Advances in technology could see more than 100,000 jobs at risk in Cambridge within the next 20 years.

The National Office of Statistics (NOS) predicts robots will displace workers in a number of fields, including in education and retail and service industries.

The study looked at different jobs across England to see how likely it is certain roles could be replaced by robots.

It was discovered around 112,000 jobs in Cambridge are at risk of automation, which is roughly 37.3 per cent of all jobs in the city.

A job is classed as being at risk of automation if it is likely tasks could be carried out more quickly and efficiently by either an algorithm written by a human, or a machine designed for one specific function.

Is a robot reading this right now?
Is a robot reading this right now?

Certain jobs are at a greater risk of automation than others

Jobs are  considered to be at a high risk of being replaced by robots when the chance of automation within the next two decades is more than

70 per cent.

Around 5,000 jobs in Cambridge fall into this category.

This  includes roles which require more repetitive and simple tasks, such as working in a shop - something we are already seeing with self-service tills.

Across England it was found the education sector has the greatest number of jobs at risk of automation.

The report says 2.3million jobs in this field are susceptible to being taken over by a machine within the next 20 years.

There are 2million jobs at risk in retail, and 1.7 million in the human health sector.

Specific jobs at risk include waiters and waitresses (72.8 per cent), shelf fillers (71.7 per cent), and bar staff (70.7 per cent).

Medical practitioners are at the lowest risk of job automation - at just 18.1 per cent.

The ONS analysis shows that 70.2 per cent of the roles at high risk of automation are currently held by women.

People aged 20 to 24 years are the most likely to be at risk of having their job automated when compared with other age groups.