AI Job Postings in Singapore Surge to 84,000 in 2025
Source: Singapore Business Review
AI-related job postings in Singapore hit approximately 84,000 in 2025, up by 30,000 year-on-year, as employers across the economy accelerate hiring for roles that require artificial intelligence skills.
AI-related job postings in Singapore hit approximately 84,000 in 2025, up by 30,000 year-on-year, as employers across the economy accelerate hiring for roles that require artificial intelligence skills. According to PwC's 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer — which analysed roughly 1.6 million local job postings — AI-related roles now account for 5.3% of all vacancies, up from 3.3% in 2024, signalling a structural shift in how Singapore's labour market values AI competency.
The growth is overwhelmingly driven by AI user roles — positions that apply existing AI tools rather than building them from scratch — which contributed roughly 26,000 of the 30,000 new postings. AI developer roles added a more modest 4,200. This composition suggests the market is prioritising broad-based AI adoption across business functions over specialist hiring, a pattern PwC describes as "job reconfiguration rather than displacement." Occupations with higher AI exposure show higher total hiring volumes, indicating the technology is creating roles alongside existing ones rather than simply eliminating them.
Financial services leads in AI hiring, followed by tech, media, and telecom, then government and the public sector. The government sector also commands the highest AI wage premium at 107%, with consumer markets close behind at 96%. MOM's separate Adoption of AI Among Firms report corroborates the trend: 18.9% of firms had redesigned job functions by early 2026, and 13.9% had created entirely new AI roles. The wage premiums, however, are expected to narrow as AI skills become embedded into standard role expectations rather than commanding specialist rates.
Why it matters for Singapore: The 84,000 figure confirms that AI is reshaping the Singaporean labour market in real time, not as a future hypothetical. The dominance of AI user roles over developer roles has implications for the national training pipeline — the city-state needs to equip workers across sectors with applied AI skills, not just produce more data scientists and machine learning engineers. The high government-sector wage premium also signals a competitive dynamic where the public sector is investing heavily in AI talent, potentially drawing expertise away from priority areas like healthcare, education, and SME support. For job seekers, the message is clear: AI literacy is no longer optional.