Job movers in 2025 poised for raises of up to 15%: survey

Those staying with their current employers are likely to receive smaller raises of 2%-5%.

Job movers in 2025 may expect higher salary increases than those staying in their roles, especially in high-demand sectors like AI and data, recruitment firm Robert Walters said.

In its survey, the firm noted that professionals changing jobs could see salary increases of 12%-15%, with up to 20% in high-demand sectors, whilst those staying with their current employers are likely to receive smaller raises of 2%-5%.

Additionally, sectors like supply chain (82%), procurement (80%), and finance (79%) are expected to see broad-based salary increases.

Industries most likely to see professionals changing jobs in 2025 are tech and transformation (89%), banking and financial services (88%), accounting and finance (85%), and sales and marketing (85%).

The survey also found that most professionals changing jobs are likely to request salary increases of over 10%, with 24% expecting increments exceeding 20%.

Meanwhile, over half are unsure or pessimistic about receiving a salary increment in 2025.

Reaching the people who run Asia's businesses is harder than it used to be.

Inboxes are crowded. Attention is short. The executives you most want to reach — the founders, CFOs, and operators who actually move budgets — are the hardest to find through the usual channels. If you're building a company, a category, or a reputation, you already know this.

We've spent twenty years building the room they read. Singapore Business Review is where senior decision makers in Singapore and across Southeast Asia come for business coverage they can't get elsewhere — in print, online, and in person at the summits and roundtables we host across seven markets.

If you have something these readers should know about — a point of view worth publishing, a product worth their attention, an event worth their time — we'd like to hear what you're trying to do.

Book a meeting

| Or download the media kit (PDF)

240,000 senior readers quarterly in print Top 1,700 Singapore companies reached

7 markets across Southeast Asia