The other data is which jobs have seen the greatest falls in advertised vacancies. If you look at the graph it looks compelling with programmers and management consultants at the bottom - but these are also jobs that were likely to do badly in any downturn anyway.

There are also falls in vacancies for jobs completely unrelated to AI - bar staff, vets, vehicle cleaners, boat builders.... look at the graph on Bloomberg:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-26/ai-job-cu...

If AI means you don't need to hire so many 2-5 year experience employees it means you're not creating 5year + experience employees available for the market.

This might mean that AI expands it's niche, as experienced employees become more scared we'll have to push more of their work onto AI.

I'm not sure it's going to be all industries that have this issue. Some are far more reliant on junior roles.

Like SWE, but also accountants, lawyers and their paralegals, etc.

In the UK in particular the high costs associated with large workforces mean it's just too nice to cut headcount.

I wish journalism was not used for other purposes rather than what it is being used for