# Labor Market Insight Report: Shifting Skills in a Changing World of Work (2025)

The Rise and Fall of Skills in the AI Era - In 2025, the global job market is evolving faster than ever before. As technology disrupts industries and redefines job roles, the shelf life of professional skills is shrinking. Today’s in-demand competencies may become obsolete tomorrow. This report, powered by JobsPikr’s labor market analytics, explores the fastest-growing and most-declining skills across major industries and provides data-backed recommendations for aligning enterprise workforce strategy with the future of work.

## **1. Skills on the Rise: Global Growth Trends Across Roles**

Labor market data reveals a clear pattern: skills related to automation, artificial intelligence, data interpretation, and remote collaboration are surging. From 2022 to 2025, the following skills have consistently climbed in job descriptions:

### **🔼 Top Growing Skills (Global View)**

- **Machine Learning & AI frameworks** (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch)
- **Python & Data Engineering
- **Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure)
- **Prompt Engineering & Generative AI use
- **Data Storytelling & Visualization (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
- **Cybersecurity fundamentals

![Top 10 Growing Skills](https://www.jobspikr.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/unnamed-2025-05-06T170413.953-1024x594.webp)A bar chart showing % growth in demand for top 10 skills across global job listings (2022–2025).

## **2. Skills in Decline: Low Preference & Fading Relevance**

As new technologies emerge, legacy tools and manual processes are being phased out. Skills that once defined roles are now receiving far fewer mentions in job postings.

### **🔽 Declining or Low-Preference Skills (Global View)**

- Manual testing (without automation frameworks)
- Data reporting
- Flash and legacy web technologies
- Clerical data entry
- Basic CRM use without automation
- Cold calling (in isolation, without digital augmentation)

## **3. Industry-Specific Skill Shifts: 4 Verticals in Focus**

1. **Technology & IT Services**

- **Growing:** AI/ML, DevOps, Kubernetes, API design, cybersecurity
- **Declining:** Manual QA, on-prem hosting, outdated CMS (e.g., Joomla)

2. **Healthcare**

- **Growing:** Telehealth platforms, healthcare data privacy, patient analytics
- **Declining:** Paper-based records handling, basic MS Office for operations

3. **Retail & E-Commerce**

- **Growing:** E-commerce analytics, personalization algorithms, last-mile delivery tech
- **Declining:** In-store POS-only systems, traditional merchandising workflows

4. **Manufacturing**

- **Growing:** Industrial IoT, predictive maintenance, robotics programming
- **Declining:** Manual assembly-line monitoring, non-digital inventory skills

![Industry-Specific Skill Shifts](https://www.jobspikr.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/unnamed-2025-05-06T170418.581-1-1024x726.webp)## **5. Forecast: The Future of Job Competencies (2025–2030)**

The competencies of the future are hybrid, digital, and adaptive. Based on our labor market models, key themes for future job skills include:

- **Human-AI Collaboration** (prompt design, AI oversight)
- **Cognitive Flexibility & Critical Thinking
- **Cross-functional Problem Solving
- **Ethical AI & Governance Knowledge
- **Green Skills** (sustainability reporting, energy modeling)

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