37 skills shift to high transferability in 2024, demand to grow in 2025: report

These skills make up about 9% across the three economies in Singapore.

In 2024, 37 skills moved from moderate to high transferability, and is expected to continue into 2025, SkillsFuture Singapore reported.

Of these, nine of the skills are from the care economy, whilst 26 and two come from the digital and green economy, respectively.

According to SkillsFuture Singapore, the 37 skills, which make up about 9% of 98 skills across the three economies, crossed the 70th percentile mark between 2022 and 2023 and were in the In-demand and Transferable quadrants in 2024.

“While majority of skills were generally increasing in transferability, these identified skills were more widely adopted compared to other priority skills across various job roles,” SkillsFuture Singapore said.

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