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Roles · 8,948 tracked

Professional services jobs in the AI transition

Every professional services role across the index's two cohorts — AI-native challengers vs the legacy SaaS incumbents they pressure — from real org-chart data, refreshed monthly.

AI-natives are growing professional services headcount faster than legacy SaaS — +44% vs +6% over 12 months.

Roles tracked
8,948
AI-native · 12mo
+44%
21 companies
Legacy SaaS · 12mo
+6%
49 companies
The gap
+38pts
AI-native minus legacy

AI-natives · biggest teams

Legacy SaaS · biggest teams

Method: role counts and 12-month growth come from PDL's org-chart data (v25) per company; cohort figures are headcount-weighted so small-team swings don't distort the function's story. A company with no reported growth for this function contributes headcount but not growth.

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