30% Global 22% Labour-market churn Five-year structural labour -force chur n41% Global 39% Skill disruption Shares of cor e skills wh ich w ill change88% Global 83% Organizations with DEI priorities Share of organ izations w ith DEI pr iorities97% 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 Broaden ing d igital access79% 60% Increased effor ts and investments to adapt to cl imate …53% 41% Slower econom ic growth50% 42% Rising cost of l iving, h igher prices or inﬂat ion47% 50% Ageing and decl ining work ing- age populat ions37% 40% Increased geopol itical d ivision and conﬂicts36% 34%Increased effor ts and investments to r educe carbon…35% 47% Increased focus on labour and social issues33% 46% Increased r estrictions to global trade and investment28% 23% Growing work ing-age populat ions23% 24% Stricter ant i-trust and compet ition regulat ions23% 17% Increased gover nment subs idies and industr ial pol icy 19% 21% 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…95% 86% Robots and autonomous systems53% 58% Quantum and encr yption26% 12% Semiconductors and comput ing technolog ies18% 20% Energy generat ion, storage and distribution16% 41%New mater ials and compos ites9% 30% Sens ing, laser and opt ical technolog ies6% 18% Satell ites and space technolog ies5% 9% Biotechnology and gene technolog ies3% 11% 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 Specialists228 82228 Data Analysts and Sc ientists 40 4140 Business Intell igence Analysts 18 1820 Financ ial and Investment Advisers12 1115 Human Resour ces Spec ialists 3 513 Accountants and A uditors -11 -814Skill outlook Skills of increasing use by 2030 Skills of the most increase in use by 2030 Industr y Global CORE SKILLS OF 2025 Analyt ical th inking 80% Resilience, ﬂex ibility and ag ility 73% Leadersh ip and soc ial inﬂuence 66% Creative th inking 65% Technolog ical literacy 65%SKILLS OF INCREASING USE BY 2030 AI and b ig data 95% Technolog ical literacy 84% Networks and cybersecur ity 82% Resilience, ﬂex ibility and ag ility 68% Creative th inking 67% 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 87% 85% Accelerate the automat ion of pr ocesses and tasks 82% 73% Hire staff w ith new sk ills to meet emerg ing bus iness needs 73% 70%Upskilling and reskilling outlook 42 Global 41 Would not need tra ining by 203025 Global 29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role21 Global 19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed12 Global 11 Would be unl ikely to upsk ill1 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Financial services and Capital markets -100% 100% 0 Future of Jobs Report 2025 256