London’s bookkeeper jobs are among the most exposed to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), alongside admin professional and brokers, says a new report from the Greater London Authority.
Author Jeff Dwab-O’Reilly, says: “Most bookkeeping tasks closely overlap with GenAI capabilities, with little variation across tasks.” That means bookkeepers are potentially most at risk of automation as a large share of day-to-day work being potentially affected.
There are an estimated 313,000 Londoners working as admin professionals, bookkeeper and brokers. With women, and both young and older workers, disproportionally concentrated in these roles being
Dwan-O’Reilly stressed that high exposure to GenAI does not signal definitive job losses, nor does low exposure guarantee job or occupational security. He emphasised that roles requiring high-stakes judgements, accountability and client interaction are considered less directly automatable.
This story first appeared in the latest PQ magazine, check it out at: https://issuu.com/pqpublishing/docs/pq_magazine_june_2026
