Big Data Specialists, AI and Machine Learning Specialists, and Security Management Specialists. To improve talent availability, the industry is planning on investing in reskilling and upskilling (71% of employers), supporting employees’ well- being (64%) and improving promotion processes (61%). Remote and hybrid work is also seen as a strategy to stay attractive for 58% of companies in the industry, and one out of two respondents is calling for changes to labour laws that support remote work (compared to 36% in other sectors). The industry is particularly advanced in its plans to remove degree requirements in favour of skills- based hiring approaches (28%, compared to 19% across all industries). Employers in the Government and Public Sector identify organizational culture and resistance to change as the top barrier to transformation by 2030, as the sector plans to continue investing in digital and green transformation over the next five years. In line with global trends, AI and big data, Networks and cybersecurity and Technological literacy are the skills with highest perceived increasing importance, followed by Environmental stewardship and creative thinking skills. Skills gaps in the labour market and outdated regulatory frameworks are seen as potentially slowing down transformation of the sector. Overall, public employers are positive about future talent availability, with 52% of respondents expecting improvements in the next five years. To increase sector attractiveness and strengthen the sector talent base, 80% of employers are planning on enhancing talent progression and providing reskilling and upskilling programmes in the next five years. Information and Technology Services companies are heavily focused on adopting advanced technologies by 2030, with anticipated near- universal uptake of AI and information processing (99%, compared to the 86% global industry average) and a strong focus also on quantum and encryption technologies (41%, compared to 12% globally). Growing job roles in the sector are foreseen to include Digital Transformation Specialists, Software and Applications Developers, and Sales and Marketing Professionals. Alongside AI and cybersecurity skills, the industry expects stronger emphasis on resilience, flexibility, and agility than most other sectors, while more employers expect demand for programming and design and user experience skills to decline than in other industries. Workforce strategies aim to prioritize upskilling and hiring talent with new skills to address emerging needs, alongside a higher tendency to reduce staff with less relevant skills (49%, compared to 41% in other industries) and offshore segments of the workforce (17%, compared to 8%). By 2030, transformation of the Infrastructure sector is foreseen to be driven by a need to increase investments in carbon reduction, climate adaptation and digitalization. As a result, new job roles are expected to be created for Big Data Specialists and Organizational Development Future of Jobs Report 2025 86