Singapore’s employment landscape continued to evolve as digitalization accelerated across the economy, with demand growing for technology professionals with increasingly specialized capabilities, particularly in AI skills.
Alongside continued demand for tech professionals, firms are increasingly seeking workers with AI-related capabilities as AI adoption deepens across the economy. Tech roles relating to AI & Data and Cybersecurity were among the fastest-growing tech occupations, according to the Singapore Digital Economy Report 2026 by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).
Both the Information & Communications (I&C) and non-I&C sectors saw increased demand for AI skills, with Finance & Insurance, Professional Services and Manufacturing recording some of the strongest growth.
Based on an analysis of job postings, the share of tech job postings requiring at least one AI skill rose from 14.0% in 2024 to 16.7% in 2025. Similarly, the share requiring at least two AI skills increased from 4.9% in 2024 to 7.6%. These figures point to increasingly widespread demand for AI capabilities among tech workers.
AI skills, in line with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s framework, refer to specialized capabilities that support the development, deployment and management of AI systems, including machine learning, natural language processing, neural networks, computer vision and robotics.
The I&C sector continued to account for the largest share of tech job postings requiring AI skills, with the number of such postings rising from 4,030 in 2024 to 5,350 in 2025. Among non-I&C sectors, Finance & Insurance recorded particularly strong growth, with AI-related tech job postings more than doubling from 1,240 to 3,260. Professional Services and Manufacturing also saw increases, with postings rising from 760 to 1,240 and from 840 to 1,050, respectively.
The report said the growth in demand for AI skills among tech workers could be partly attributed to widespread AI adoption across the economy, including increased activity from enterprise-based AI Centres of Excellence established in Singapore, with dedicated teams driving AI transformation.
Enterprise AI Adoption
AI adoption among enterprises continued to accelerate in 2025, with the overall adoption rate rising from 14.7% in 2024 to 23.5% in 2025. The increase was broad-based, spanning firms of different sizes and sectors.
Enterprise digitalization also continued to deepen in 2025. Some 96.4% of enterprises adopted at least one of six digital areas, up from 95.1% in 2024, while the average number of digital areas adopted increased from 2.3 in 2024 to 2.5 in 2025. These improvements were mainly driven by SMEs, which recorded one of the largest year-on-year increases in digital adoption intensity in recent years.
AI Use by Workers
Beyond enterprise adoption, firms were also moving towards deeper use of AI and reporting tangible business benefits, particularly in productivity and process improvements.
Among workers, AI use became more widespread, with 85.7% of surveyed workers reporting that they used AI tools at work. Workers applied AI across a broad range of workplace tasks and reported benefits including higher productivity, better work quality and stronger problem-solving ability.
Singapore’s Digital Economy
Singapore’s digital economy continued to expand in 2025, with nominal value-added (VA) reaching S$144.1 billion, accounting for 19.3% of Singapore’s GDP, up from S$136.5 billion, or 18.8% of GDP, in 2024.
The digital economy grew 5.6% year-on-year, faster than the 3.1% growth in nominal GDP.
Tech Workforce
Demand for tech professionals in Singapore also grew in 2025, in line with continued digitalization across the economy. The number of tech professionals increased 3.8% year-on-year, from 214,000 in 2024 to 222,200 in 2025, extending the 2.7% year-on-year growth recorded in 2024.
As a result, the share of tech professionals in total employment rose from 5.3% in 2024 to 5.4% in 2025.
The increase in overall tech professionals was supported by growth in both the non-I&C and I&C sectors. The non-I&C sector, which accounted for 59% of all tech professionals, recorded a 5.3% year-on-year increase in tech employment in 2025, compared with 1.8% growth in the I&C sector.
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