Automation index

How much of a Software architect’s job can AI already do?

A diagram and an ADR come earlier. A system that holds, and a team that gets it, do not.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

24%

AI can already do 24% of this job.

#258 / 633

Software architect

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

Task	Share	AI	Points
Diagrams, ADRs and proofs of concept. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	40%	+7.2
Review PRs, APIs and boundaries. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	32%	+5.1
Team, product and trade-offs. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	22%	+4
Big incidents and technical debt. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
Security, cost and observability. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	16%	+2.6
Not designing a castle nobody can run. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		24%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

IS WORK OVER?

24%

#277 / 633

Landscape architect

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

Task	Share	AI	Points
Plan, species and the irrigation. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	44%	+7
Works, levels and the tree that will not fit. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	16%	+2.9
Soil, climate and not planting what will not last. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	32%	+5.1
Client, maintenance and what they will not water. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
August, the drought and the yes to xeriscape. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
That it is lived in, and not dying in August. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Total	100%		24%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low