Intelligence analyst
55.0K UK workers · typical pay £36,000 · entry route Bachelor's degree (Level 6). Projected growth of +15% to 2035.
Real Claude.ai usage mapped to this occupation's SOC group, Apr+May 2026, CC-BY. Claude users only; task times model-estimated; augment/automate is how AI is used, not a count of jobs lost. Method →
The core tasks of collecting, processing, and analyzing digital data to identify patterns are highly susceptible to AI automation and enhancement. While the role involves human judgment for court testimony and sensitive security contexts, the vast majority of the work product is digital and can be significantly accelerated by large language models and advanced pattern-recognition algorithms.
The volume of digital signals and data points to monitor is effectively infinite, and cheaper analysis unlocks the ability to track millions of previously ignored low-level threats and patterns.
Headcount grows +15%, a Jevons-pattern curve.
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UK employment share by region, SOC-joined to 3544.
Relatively balanced: 41.9% women.
criminal-intelligence-analyst · dataset 2026.03 · CC-BY-4.0