McKinsey

United States – October 27, 2026 -- Only 14% of organizations using AI say it reduced their total workforce in the past year, down from the 32% that expected cuts a year earlier, according to McKinsey's State of AI 2026. Two-thirds report little or no AI-related change in employment.

Inside finance, Deloitte found that 84% of finance organizations have yet to redesign jobs or the nature of work around AI. AI is therefore landing on finance teams that look much like they did before.

US labor data projects 5% growth for accountants and auditors through 2035

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment of accountants and auditors to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035. It expects about 115,300 openings a year, many of them replacing experienced people who move on or retire.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- 76% of data analysts still rely on manual, spreadsheet-based work for data preparation, despite near-universal adoption of AI tools, according to the 2025 State of Data Analysts survey published by Alteryx.

Buyers and daily users apply different criteria to integration platforms

IT teams judge integration platforms on throughput, scalability and fit with existing architecture. Analysts ask whether they can connect the systems they already use, blend the data and trust the result without waiting in a ticket queue. Gartner describes analytics as moving from "the domain of the few, to ubiquity."

McKinsey finds 88% use AI, but nearly two-thirds have not scaled it

McKinsey's 2025 State of AI survey reports that 88% of organizations use AI regularly in at least one business function. Nearly two-thirds have not scaled it enterprise-wide. The gap sits in data foundations and workflow design, not model capability.