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- Tech hiring for the next quarter is stable compared to a year ago.
- AI can run too much for the continuous demand for technical talent.
- They can increase the work of demands contract.
Traditional knowledge is that Artificial Intelligence is doing our workforce, both technical and non-technical. Till now, there is very little evidence that the job is being destroyed. If anything, the need to create AI systems and keep them honest is relatively strong to hiring for both technical professionals and contract workers.
Two recent surveys from manpower and upwork paint relatively positive photos for technology -related recruitment for both jobs and gigs for the last month and upcoming quarter. Manpower’s Exaris Group says the IT hiring photo slipped from a few percentage points, but nothing is dramatic. Upwork says that this project is monitoring the increase in demand for contracted skills in management and localization, possibly associated with artificial intelligence projects. AI skills in demand include python, video editing and graphic design.
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Globally, 48%, 48%, plans to appoint this quarter (Q4), close to a survey of 42 countries in 42 countries of 6,533 IT employers in 42 countries. The US Tech sector is one of the strongest tasks globally in the sector, with most technical employers, 58%, planning to increase headcount during this quarter. Only 11% indicated that they plan to cut back.
While the US Tech Hiring was much shorter than the same period last year, it is “one of the bright places of the labor market according to the authors of the survey.” The US tech hiring is relatively stable, declining only two percent from 60% in Q4 a year ago.
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AI’s work is running a trend – about one (24%) of the four employers says that they are particularly hired to keep pace with digital progress such as AI, Experis Survey Show. “The real challenge skills are mismatched, and companies know that they need to invest in the right talent to remain competitive,” according to a statement by Xperis US President KE Michelle.
This challenge is detecting qualified talent to meet the needs of growing technology, as reported by 41% of Tech and IT employers. Improve the candidate’s experience (37%) and follow the rear filling complex roles (36%).
In particular, the study reveals a slight increase in the recruitment employed in IT services, increasing by 49% to 52%, in which the software hiring is stable. Possibly hiring within the semiconductor area will be a slowdown, appointed for 45% to 34% planning.
Plans for increased recruitment in Q4 (compared to Q4 schemes a year ago)
|
Job Category |
Q4 2025 |
Q4 2024 |
|
IT services |
52% |
49% |
|
Technology hardware, storage and peripheral |
47% |
55% |
|
software |
52% |
51% |
|
Communication equipment |
43% |
40% |
|
Electronic equipment, equipment and component |
35% |
40% |
|
IT manufacturing |
47% |
45% |
|
Semiconductor and semiconductor equipment |
34% |
45% |
|
Other IT sub-industry |
37% |
35% |
For job seekers with in-demand digital skills, it creates important opportunities for continuous work-especially in areas such as AI implementation, cloud migration and cyber security, where employers are giving priority to long-term changes.
When it comes to gig, contract, or freelance work, UpworkIs the latest Hiring trends report It is revealed that the contracts are exploiting the contract talent to provide oversight and quality assurances as they move deeply into the AI. In the upwork report it attracted data since last month, viewing more than a million US job posts at the upwork marketplace. The authors of the report stated that the posting “reflects the significant demand for verification, deep reference and creative refinement to elevate the AI output.”
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Especially notes are red-hot demand for project management skills seen between small to moderate sized businesses. This is a signal indication of “AI pressures under the pressures,” a professor Nicholas Bloom, a Professor at Stanford University, said, pointing to the need for “human infrastructure” to keep AI in line.
Contract skills that have been in demand include the following:
- Translation and localization +29%
- Project management +17% overall; And +102% between small to medium businesses
- Sales and marketing copy +12%
- Quality assurance test +9%
- digital marketing +9%
- Video and animation +8%
The upwork also documented top-in-demand AI-related skills in the previous month, including python, video editing, chatgate, AI-borne video and virtual assistance. Interestingly, data entry services – have long been thought of a revival in demand – as the need to disappear longer. “This demand for basic human skills shows that businesses focus on businesses.”
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- Python
- video editing
- graphic design
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- Data entry (new)
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