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AI & jobs · Unitary District in United Kingdom

Highland

Unitary District GB-HLD Largest city: Inverness
37%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 37% (+0.1 pts).
MODEL51st of 232 regions38.8K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
236K
as of 2018
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
0.3%
115th largest of 232
People in workMODEL
105K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.3%
national 6.3%
Area
25.7K km²
9 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
26% live in major cities
Largest city
Inverness
45.2K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
3
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%
0.3% 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.

Highland United Kingdom
Business services 14.9%
Health & care 14.8%
Education 10.5%
Retail & wholesale 10.4%
Public admin 7.9%
Manufacturing 7.9%
Construction 6.1%
Other services 5.7%
Hospitality 5.1%
ICT & software 5.0%
Transport & logistics 4.8%
Finance 4.4%
Utilities 1.3%
Agriculture 0.7%
Mining 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 6,578 Business services 6,355 Education 5,115 Public admin 3,905 Retail & wholesale 3,740 Finance 2,419 ICT & software 2,295 Manufacturing 2,028

Ranking in United Kingdom

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 232 regions.

48Dumfries and Galloway 37% 49Islington 37% 50Omagh 37% 51Highland 37% 52Dungannon and South Tyrone 37% 53Kensington and Chelsea 37% 54Tower Hamlets 37%
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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