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The ‘Future of Jobs 2025’ report predicts security management, AI, machine learning, and Big Data specialists will be India’s fastest-growing jobs.
78 million new jobs to be created in 2025 as per World Economic Forum report. (Representational/File Photo)
The World Economic Forum (WEF) released research on Wednesday stating that the main variables that will influence the future of jobs in India by 2030 are increased internet access, geopolitical tensions, and measures to mitigate climate change. According to the report, Indian businesses are investing heavily in robotics, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence (AI).
The ‘Future of Jobs 2025’ report predicted that the fastest-growing job categories in the nation will be security management professionals, AI and machine learning specialists, and Big Data specialists.
According to the survey, Indian businesses are concentrating on hiring from a variety of talent pools and moving towards skills-based hiring by eliminating degree restrictions to meet their workforce needs.
The research highlights, that 96% of Indian organisations are implementing AI programmes, compared to 88% worldwide, ahead of the WEF’s annual conference in Davos from January 20 to 25.
As per the survey, the demand for AI skills has increased globally, with the US and India leading the way in generative AI training enrolments on the Coursera platform. “Corporate sponsorship plays a significant role in boosting GenAI training uptake,” it stated.
The research compiles the opinions of more than 1,000 enterprises, who together employ over 14 million people worldwide to forecast new and changing jobs, skill shifts, and workforce strategies that companies are implementing to manage the changing labour market.
As the world’s labour supply is currently balanced between lower-income countries (49 percent) and higher-income countries (51 percent), the report also noted that countries with a demographic dividend, like India and Sub-Saharan African countries, will provide nearly two-thirds of new workforce entrants in the coming years due to demographic shifts caused by an ageing population in high-income countries and a growing working-age population in low-income countries.
Indian Employers Viewpoint
According to the survey, 35% of Indian employers anticipate that semiconductors and computer technologies would revolutionise their operations, while 21% anticipate quantum and encryption, with the goal of surpassing worldwide usage in specific technologies. Employers in India anticipate that 38% of workers’ key skills will change by 2030, which is just less than the 39% global average.
78 Million New Jobs To Be Created
The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 forecasts the creation of 170 million new jobs by 2030, with 92 million displaced, leading to a net increase of 78 million jobs.
According to the report, frontline occupations including farmworkers, delivery drivers, construction workers, salespeople, and workers in the food processing industry are expected to see the biggest increases in absolute numbers.
The occupations with the fastest percentage growth are software developers, fintech engineers, AI and machine learning specialists, and big data specialists.
However, the biggest drop is anticipated in administrative and secretarial positions including cashiers, ticket clerks, and data entry clerks. Bank tellers and postal service clerks will be among the occupations with the quickest rate of decline. “This distribution is expected to shift by 2050, with lower-income countries projected to hold 59 per cent of the global working-age population,” the report said
According to the research, between 2025 and 2030, 39% of workers’ skill sets will either need to be transformed or face obsolescence.
