
One quarter of business services jobs at risk of automation in the next 20 years, according to Deloitte business analysts
More than a quarter of jobs in the business services sector are at high risk of automation in the next 20 years, according to a report by Deloitte, the business advisory firm. This is largely a result of the falling cost of technology combined with the rising cost of labour.
Of the 3,300,000 jobs currently classed as business services, 800,000 (25 per cent) to 1 million (31 per cent) have a high chance of being automated. [Read more…] about Jobs for the robots: One in four human workers to be automated