The Future of Jobs Report 2025 (World Economic Forum Financial Services)

Summary

• The report draws on a survey of over 1,000 leading global employers, representing more than 14 million workers across 22 industry clusters and 55 economies.p.5
• Broadening digital access is the trend most employers expect to transform their business, cited by 60%.p.10
• 86% of employers expect AI and information processing technologies to transform their business by 2030.p.11
• If the world's workforce were 100 people, 59 would need training by 2030: 29 could be upskilled in their roles, 19 upskilled and redeployed, and 11 would be unlikely to receive the training needed.p.6
• Skill gaps are the biggest barrier to business transformation, identified as a major barrier by 63% of employers.p.6
• The global unemployment rate stands at 4.9%, the lowest since 1991, while the jobs gap stood at 402 million additional jobs needed in 2024.p.8

Key insights

1. Technology-related roles such as Big Data Specialists, FinTech Engineers and AI and Machine Learning Specialists are the fastest-growing jobs in percentage terms.p.19
2. Farmworkers top the list of largest growing job roles, expected to see 35 million more jobs by 2030.p.22
3. Global average robot density reached 162 units per 10,000 employees in 2023.p.12
4. Trade restrictions doubled between 2020 and 2024 according to the WTO.p.13
5. Insurance and Pensions Management and Telecommunications lead the automation trend, with more than 95% of the reduction in human standalone task share expected to come from deeper automation.p.27
6. Bank Tellers and Related Clerks, Data Entry Clerks and Cashiers and Ticket Clerks are among the fastest-declining jobs.p.19
7. Demand for green skills continues to outpace supply, with job postings requiring at least one green skill rising by nearly 22% while workers acquiring green skills increased 12%.p.16