50% Global 22% Labour-market churn Five-year structural labour -force chur n37% Global 39% Skill disruption Shares of cor e skills wh ich w ill change78% Global 83% Organizations with DEI priorities Share of organ izations w ith DEI pr iorities86% Global 88% AI exposure Share of organ izations runn ing AI pr ogrammes Trend outlook Macrotrends driving business transformation Share of organ izations surveyed that ident iﬁed th is trend as l ikely to dr ive transfor mation in the ir organ ization Industr y Global Increased effor ts and investments to r educe carbon…60% 47% Rising cost of l iving, h igher prices or inﬂat ion53% 50% Increased effor ts and investments to adapt to cl imate …49% 41% Broaden ing d igital access48% 60% Ageing and decl ining work ing- age populat ions47% 40% Increased geopol itical d ivision and conﬂicts45% 34%Increased focus on labour and social issues44% 46% Slower econom ic growth34% 42% Increased gover nment subs idies and industr ial pol icy 33% 21% Increased r estrictions to global trade and investment33% 23% Growing work ing-age populat ions18% 24% Stricter ant i-trust and compet ition regulat ions16% 17% Technology trends Technology trends driving business transformation Share of organ izations surveyed that ident ify the technology tr end as l ikely to dr ive bus iness transfor mation Industr y Global AI and information pr ocess ing technolog ies (b ig data, VR, AR…81% 86% Robots and autonomous systems69% 58% New mater ials and compos ites63% 30% Energy generat ion, storage and distribution49% 41% Sens ing, laser and opt ical technolog ies30% 18%Semiconductors and comput ing technolog ies26% 20% Biotechnology and gene technolog ies22% 11% Quantum and encr yption8% 12% Satell ites and space technolog ies7% 9% Jobs outlook Key roles for business transformation Roles most selected by organ izations surveyed, or dered by net r ole gr owth, and the ir net gr owth and structural chur n (per cent) Net growth Job Gr owth Job d isplacement Net Gr owth Global net gr owth 1.Net gr owth 2.Global net gr owth 3.Chur n NET GROWTH 1. 2. 3. AI and Mach ine Lear ning Specialists82 8282 Susta inability Spec ialists 30 3330 Industr ial and Pr oduct ion Engineers19 1528 Assembly and Factor y Workers 11 025 General and Operat ions Managers1 49 Adm inistrat ive Ass istants and Execut ive Secr etaries-24 -2024Skill outlook Skills of increasing use by 2030 Skills of the most increase in use by 2030 Industr y Global CORE SKILLS OF 2025 Resilience, ﬂex ibility and ag ility 73% Analyt ical th inking 71% Motivation and self-awar eness 64% Creative th inking 55% Curiosity and l ifelong lear ning 53%SKILLS OF INCREASING USE BY 2030 AI and b ig data 86% Creative th inking 76% Networks and cybersecur ity 75% Technolog ical literacy 73% Resilience, ﬂex ibility and ag ility 71% Workforce Strategy outlook Key components of your workforce strategy by 2030 % surveyed organ izations select ing the macr otrend to dr ive workfor ce transfor mation Industr y Global INDUSTR YGLOBAL Upskill your workfor ce 83% 85% Complement and augment your workfor ce w ith new technolog ies 71% 63% Accelerate the automat ion of pr ocesses and tasks 67% 73%Upskilling and reskilling outlook 46 Global 41 Would not need tra ining by 203029 Global 29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role15 Global 19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed9 Global 11 Would be unl ikely to upsk ill1 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Advanced Manufactoring -100% 100% 0 Future of Jobs Report 2025 242