World’s Fastest Growing and Declining Jobs by 2030

Tue Jan 14 2025
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Key points

  • WEF combined perspectives of 1,000 leading employers
  • Around 170 million new jobs are to be created by 2030

ISLAMABAD: Geo-economic fragmentation, technological shift, economic uncertainty, demographic changes, and the green transition – individually and in combination are among the major drivers enlisted to shape and transform the global labour market by 2030.

The Future of Jobs Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum (WEF) combines the perspective of over 1,000 leading global employers who collectively represent around 14 million workers across 22 industry clusters and 55 economies across the world.

The report gives insight into important jobs, skills, and sectors that are going to determine the future of the labour market.

Around 170 million new jobs will be created by 2030, according to the report.

List of top 15 fastest growing jobs

  1. Big data specialists
  2. FinTech engineers
  3. AI and machine learning specialists
  4. Software and application developers
  5. Security management experts
  6. Data warehousing specialists
  7. Autonomous and electric vehicle experts
  8. UI and UX designers
  9. Delivery services drivers
  10. Internet of things
  11. Data analysts and scientists
  12. Environmental engineers
  13. Information security analysts
  14. DevOps engineers
  15. Renewable energy engineers

Jobs

List of top 15 fastest declining jobs

  1. Postal service clerks
  2. Bank tellers and related clerks
  3. Telemarketers
  4. Legal secretaries
  5. Legal officials
  6. Claim adjusters, examiners as well as investigators
  7. Graphic designers
  8. Door-to-door sales workers, news, street vendors, and related workers
  9. Transportation attendants and conductors
  10. Material recording and stock-keeping clerks
  11. Accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll clerks
  12. Printing and related trade workers
  13. Administrative assistants and executive secretaries
  14. Cashiers and ticket clerks
  15. Data entry clerks
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