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Emerging job opportunities require digital skills
Top 10 jobs with increasing demand
1 Data Analysts and Scientists*
2 Al/ML Learning Specialists
3
Big Data Specialists
4 Digital Marketing and Strategy Specialists*
5 Process Automation Specialists
6 Business Development Professionals*
7 Digital Transformation Specialists
8 Information Security Analysts*
9 Software/Application Developers*
10 Internet of Things Specialists
Job capacity
Digital job capacity from 2020-2025
41M
2020
Note: Asterisk denotes entry-level jobs as calculated using Burning Glass data as of April 20, 2022
Sources: WEF, Future of Jobs Report, Oct. 2020; Microsoft Data Science, June 2020
51M
66M
90M
127M
190M
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
149M
new jobs
by 2025
98M Software development*
23M Cloud and data roles
20M Data analysis and Al
6M Cybersecurity*
1M Privacy and trust
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