100 Share of employers surveyed (%)40 60 80 100 20 20 40 0 60 80Skills on the rise, 2025-2030 FIGURE 3.4 Source World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Survey 2024.Note The Future of Jobs Survey uses the World Economic Forum's Global Skills Taxonomy.Share of employers that consider skills to be increasing, decreasing, or remaining stable in importance. Skills are ranked based on net increase, which is the difference between the share of employers that consider a skill category to be increasing in use and those that consider it to be decreasing in use. Decreasing use Increasing use Stable use87 70 68 66 66 61 58 58 55 53 51 47 46 45 41 30 27 25 24 20 19 16 13 12 -4 -24Net increase AI and big data Networks and cybersecurity Technological literacy Creative thinking Resilience, ﬂexibility and agility Curiosity and lifelong learning Leadership and social inﬂuence Talent management Analytical thinking Environmental stewardship Systems thinking Motivation and self-awareness Empathy and active listening Design and user experience Service orientation and customer service Teaching and mentoring Programming Marketing and media Resource management and operations Quality control Global citizenship Multi-lingualism Sensory-processing abilities Dependability and attention to detail Reading, writing and mathematics Manual dexterity, endurance and precision Skill evolution According to employer expectations for the evolution of skills in the next five years, as shown in Figure 3.4, technological skills are projected to grow in importance more rapidly than any other type of skills. Among these, AI and big data top the list as the fastest-growing skills, followed closely by networks and cybersecurity and technological literacy. Complementing these technological skills, creative thinking and two socio-emotional attitudes – resilience, flexibility, and agility, along with curiosity and lifelong learning – are also seen as rising in importance. Also ranking among the top 10 skills on the rise are leadership and social influence, talent management, analytical thinking, and environmental stewardship. These skills highlight the need for workers who can lead teams, manage talent effectively and adapt to sustainability and green transitions in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. At the other end of the spectrum, respondents identified sensory-processing abilities; reading, writing and mathematics; dependability and attention to detail; quality control; and global citizenship as among the most stable skills. However, a small net decline is anticipated in reading, writing, and mathematics. Manual Future of Jobs Report 2025 37