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AI & jobs · Unitary Authority in United Kingdom

Leicester

Unitary Authority GB-LCE Largest city: Leicester
38%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 37% (+1.6 pts).
MODEL3rd of 232 regions63.3K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
369K
as of 2021
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
0.5%
49th largest of 232
People in workMODEL
165K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.7%
national 6.3%
Area
65 km²
5,671 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Leicester
458K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider England area (130 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.28×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
95.1%
0.5% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
41%
national 41%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
45%
national 45%
Augmentation 55%Automation 45%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Leicester United Kingdom
Business services 21.4%
Health & care 12.4%
ICT & software 9.1%
Retail & wholesale 8.8%
Public admin 8.0%
Education 7.9%
Finance 7.3%
Manufacturing 5.9%
Other services 4.8%
Construction 4.8%
Hospitality 4.3%
Transport & logistics 3.9%
Utilities 1.0%
Mining 0.2%
Agriculture 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 14.3K Health & care 8,670 ICT & software 6,484 Finance 6,254 Public admin 6,146 Education 6,062 Retail & wholesale 4,929 Manufacturing 2,361

Ranking in United Kingdom

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 232 regions.

1Westminster 39% 2Bournemouth 38% 3Leicester 38% 4Portsmouth 38% 5Kingston upon Hull 38% 6Southampton 38% 7Liverpool 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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