23% Global 22% Labour-market churn Five-year structural labour -force chur n38% Global 39% Skill disruption Shares of cor e skills wh ich w ill change75% Global 83% Organizations with DEI priorities Share of organ izations w ith DEI pr iorities76% 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 access60% 60% Increased effor ts and investments to adapt to cl imate …56% 41% Increased effor ts and investments to r educe carbon…54% 47% Increased focus on labour and social issues49% 46% Ageing and decl ining work ing- age populat ions49% 40% Rising cost of l iving, h igher prices or inﬂat ion39% 50%Slower econom ic growth32% 42% Increased gover nment subs idies and industr ial pol icy 30% 21% Increased geopol itical d ivision and conﬂicts30% 34% Growing work ing-age populat ions28% 24% Increased r estrictions to global trade and investment26% 23% 00% 0% 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…90% 86% Robots and autonomous systems58% 58% Energy generat ion, storage and distribution44% 41% Semiconductors and comput ing technolog ies28% 20% Sens ing, laser and opt ical technolog ies25% 18%Satell ites and space technolog ies21% 9% New mater ials and compos ites19% 30% Biotechnology and gene technolog ies11% 11% Quantum and encr yption5% 12% 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 Specialists179 82179 Supply Cha in and Log istics Specialists21 1722 Civil Eng ineers 16 1319 Water T ranspor tation W orkers, includ ing Sh ip and Mar ine Car …16 1626 General and Operat ions Managers5 420 Adm inistrat ive Ass istants and Execut ive Secr etaries-13 -2019Skill outlook Skills of increasing use by 2030 Skills of the most increase in use by 2030 Industr y Global CORE SKILLS OF 2025 Leadersh ip and soc ial inﬂuence 66% Analyt ical th inking 61% Resour ce management and operat ions 59% Service or ientat ion and customer serv ice 57% Resilience, ﬂex ibility and ag ility 57%SKILLS OF INCREASING USE BY 2030 AI and b ig data 90% Networks and cybersecur ity 78% Technolog ical literacy 70% Environmental stewar dship 61% Creative th inking 55% 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 78% 63% Accelerate the automat ion of pr ocesses and tasks 73% 73%Upskilling and reskilling outlook 37 Global 41 Would not need tra ining by 203033 Global 29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role18 Global 19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed12 Global 11 Would be unl ikely to upsk ill1 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Government and Public sector -100% 100% 0 Future of Jobs Report 2025 258