Automation index
How much of a UX designer’s job can AI already do?
Today an AI can already spin variants and assemble a first cut. Deciding what works, what ships, and why, is still direction.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
UX designer
46%
AI can already do 46% of this job.
#3 / 623
View rankingUX designer
Where the time goes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Flows and wireframesEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 35% | 70% | +24.5 |
Tests and synthesisEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 25% | 50% | +12.5 |
System and judgmentEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 25% | 25% | +6.3 |
Team workshopsEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 15% | 15% | +2.3 |
| Total | 100% | 46% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- design interfaces
- prototypes
- figma
- work ergonomically
- understand artistic concepts
- safeguard artistic quality of performance
- analyse score
- monitor sociological trends
- draw up lighting plan
- assess power needs
Sources for this job· O*NET 15-1255.00· ESCO/ISCO 2166
IS WORK OVER?
Telephony technician
22%
#390 / 623
View rankingTelephony technician
Where the time goes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Pair, exchange and the line test.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Frame, drop and the wet joint.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Router, voice and the customer who cannot hear.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Lobby, the porter and the wrong cable.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
The mass fault and who goes first.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
That you can hear, and not leaving the joint open.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 22% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- phone pairs
- line test
- joints
- voice drops
- frames
- routers
- mass faults
- the exchange
Sources for this job· O*NET 49-2022.00· ESCO/ISCO 7422