AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Unitary District in United Kingdom

Orkney Islands

Unitary District GB-ORK Largest city: Kirkwall
37%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 37% (+0.4 pts).
MODEL43rd of 232 regions3,700 exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
22.3K
as of 2019
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
0.0%
230th largest of 232
People in workMODEL
9,961
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.4%
national 6.3%
Area
930 km²
24 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
38% live in major cities
Largest city
Kirkwall
8,500 (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%
0.0% 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.

Orkney Islands United Kingdom
Business services 16.1%
Health & care 14.4%
Retail & wholesale 10.2%
Education 10.0%
Public admin 8.0%
Manufacturing 7.5%
Construction 5.9%
ICT & software 5.7%
Other services 5.6%
Hospitality 5.0%
Finance 4.9%
Transport & logistics 4.7%
Utilities 1.2%
Agriculture 0.5%
Mining 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 649 Health & care 607 Education 462 Public admin 372 Retail & wholesale 345 Finance 254 ICT & software 245 Manufacturing 182

Ranking in United Kingdom

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 232 regions.

40Norfolk 37% 41Suffolk 37% 42Cambridgeshire 37% 43Orkney Islands 37% 44Perth and Kinross 37% 45Shetland Islands 37% 46Cumbria 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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