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Talent & Augmented Skills Observatory

Work is not disappearing as fast as the skills it demands are changing. By 2030 two in five core skills will have shifted and nearly six in ten workers will need training; those who pair their craft with AI command a measurable wage premium. The question is no longer whether you will be replaced, but whether you will have real access to relearn.

Work is not disappearing as fast as the skills it demands are changing. By 2030 two in five core skills will have shifted and nearly six in ten workers will need training; those who pair their craft with AI command a measurable wage premium. The question is no longer whether you will be replaced, but whether you will have real access to relearn.

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Verified magnitudes

Reference figures from official sources. They do not yet amount to a calibrated IILE-IA reading.

World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
39
- Verified
- High confidence
How to read it:High as it is, this figure is down from the 44% projected in the 2023 edition, a sign of some stabilisation.
What it does NOT prove:It is an employer estimate about the future, not a measurement of skills already lost.
www.weforum.org
World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
59
- Verified
- High confidence
How to read it:The challenge is not only training more people, but closing the 11% that today falls outside any training at all.
What it does NOT prove:The 29/19/11 breakdown is an aggregate projection; it does not guarantee how it will split across countries or sectors.
www.weforum.org
World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
63
- Verified
- High confidence
How to read it:Companies see the lack of talent, not the lack of technology, as their main brake.
What it does NOT prove:It is the self-reported perception of surveyed employers, not an objective measurement of the gap.
www.weforum.org
World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
85
- Verified
- High confidence
How to read it:The intent to invest in training is nearly universal; the challenge is turning intent into real, accessible programmes.
What it does NOT prove:It measures stated plans, not committed budget or training outcomes.
www.weforum.org
PwC, 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
56
- Verified
- High confidence
How to read it:Knowing how to use AI is no longer a bonus: it translates into salary, and the premium more than doubled in a year.
What it does NOT prove:It draws on job postings across a set of countries; it reflects advertised, not necessarily paid, wages and may skew towards highly qualified profiles.
www.pwc.com
PwC, 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
66
- Verified
- High confidence
How to read it:Where AI arrives, the shelf life of each skill shortens: the pressure to relearn is greatest exactly where the technology is most intense.
What it does NOT prove:It measures turnover in the skills named in job postings, not the real depth of change on the job.
www.pwc.com
PwC, 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
27
- Verified
- Medium confidence
How to read it:In this phase, AI is augmenting human work more than replacing it: the dominant lever is productivity, not layoffs.
What it does NOT prove:It is a snapshot of an early phase; it does not project what happens if automation deepens, and aggregate job growth can mask losses in specific tasks.
www.pwc.com

Bar lengths are relative within this chart only. They are not an index score, nor a comparison between sources sharing one methodology.

Verified pulse

Visual reading of figures linked to an official source. Each card carries its confidence chip and links to the full claim card below.

Tier 12025-2030
39
World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
- Verified
- High confidence
Tier 12030
59
World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
- Verified
- High confidence
Tier 12025-2030
63
World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
- Verified
- High confidence
Tier 12025-2030
85
World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
- Verified
- High confidence
Tier 22025
56
PwC, 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
- Verified
- High confidence
Tier 22025
66
PwC, 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
- Verified
- High confidence
Tier 22018-2024
27
PwC, 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
- Verified
- Medium confidence

Global pulse

Six signals on how what we know how to do is being reshaped.

Figures from verified primary sources (WEF, PwC). Each data point links to its origin.

Core skills that will change by 2030
39%
Almost two in five central skills will become outdated or transformed this decade.
Source: WEF, Future of Jobs Report 2025
- Verified
- High confidence
Workers who will need training by 2030
59%
Most of the workforce will require reskilling or upskilling before the decade ends.
Source: WEF, Future of Jobs Report 2025
- Verified
- High confidence
Workers at risk for lack of reskilling
11%
One in nine will not receive the training they need: the real bottleneck is access, not technology.
Source: WEF, Future of Jobs Report 2025
- Verified
- High confidence
AI-skills wage premium
56%
Profiles with AI skills earn 56% more, up from 25% a year earlier: the value gap is widening.
Source: PwC, 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
- Verified
- High confidence
Employers who see skill gaps as the top barrier
63%
Skill shortages are the leading brake on business transformation in 2025-2030, ahead of any other obstacle.
Source: WEF, Future of Jobs Report 2025
- Verified
- High confidence
Employers who will prioritise upskilling
85%
Eight in ten firms plan to invest in upskilling their workforce as their primary response.
Source: WEF, Future of Jobs Report 2025
- Verified
- High confidence
How much faster skills change in AI-exposed jobs
+66%
In the occupations most exposed to AI, the skills employers ask for change 66% faster.
Source: PwC, 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
- Verified
- High confidence
Expected change in job skills by 2030
~70%
LinkedIn estimates around 70% of the skills used in a job will have changed by 2030, accelerated by generative AI.
Source: LinkedIn Economic Graph
- Official source linked
- Medium confidence

Reading guide

How to read this dashboard

What it is for

To recognise the pressure of labour transformation by sector, occupation and profile — and the capacity to absorb it. A curated editorial reading, not a prediction.

What it is NOT for

It does not predict job destruction. It is not an official statistical index. It does not replace Tier 1–3 sources; it weights them with explicit editorial weights.

How to use it while reading the book

Come back here whenever a chapter cites a specific vector (exposure, adoption, gap) to situate it in the wider picture and compare the rhythm across sectors.

How it will evolve

Future iterations will add real per-source signals, a declared editorial cadence, and an automated watcher for Tier 1–3. IILE-IA calibration will remain editorial.