# AI may be denting computer science graduates' job prospects, UK data shows

> New UK data points to something that would have sounded far fetched a few years ago: computer science graduates, long among the most employable, are finding it harder to land the jobs they trained for. The same figures show economics graduates affected too, as demand cools for them in the well paid finance roles that used to snap them up. The likely culprit is the automation of exactly the entry level work these graduates once did, the routine coding and analysis that AI tools now handle quickly and cheaply. When the first rung of the ladder is the part most easily automated, the people hurt first are the ones trying to climb onto it. It is an early, concrete data point in the endless argument about whether AI destroys jobs or just reshapes them, and it complicates the standard advice to young people to simply learn to code.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: The Guardian · Published Saturday, September 12, 2026_

## Wortins' read

New UK data points to something that would have sounded far fetched a few years ago: computer science graduates, long among the most employable, are finding it harder to land the jobs they trained for. The same figures show economics graduates affected too, as demand cools for them in the well paid finance roles that used to snap them up. The likely culprit is the automation of exactly the entry level work these graduates once did, the routine coding and analysis that AI tools now handle quickly and cheaply. When the first rung of the ladder is the part most easily automated, the people hurt first are the ones trying to climb onto it. It is an early, concrete data point in the endless argument about whether AI destroys jobs or just reshapes them, and it complicates the standard advice to young people to simply learn to code.

## Source

[Read the full story at The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/sep/12/ai-computer-science-graduates-job-prospects-uk-data)

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