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66.5%

66.5% -- share of workers saying ai policy affects job decisions for UK desk workers (2026-02)

Name: Share Of Workers Saying AI Policy Affects Job Decisions Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-28

2026-02 · n=200 · Red Eagle

66.5% of UK desk-based workers state that an employer's AI policy affects their job decisions.

Based on a survey sample of 200 UK desk-based workers

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66.5%

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Data Vintage

2026-02

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UK desk workers

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200

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Red Eagle Primary Tier A

https://redeagle.tech/blog/uk-ai-permission-gap-research ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2026-02 Channel: Deep Crawl

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The UK AI Permission Gap (2026): Survey of UK Desk Workers

Key finding: 54.5% of UK desk workers lack a clear, enabling AI policy from their employer. Our original survey of 200 UK workers reveals this "AI Permission Gap" is driving shadow AI use (32%), threatening talent retention (66.5% say AI policy affects job decisions) and penalising the most conscien…

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Red Eagle · Original study ↗

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Original survey of 200 UK desk-based workers

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UK desk workers: 66.5% share of workers saying ai policy affects job decisions. Source: Red Eagle (2026-02). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-ai-policy-job-decisions-2026

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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-ai-policy-job-decisions-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>66.5%</strong> -- share of workers saying ai policy affects job decisions for UK desk workers<br><small>Source: Red Eagle (2026-02) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-ai-policy-job-decisions-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>

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