Asia-Pacific Industry Insights: Top In-Demand Roles, Skills, and Hiring Trends across four key sectors – Feb 2025

Stay ahead in 2025 with actionable insights on employment growth, and sector shifts across four key industries, in 12 Asia-Pacific Markets

The labour market across APAC is constantly evolving, with significant trends affecting hiring, talent acquisition, and workforce planning. 

PERSOLKELLY’s Industry Insights Report delivers valuable analysis of the roles and skills in highest demand, the perks companies are leveraging to attract top talent and the viability of cross-border hiring in today’s labour market across four key sectors:

  • Information Technology and Telecommunications
  • Healthcare, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals
  • Engineering and Technical
  • Banking, Finance and Insurance

Why You Need This Report:

✔ Understand the key labour market movements affecting your industry.
✔ Stay informed on job ad trends and candidate behaviour.
✔ Access sector-specific insights to future-proof your workforce strategy

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The Power of Radical Candor and Fierce Conversations in Leadership

We would like to introduce our White Paper Issue No. 24:

The Power of Radical Candor and Fierce Conversations in Leadership

Authored by Sarah Yu, Senior Director at PERSOLKELLY Consulting, this paper explores the value of radical candor and fierce conversations as leadership frameworks. It highlights their shared emphasis on direct communication and the challenges of applying them to individuals who prefer more harmonious interaction styles.

The White Paper starts by clarifying the frameworks, radical candor and fierce conversations. Next, it dives into the challenges with certain communication styles before highlighting the common ground between the two frameworks. Following that, it addresses the strategies to overcome challenges and gives a practical toolkit for the implementation. Lastly, the paper provides a call to action for HR, learning and development, and talent management professionals on how they can spark transformative change.

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PERSOLKELLY Salary Guide

New Zealand is experiencing an economic slowdown caused by a series of events which have pushed up prices and seen the jobs market weaken.

Inflation in New Zealand is creating immense challenges for businesses and consumers and is proving difficult for policy makers to overcome.

Steep increases in interest rates required to combat inflation have slowed the economy and impacted the activities of organisations, large and small.

Business conditions have shifted markedly in a relatively short timeframe and brought additional challenges for those responsible for recruitment and management, in both the private and public sectors.

To help navigate this, the 2024-25 Salary Guide provides an authoritative overview of wages and salaries across key occupations and industries. It also presents a snapshot of economic and business conditions in the industries and regions in which we operate.

As in previous years, the document provides the most accurate information on wages and salaries from our experts in the field. It comprises data, insights and information that will help inform the critical recruitment decisions that are vital for success.

In a rapidly changing economic environment, this information will be more important than ever.

We trust that the 2024-25 Salary Guide helps firms to better understand the conditions in their industry sectors and assists them to navigate the year ahead.

Future Workplace: Opportunity and Adversity in AI

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our APAC Workforce Insights Report titled Future Workplace: Opportunity and Adversity in AI.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution is upon us, poised to revolutionise the world of work in ways beyond our current comprehension. From finance to healthcare, manufacturing to media, its impact is already being felt across various sectors, compelling businesses of all sizes to adapt swiftly. From restructuring workflows to upskilling employees, evolution is not just a necessity but a strategic necessity in navigating the shifting employment terrain.

Key highlights:

  • AI Adoption Trends: With 80% of Asia Pacific employers currently using or considering AI, the report examines the regional nuances and leading markets in AI integration
  • Job Market and AI: Insights on how AI is reshaping job roles and the actions companies are taking to manage potential job displacement
  • Strategies for CEOs: Practical tips for leveraging AI to drive business growth and maintain competitive advantage
  • Skills of the Future: An overview of the critical human skills necessary to complement AI technologies

Download to read the full report and find out the insights now!

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Attracting and Retaining Top Talent.

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our APAC Workforce Insights Report (October 2023) titled How To Attract And Retain Top Talent By Cultivating A Happy Workplace’.

It’s the survey results of 2,540 employees from 12 markets across the Asia Pacific region – Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, who responded to our survey on their opinion about their job satisfaction at work.

The report decodes the power of a happy workplace, the importance and benefits of nurturing a culture of happiness, as well as tips on how to craft a happier work environment.

The key findings include:

  • Salary is not the top 3 drivers of work-life happiness
  • 97% of APAC respondents said that being happy at work is important.
  • 35% of the APAC respondents perceived themselves as the primary drivers in improving satisfaction at work.
  • However, only 67% of respondents reported reaching out to their managers for support in achieving their work-related aspirations, with 1 in 4 mentioning no discernible workplace change despite seeking assistance from their managers.

Download to read the full report and find out the insights for each market now!

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace: How do employees perceive employers’ DE&I?

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our Workforce Insights Report, ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace: How do employees perceive employers’ DE&I?’.

Our 2022 Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Workforce Insights supports HR leaders in understanding how employees regard the quality of their organisations’ DE&I practices in the workplace. In this report, we uncover the perceived benefit of DE&I practices in the workplace among workers from a minority versus majority and role and industry-based perspective to identify underlying areas for improvement.

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Hiring and Managing Talent Beyond Geographical Boundaries

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our APAC Workforce Insights Report, ‘Hiring and Managing Talent Beyond Geographical Boundaries’.

It’s the survey results of 1,326 employers from 12 markets across the Asia Pacific region – Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, who responded to our survey on their opinion about offshore recruitment strategies.  The report highlights the adoption rates by market and industry, reasons for adoption, skills in demand, the trends, as well as strategies and effectiveness of offshoring.

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Building agility with a contingent workforce

Our latest report shows that the Contingent Workforce will play an even more critical role for businesses in the way forward.

Comprising the results of 1,112 employers from 12 markets across the Asia Pacific region – Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, who provided their opinion about Contingent Workforce through our survey. 

The report highlights the trends, reasons, methods, and management of the adoption of a Contingent Workforce within APAC during and after the effects of Covid-19 pandemic. 

What do employees and employers want in the post-covid world?

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a moment of clarity and shifted priorities for both employees and employers.

As the pandemic plunged many people into remote work, we’ve seen an increase in candidates expressing the flexibility to work remotely as the key consideration for accepting positions. Overseas experience is becoming more valuable than ever for employers, while both employers and employees across almost all industries are saying they value health and wellbeing support in their next or current roles. This report addresses the shifting priorities of employees and employers in a post-covid world and highlights the differing needs of both.

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From job seekers to career movers – what will employees prioritise in 2021?

Our 2021 Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Workforce Insights Report will help supports HR leaders in understanding how employees see the current context and where they see themselves in the next 12 months.

As Australia and New Zealand emerge from recession and look towards the future, employees are starting to plan their professional prospects in an environment that has changed forever.

The pandemic has impacted people’s priorities in the way they approach their career progression, education and relationship with their current employer.

Companies and employees adapted quickly to the ‘new normal’ in 2020 but it seems that the post-pandemic recovery will bring more changes to workplaces across several industries.

What will employees prioritise in 2021?

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In Focus: Happiness at Work Index

What Drives Happiness at Work?

As the world returns to a ‘new normal’, it is even more vital for employers to maintain a strong relationship and connection with their workforce. Employees will play a big role in determining business success beyond the post-crisis recovery period. Their happiness must continue to be a key point of consideration for companies. 

Our 2020 Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Workforce Insights supports HR leaders in making the case to their businesses on the need to create a happy workforce and demonstrates the importance of employee happiness to a company’s productivity and success. 

In this report, we explore the current level of happiness in the workforce, the factors driving happiness at work, how employers should re-evaluate their benefits package and the importance of employers taking into consideration their employees’ needs.

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