FIGURE 3.5 Share of employers considering skills within the corresponding skill category to be growing in importance for their workforce from 2025 to 2030, as opposed to having stable or declining importance. The top 10 industries out of the 22 studied in this report are selected in each case and ranked. 86% 79% 76% 76% 75% 75% 73% 69% 69% 69%Creative thinking 1.Insurance and pensions management 2.Education and training 3.Medical and healthcare services 4.Advanced manufacturing 5.Telecommunications 6.Information and technology services 7.Real estate 8.Professional services 9.Supply chain and transportation 10.Production of consumer goods 79% 77% 75% 68% 68% 68% 67% 67% 64% 64%Curiosity and lifelong learning 1.Education and training 2.Insurance and pensions management 3.Telecommunications 4.Real estate 5.Information and technology services 6.Automotive and aerospace 7.Energy technology and utilities 8.Retail and wholesale of consumer goods 9.Oil and gas 10.Medical and healthcare services 82% 81% 79% 78% 78% 78% 76% 75% 74% 74%Networks and cybersecurity 1.Financial services and capital markets 2.Insurance and pensions management 3.Energy technology and utilities 4.Medical and healthcare services 5.Automotive and aerospace 6.Government and public sector 7.Supply chain and transportation 8.Telecommunications 9.Advanced manufacturing 10.Information and technology services 83% 79% 78% 73% 72% 71% 71% 69% 68% 68%Resilience, ﬂexibility and agility 1.Agriculture, forestry, and ﬁshing 2.Telecommunications 3.Information and technology services 4.Production of consumer goods 5.Insurance and pensions management 6.Automotive and aerospace 7.Advanced manufacturing 8.Retail and wholesale of consumer goods 9.Financial services and capital markets 10.ElectronicsTop 10 industries for increasing skill requirements, 2025-2030 100% 100% 98% 97% 97% 95% 94% 92% 90% 90%AI and big data 1.Automotive and aerospace 2.Telecommunications 3.Professional services 4.Information and technology services 5.Insurance and pensions management 6.Financial services and capital markets 7.Supply chain and transportation 8.Medical and healthcare services 9.Energy technology and utilities 10.Government and public sector 84% 84% 81% 81% 77% 76% 76% 75% 73% 72%Technological literacy 1.Automotive and aerospace 2.Financial services and capital markets 3.Medical and healthcare services 4.Insurance and pensions management 5.Supply chain and transportation 6.Education and training 7.Oil and gas 8.Professional services 9.Advanced manufacturing 10.Production of consumer goods Future of Jobs Report 2025 39