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AI & jobs · Unitary District (city) in United Kingdom

Edinburgh

Unitary District (city) GB-EDH Largest city: Edinburgh
38%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 37% (+1.4 pts).
MODEL24th of 232 regions83.3K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
488K
as of 2016
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
0.6%
41st largest of 232
People in workMODEL
218K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.7%
national 6.3%
Area
290 km²
1,683 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Edinburgh
505K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Scotland area (32 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.41×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
2.9%
0.6% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
34%
national 41%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
42%
national 45%
Augmentation 58%Automation 42%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Edinburgh United Kingdom
Business services 20.6%
Health & care 12.8%
Retail & wholesale 9.0%
ICT & software 8.5%
Education 8.2%
Public admin 8.0%
Finance 6.9%
Manufacturing 6.1%
Construction 5.0%
Other services 5.0%
Hospitality 4.4%
Transport & logistics 4.1%
Utilities 1.0%
Mining 0.2%
Agriculture 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 18.1K Health & care 11.8K Education 8,364 Public admin 8,177 ICT & software 8,004 Finance 7,808 Retail & wholesale 6,709 Manufacturing 3,265

Ranking in United Kingdom

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 232 regions.

21Stoke-on-Trent 38% 22South Tyneside 38% 23Dundee 38% 24Edinburgh 38% 25Bradford 38% 26Leeds 38% 27Blackpool 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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