From travel agents to translators, rising toll of jobs taken by robots... although nail technicians, security officers and kitchen staff are in greater demand

Increased automation and technological advances are taking human jobs
Changes in consumer culture, such as online holiday booking are costing jobs
Nail technicians, security guards and kitchen staff are being recruited widely
The survey was a review of 79 million job adverts placed over the past two years

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Travel agents, pharmacy assistants and translators are already being replaced by robots, according to a report.

After a string of warnings that millions of workers will be replaced by machines, a study suggests this is happening now on a grand scale.

It claims that two thirds of the fastest declining jobs in Britain are being hit because of increased automation and advances in technology.

Robots are replacing an increasing number of workers in British businesses a new report found

However, some industries such as nail technicians are currently advertising for greater numbers of staff according to analysis of job adverts placed in Britain over the past two years

It warns some professions could no longer exist in years to come. But it suggests nail technicians, security guards and chefs are thriving and are largely immune from the rise of the machines.

The study from jobs search engine Adzuna analysed 79million job adverts placed in Britain in the previous two years.