AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Metropolitan Borough in United Kingdom

Leeds

Metropolitan Borough GB-LDS Largest city: Leeds
38%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 37% (+1.4 pts).
MODEL26th of 232 regions135K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
789K
as of 2018
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.0%
23rd largest of 232
People in workMODEL
353K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.7%
national 6.3%
Area
548 km²
1,440 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Leeds
1.5M (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%
1.0% 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.

Leeds United Kingdom
Business services 20.4%
Health & care 12.8%
Retail & wholesale 9.1%
ICT & software 8.4%
Education 8.3%
Public admin 8.0%
Finance 6.9%
Manufacturing 6.2%
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 29.2K Health & care 19.1K Education 13.6K Public admin 13.2K ICT & software 12.8K Finance 12.5K Retail & wholesale 10.9K Manufacturing 5,308

Ranking in United Kingdom

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 232 regions.

23Dundee 38% 24Edinburgh 38% 25Bradford 38% 26Leeds 38% 27Blackpool 38% 28Stockton-on-Tees 38% 29Sheffield 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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