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7. Technology trends driving business
transformation
This bar chart shows the share of employers
surveyed that identify the corresponding technology
trends as likely to drive transformation in the
respective economy, region or industry, compared
to the global average. It is based on the response
to the question “By 2030, which of the following
trends are likely to drive transformation in your
organization?”.
Period: 2024
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs
Survey
8. Key roles for business transformation
This table provides an overview of the top roles
for industry transformation from 2025 until 2030.
The list cites the most frequently selected roles of
surveyed employers that operate in the respective
economy, region or industry. Net growth represents
the forecast increase or decrease in the size of a
workforce. Churn represents the sum of job losses
and created jobs in a workforce as a fraction of its
initial size.
Period: 2024
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs
Survey
9. Core skills in 2025 and skills on the rise by
2030
This bar chart and table shows the top core skills
in 2025 and skills with the most increase in use by
2030 in the respective economy, region or industry.
The data is based on the question “Currently, what
are the core skills workers need to perform well
in the key roles of your organisation?” and “For
your organisation’s key roles, would you expect
an increase or decrease in the use of the following
skills by 2030?”, compared to the global average.
Period: 2024
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs
Survey
10. Upskilling and reskilling outlook
The data shows the breakdown of the typical
training outlook for a representative group of 100
workers, calculated based on averages of the
training strategies reported by employers surveyed
in the respective economy, region and industry,
compared to the global average.
Period: 2024
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs
Survey
11. Shifting human-machine frontier
The bar chart shows share of total work tasks
expected to be delivered predominantly by human workers, by technology (machines and algorithms),
or by a combination of both, in the respective
economy, region or industry, based on the question
“What proportion of time spent, on average
across all tasks in your organization, is currently
performed predominantly by technology (machines,
algorithms etc.), predominantly by humans, or by a
combination of the two?”, compared to the global
average.
Period: 2024
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs
Survey
12. Public policies to increase talent availability
This table shows top public policies, ranked by the
share of employers identifying the stated public
policies as promising to increase talent availability
in the respective economy or region, compared to
global averages. This is the result of the question
“Which public-policy measures are likely to
significantly increase the availability of talent to your
organization by 2030?”.
Period: 2024
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs
Survey
13. Business practices to improve talent
availability
This table shows top business practices, ranked
by the share of employers identifying the stated
business practices as promising to increase talent
availability in the respective industry, compared to
global averages. This is the result of the question
“Which business practices have the greatest
potential to increase the availability of talent to your
organization by 2030?”.
Period: 2024
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs
Survey
14. Barriers to organisational transformation
The bar chart shows top barriers ranked by the
share of employers surveyed expecting that
the stated barrier will hinder their organisational
transformation in the respective economy, region or
industry, compared to global averages. This is the
result of the question “What are the major barriers
to achieving your organization’s goals by 2030?”.
Period: 2024
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs
Survey
15. Wage outlook
The bar chart shows the share of employers
projecting the share of wages and other forms of
workers’ compensation as a percentage of the
company’s total revenues, based on the question
“By 2030, as percentage of the company’s total
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