down the rankings furthest, from 10th to 13th place.
There are now more people employed in computer programming and consultancy than in financial services, including in London.
This trend towards newer professions is also shown by growing age gaps in some of the more traditional roles.
For data entry professionals, 16-34 year-olds made up two fifths of the workforce.
In contrast, more than three fifths of “typists and other keyboard professions” were aged 50 or older.
Are newer professions more at risk of being overtaken by developing AI technologies?
Some of the jobs which may be most at risk are those jobs in data and digital where more young people are working.
New polling shared with Sky News shows that one in four workers (24%) are worried about the potential of generative AI (such as ChatGPT) to make their job redundant.
The polling, carried out by Opinium for Prospect, a trade union for tech experts and other specialist roles, also shows that 58% of workers believe the…
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