Measuring the demand for AI skills in the United Kingdom
This paper estimates the artificial intelligence-hiring intensity of occupations/industries (i.e. the share of job postings related to [artificial intelligence] AI skills) in the United Kingdom during 2012-22. The analysis deploys a natural language processing algorithm (NLP) on online job postings, collected by Lightcast, which provides timely and detailed insights into labour demand for different professions. The key contribution of the study lies in the design of the classification rule identifying jobs as AI-related which, contrary to the existing literature, goes beyond the simple use of ... Show more
Authors: Schmidt, Julia; Pilgrim, Graham; Mourougane, Annabelle
Published: Paris, France, OECD, 2024
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 26 p.
Access item: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/measuring-the-demand-for-ai-skills-in-the-united-kingdom_1d6474ef-en.html
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