Deloitte: transport and storage most 13 jobs in London most at risk from robots

A new report by Deloitte has revealed 13 jobs that are most at risk in London from being replaced by robots in the future. From the jobs at highest risk downwards:  tTransport ation and storage (72%), Repair of motor vehicle repairs (63%), aAccommodation and food services (62%), mManufacturing (52%), rReal estate and construction (31%), a Administrative and support services (29%), hHuman health and social work (28%), pPublic administration and defence (27%), sScientific and technical activities (25%), fFinancial and insurance activities (24%), aArts, entertainment and recreation (23%), eEducation (8%) and iInformation and communication (3%). 

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In the future the global employment market will rely heavily on robots, artificial intelligence, and all sorts of automation.

In fact, technology is so crucial going forward, that in January, the World Economic Forum predicted that in less than five years more than five million human jobs will be replaced by automation, AI, and robots.

Just this week, a new report showed nearly a third of retails jobs in the UK could disappear by 2025, with many workers replaced by technology in some way or another.

But which jobs in London are at the most risk of being done by robots in the future? As part of its "Global cities, global talent" report, Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte took a look into the jobs in Britain's capital at the highest risk of automation moving forward.

Deloitte ranked job sectors using data from Oxford University academics Carl Frey and Michael Osborne, and the ONS, before creating a ranking from what it calls the "proportion of jobs at high risk of automation." Most of the jobs at risk of being taken by robots generally involved low skilled, manual work, but some of them might surprise you.

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