This statistic shows the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on the number of IT and business processing outsourcing (BPO) services workers around the world, in terms of skill level, from 2016 to 2022. By 2022, the number of highly skilled IT/BPO service workers is projected to increase by 1.05 million, whereas the number of low-skilled service workers is forecast to decrease by 2.85 million, due to the application of automation and AI.
Change in IT/business processing outsourcing (BPO) service worker numbers due to automation and AI, from 2016 to 2022, by skill level
(in millions)
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HFS Research. (August 30, 2017). Change in IT/business processing outsourcing (BPO) service worker numbers due to automation and AI, from 2016 to 2022, by skill level (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/757064/worldwide-impact-of-automation-ai-on-it-bpo-service-workers/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
HFS Research. "Change in IT/business processing outsourcing (BPO) service worker numbers due to automation and AI, from 2016 to 2022, by skill level (in millions)." Chart. August 30, 2017. Statista. Accessed February 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/757064/worldwide-impact-of-automation-ai-on-it-bpo-service-workers/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
HFS Research. (2017). Change in IT/business processing outsourcing (BPO) service worker numbers due to automation and AI, from 2016 to 2022, by skill level (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/757064/worldwide-impact-of-automation-ai-on-it-bpo-service-workers/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
HFS Research. "Change in It/Business Processing Outsourcing (Bpo) Service Worker Numbers Due to Automation and Ai, from 2016 to 2022, by Skill Level (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Aug 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/757064/worldwide-impact-of-automation-ai-on-it-bpo-service-workers/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
HFS Research, Change in IT/business processing outsourcing (BPO) service worker numbers due to automation and AI, from 2016 to 2022, by skill level (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/757064/worldwide-impact-of-automation-ai-on-it-bpo-service-workers/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 16, 2025)
Change in IT/business processing outsourcing (BPO) service worker numbers due to automation and AI, from 2016 to 2022, by skill level (in millions) [Graph], HFS Research, August 30, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/757064/worldwide-impact-of-automation-ai-on-it-bpo-service-workers/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed