AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · District in United Kingdom

Belfast

District GB-BFS Largest city: Belfast
38%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 37% (+1.5 pts).
MODEL17th of 232 regions58.5K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
342K
as of 2018
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
0.5%
55th largest of 232
People in workMODEL
153K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.7%
national 6.3%
Area
109 km²
3,136 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Belfast
450K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Northern Ireland area (26 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.13×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
0.8%
0.5% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
37%
national 41%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
44%
national 45%
Augmentation 56%Automation 44%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Belfast United Kingdom
Business services 21.0%
Health & care 12.6%
Retail & wholesale 8.9%
ICT & software 8.8%
Education 8.1%
Public admin 8.0%
Finance 7.1%
Manufacturing 6.0%
Construction 4.9%
Other services 4.9%
Hospitality 4.3%
Transport & logistics 4.0%
Utilities 1.0%
Mining 0.2%
Agriculture 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 13K Health & care 8,152 ICT & software 5,813 Education 5,738 Public admin 5,715 Finance 5,638 Retail & wholesale 4,635 Manufacturing 2,237

Ranking in United Kingdom

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 232 regions.

14Cardiff 38% 15Nottingham 38% 16Coventry 38% 17Belfast 38% 18Brighton and Hove 38% 19Newcastle upon Tyne 38% 20Luton 38%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits United Kingdom's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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