2025年工作技能报告+2025+Job+Skills+Report

2025

Job

Skills

Report

Skillandlearningtrendsforemployees,students,andjobseekers

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Tableofcontents

Foreword3

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Introduction4

Thevalueofprioritizingworkforceskills5

Howtoreadthisreport6

Executivesummary7

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Fastest-growing

jobskillsfor20259

Fastest-growingAIskills10

GenAIcontentonCoursera14

Fastest-growingbusinessskills15

Learninginnon-Englishlanguages20

Fastest-growingdatascienceskills21

Fastest-growingtechskills25

Growcybersecurityskillswith

CourseraProfessionalCertificates29

Conclusion:Definingthepathto

workforcereadinessin202530

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Appendix31

Regionaldata:Thefastest-growing

jobskillsfor202532

Technicalappendix:Methodology35

Endnotes37

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Foreword

Thestateofjobskillsin2025

I’mdelightedtopresentCoursera’sfourthannualJobSkillsReport,alookatthecriticalskillsthatindividualsandinstitutionswillprioritizein

2025.Drawingoninsightsfromoverfivemillionenterpriselearnersand7,000+institutional

customers,thisreportprovidesadata-drivenanalysisofthetrendsshapingthefutureoflearningandwork.

Asweenter2025,generativeAI(GenAI)will

continuetotransformjobsandindustriesacrosstheglobe.AIhasthepotentialtounlock$15.7

trillioninglobaleconomicvalueby2030,1butthesegainswilldependonourabilitytoequippeoplewiththeskillsneededtoharnessits

power.Torealizethispotential,businesses,

highereducationinstitutions,andgovernmentsmustworktogethertoacceleratetherateof

workforceupskillingandreskilling.

courseraJobSkillsReport2025|Foreword

Thisyear’sreportrevealsthattheglobal

workforceisembracingGenAIatanincredible

pace.GenAIisnowthefastest-growingskill

amongourenterpriselearners—including

employees,students,andjobseekers—with

courseenrollmentssurgingby866%year-over-year.Morethanhalf(54%)ofGenAIcourse

enrollmentsarefromlearnersinIndia,Colombia,andMexico,signalingwhatmightbeashiftintheglobalizationoftalentinemergingmarkets.

Thetop-rankingskillsacrossbusiness,data

science,andtechnologyalsoincluderisk

management,cybersecurity,anddataethics,highlightingthecriticalneedtouseAIina

responsibleandcollectiveway.Ascyberattacksgrowmorefrequentandsophisticated,2

theseskillswillbecomeindispensableacrossindustriesandtechnicaljobroles.

TheriseofGenAIalsopresentsunprecedentedopportunitiestoenhanceandpersonalize

learningexperiencesatscale.Employees,

students,andjobseekershaveengagedwith

CourseraCoach

,anAI-poweredguide,oversixmilliontimesinthepastyeartodeepentheirunderstandingandpracticenewskillsthroughinteractiveexercises.

ThechangesbroughtonbyGenAIdemandanewpaceoflearning,andwemustrisetothechallengetogether.Letthisreportserveasa

guidetounderstandingtheskillsneededto

thriveintheyearahead,unitingusinoursharedmissiontoensureeveryonecanlearn,adapt,

andsucceed.

JeffMaggioncalda

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CEO,Coursera

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Introduction

JobSkillsReport2025|Introduction

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Thevalueofprioritizingworkforceskills

Thefastest-growingjobskillshighlightedin

thisreporthelpinstitutionsaligntheirlearningprogramswiththeworkforce’sskillpriorities.Byunderstandingandaddressingthesetrends,institutionscanenablecareersuccessfor

employees,students,andjobseekers,whilesimultaneouslydrivingretention,readiness,andoverallimpactinanever-changingworld.

Businesses

Developcomprehensivelearningprogramsthatengage,retain,anddevelopemployeessotheirorganizationcanthrive.

TheAIrevolutionisnotonthehorizon,itisalreadyhere.ItsimpactwillbeasprofoundastheIndustrialRevolutionortheDigital

Revolution.Yourorganizationmustembracethistransformationorriskbeingleft

behind.AIliteracyandfundamentalsareofimmediateurgency.Asaleader,youmustaddressthatwhileprovidingfamiliaritywithGenAItoolsandtheirusecases.

MarkA.Lane,PhD

Strategy&InnovationEngineer,Cisco

Highereducationinstitutions

Deliverindustry-alignedcurriculathat

attractsandretainsstudents,improvingtheiremployabilityandjobprospects.

Ourgoalistobridgethegapbetween

theoryandpractice.We’rededicatedtonurturingself-drivenlearnerswhocanapplytheirknowledgetoreal-world

challenges.Byprovidinghands-on

experiences,industrycollaborations,

andresearchopportunities,weequipourstudentstobecomeinnovativeproblem-solversandleadersintheirchosenfields.

Dr.KuldeepSharma

DirectorofIndustryAlliances,ChitkaraUniversity

Governments

Buildcomprehensiveskillsdevelopment

programsthatequipjobseekerswithskillscriticaltoemploymentandeconomicgrowth.

Tobuildaresilienteconomy,weneededtoequipcitizenswithskillsforthe

digitalage.Itwasn’taboutweatheringthestorm,butreimaginingBarbados’futureinaquicklychangingeconomy.Wesawthisasanopportunitytoretoolourworkforce,revampingourselvesfortheglobalmarketplace.3

Dr.AllysonLeacock

ExecutiveDirectorfortheNational

TransformationInitiative(NTI),Barbados

courseraJobSkillsReport2025|Introduction5

Howtoreadthisreport

TheJobSkillsReport2025identifiesthisyear’sfastest-growing

skills,drawingondatafromfivemillionlearnersaccessingCourserathroughmorethan7,000institutions,includingbusinesses,highereducationinstitutions,andgovernments.*

Theselearnersprovideastrongbasisforidentifyingkeyskilltrendsindifferentcategories,andacrossourwiderbaseofover162millionlearners.“Enterprise”learnersincludeemployeelearnersengagingwithCourserathroughtheircompanyorpublic-sectorgovernmentagency;studentlearnersaccessingCourserathroughtheir

university;andjobseekerspursuinglearningonCourserathroughthesupportoftheirgovernment.

Thisyear’sreportnotonlyhighlightsthefastest-growingskillsinAI,business,datascience,andtech,butthoroughlyexploreshigh-

demandareaslikeGenAIandcybersecurity—reflectingthegrowingnumberofjobrolesrelatedtotheseskills.

Wetrusttheseinsightswillbeapracticalresourceforidentifyinganddevelopingimpactfulskillsfortoday’sworkforce.

*Unlessotherwisecited,allskillsdatafeaturedinthereportisbasedonCourseradata.Seethe

Methodology

sectionformoredetails.

Courseraoriginalresearch

Eachyear,wesurfaceinsightsbasedonmillionsofdatapointsfromCourseralearnerstocreatein-depthresourcesthatofferinsightsintotheevolving

skillslandscape.Recentresourcesinclude:

•The

IndustrySkillsBrief

2025identifiespriorityskillsandrolesacrossfivekeyindustries:Energy,financialservices,professionalservices,retail

andconsumer,andtechnology.

•The

Micro-CredentialsImpactReport2024

confirmsthatjobskillsareatoppriorityandthatindustrymicro-credentialsalignedtocareeroutcomesarekeytodrivingemployability.

•The

AdvancingAcademicIntegrityinOnlineLearning

reportexploreshowhighereducationinstitutionscanupholdtheirstandardsusingCoursera’sGenAItools.

•The

GlobalSkillsReport2024

benchmarkstheskillsproficiencyof

regionalpopulations,helpinginstitutionsunderstandwhichjobskillstheyshouldprioritize.

Howwedefinethe

fastest-growingskills

Thefastest-growingskillsof2025

areidentifiedthroughacomparativeevaluationofCourseraenterprise

learnerenrollmentsthroughout

2024.Outof1,000+granularskills

catalogedintheCourserataxonomy,thefastest-growingskillsarethosethathaveseenthebiggestincreaseintheiroverallenrollmentrankinginthisperiodandareexpected

tocontinuetogrowormaintainpopularityin2025.

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Executivesummary

Anoverviewofkeytrendsfeaturedinthisreport

accelerated866%year-over-

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DemandforGenAIskills

yearasenterpriselearnersequipthemselveswiththeAIcapabilitiesneededtosucceedatwork.

Courseraexperienceda1,100%,500%,and

1,600%spikeinGenAIcourseenrollmentsamongemployees,students,andjobseekersoverthe

pastyear,respectively.There’sadistinctwaveofjob-readytalentfromColombia,India,andMexico,as54%ofenrollmentscamefromthesecountries.TheglobalizationofGenAIskills

highlightsthegrowingneedamonglearnerstodeveloptherightskillsemployersarelookingfor.Duringthistime,over400uniqueGenAI

courseswerelaunchedonCoursera,including

IntroductiontoGenerativeAIfromGoogle

Cloud

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GenerativeAIforEveryonefrom

DeepLearning.AI

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Seventy-threepercentofemployersareusingGenAI,with62%statingthatcandidates

andemployeesshouldhaveatleastsome

familiaritywithit.4There’sanimmediateneedforprofessionalstopursuetheseskillsto

improvetheirjobreadiness—especiallyas22%ofrecruitingprofessionalshaveupdatedjob

descriptionstoreflecttheusageofGenAIintherole.5Atthesametime,aDeloittesurveyfoundthatalthoughGenZ—whomakeupasignificantportionoftoday’sstudents—expressessomeuncertaintyaroundAI,they’reeagertolearn

moretoalignwiththefutureofwork.6

2il,iaig

(ML)doubledinenrollmentsyear-

over-year,mirroringmarketdemandasAIandMLSpecialistsrolesare

expectedtogrowby40%overthenextfouryears.

ResearchestimatesthatAIcouldadd$15.7trillioninglobaleconomicvalueby2030.7Learnershavetakensubstantialstridestoupskillandreskill

themselvesthroughcourseslike

Introduction

toNeuralNetworksandPyTorchfromIBM

and

ComputerVisionBasicsfromUniversity

atBuffalo

.Whileemployeesareutilizingtheir

organizations’skillprogramstoincreasetheir

value,studentsfeelthemosturgency,withnearly70%ofgraduatesadvocatingforfoundational

GenAItrainingintheircourses.8Thismarksakeyopportunityforhighereducationinstitutions

toexpandlearningprogramsthatmeetrisingdemandforAIskills.

3iriieing

students,moresothanjobseekers.

Dataethicsisamongthefastest-growingskillsonCourseraforemployeesandstudents,drivenbytheneedtoresponsiblymanageandanalyzecustomerdata.Despitetheimportance,there’slessinterestamongjobseekers,eventhough

60%ofdataleadersidentifydatagovernanceasaprimaryconcern.9ADeloittesurveyfoundthat78%oforganizationsprioritize“safeandsecure”AIuseasatopethicalprinciple,markinga37%increasefromlastyear.AsthedemandforroleslikeInformationSecurityAnalystscontinuestogrow,10jobseekerswhoupskillindataethics

andgovernancewillpositionthemselvesmorecompetitivelyforfutureemployment.

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4Riskmanagementand

cybersecurityskillssurgeintothefastest-growingskillslist,as

businessesrespondtoa75%increaseincyberattacksinQ32024.11

With93%oforganizationsexperiencingtwoormoreidentity-relatedbreachesinthepastyear,12demandforriskmanagementandcybersecurityskillsisskyrocketing.Additionally,nearly90%

ofinformationtechnology(IT)decision-makerssaythatGenAIwillcreateanincredibleamountofdatathat’llneedtobeprotected,butonly

65%arebackingupaslittleashalfofthatdata.13Learnersareenrollinginsixofthetop10fastest-growingtechskillstoaddressthisneed.Coupledwithanearlyfive-million-personshortageof

cyberprofessionalsglobally,14developingriskmanagementandcybersecurityskillsallowslearnerstopositionthemselvesasinvaluableassetsinahighlyvolatileperiod.

5Businessskillslikehuman

resources(HR)technologyandsustainabilityaresomeofthefastest-growingamongstudents.

Thesehumanskillsareessential,as84%of

managersbelievenewemployeesmustpossessanddemonstratetheabilitytocommunicate

inaprofessionalmannerandarticulatetheir

ideas.Studentsshowlessinterestinhuman

skillsthanemployeesandjobseekers.Relatedly,71%ofGenZworkersfinditdifficulttospeakupandcontributeinmeetings.15Instead,studentlearnersareprioritizingsustainabilityskillslikewastemanagementandbusinesscontinuity

planning,withoverhalfofGenZexpressing

concernabouttheeffectsofclimatechange.16Thesefindingsindicatethatyoungerstudentlearnerscannotaffordtoignoretheseessentialhumanskills,astheyseektobuildabalancedskillsprofileforworkplacesuccess.

Fastest-growingskillsoverall

RankDomainSkillDefinition

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AI

GenAI

UseAItogeneratetext,images,andmore.

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Business

Humanresources(HR)technology

UsetechtomanagepeopleandHRtasks.

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Business

Riskmitigation&control

Identifyandreduceriskstoyourbusiness.

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Business

Assertiveness

Communicateyourneedsclearlyandrespectfully.

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Tech

Threatmanagement&modeling

Identifyandneutralizesoftwarethreats.

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Tech

Incidentmanagement&response

ManageandresolveITincidents.

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Business

Stakeholdercommunications

Communicateeffectivelywiththosewhohaveaninterestinyourprojectororganization.

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Tech

Securityinformation&

eventmanagement(SIEM)

UseSIEMtostrengthenyoursecurityposture.

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Business

Businesscommunication

Communicateclearlyandeffectivelyatwork.

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Tech

Networkplanning&design

Designandbuildreliablecomputernetworks.

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Fastest-growingAIskills

RankSkillDefinition

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GenAI

UseAItogeneratetext,images,andmore.

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Artificialneuralnetworks

Buildcomputersystemsthatlearnlikehumanbrainsdo.

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Computervision

Teachcomputersto“see”andunderstandimages.

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PyTorch(machinelearninglibrary)

UsethistooltobuildpowerfulAIapplications.

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Machinelearning

Teachcomputerstolearnfromdata.

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Appliedmachinelearning

Usemachinelearningtosolverealproblems.

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Deeplearning

BuildadvancedAIsystemsforcomplextasks.

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Supervisedlearning

TrainAIusinglabeledexamples.

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Reinforcementlearning

TrainAIthroughtrialanderror.

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Machinelearningoperations(MLOps)

Manageanddeploymachinelearningsystemseffectively.

Thereisahugecloudskillsgapwithmillionsofjobsunfilled.AI,bigdata,andcloudskillsarecritical,butthebiggestchangeiscomingin

thetoolsweuseforourroles.AdvancingAI-

poweredtools,andnotjustgenerativeAI,willmakeourworkmoreinnovativeandcreative.

Stayingaheadofthecurvebylearningand

usingthesetools,whethertoboostyourcurrentroleorhelpyougrowintoanewone,iswhereweallneedtobefocused.17

JenniTroutman

Director,ProductsandServices,AWSTrainingandCertification

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Students

1.GenAI

2.Computervision

3.Appliedmachinelearning

4.Machinelearning

5.Artificialneuralnetworks

6.Supervisedlearning

7.Featureengineering

8.Deeplearning

9.Reinforcementlearning

10.Machinelearningoperations(MLOps)

Employees

1.GenAI

2.Computervision

3.PyTorch(machinelearninglibrary)

4.Machinelearning

5.Appliedmachinelearning

6.Deeplearning

7.Artificialneuralnetworks

8.Machinelearningoperations(MLOps)

9.Reinforcementlearning

10.Supervisedlearning

Coursera’senterpriselearners

includeemployeesaccessing

coursesthroughtheircompaniesorpublicsectorgovernment

agencies;studentsengagingviatheiruniversities;andjobseekersaccessingCourserathroughthesupportoftheirgovernment,

collectivelyprovidinginsightsintoemergingskilltrends.

Fastest-growingAIskillsbylearner

Jobseekers

1.GenAI

2.Appliedmachinelearning

3.PyTorch(machinelearninglibrary)

4.Computervision

5.Reinforcementlearning

6.Machinelearning

7.Deeplearning

8.Supervisedlearning

9.Artificialneuralnetworks

10.Machinelearningoperations(MLOps)

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Insights:Fastest-growingAIskills

Comparinglearnertrends

Employeesarehoningadvanced

AIskillslikecomputervisionand

PyTorch,whichenablethemtotacklecomplextechnicalchallengesand

contributetoAI-driveninnovation.

Studentsareprioritizingskills

suchassupervisedlearningand

featureengineering,reflectinga

focusonbuildingadeeptheoreticalunderstandingofAItoimprovetheirfuturecareerreadiness.

Jobseekersareemphasizing

hands-onskillslikeappliedmachinelearningandreinforcementlearning,showingtheirintenttomeet

immediatejobmarketneeds.

1.GenAIskillsarethefastest-growing

skillsamonglearnerswhoare

workingtokeepupwithshiftingemployerneeds.

GenAIisthefastest-growingskill,asCoursera

sawan866%year-over-yearenrollmentincreaseacrossenterpriselearners.Amongemployees,students,andjobseekers,thismeanta1,100%,500%,and1,600%increaseincourseenrollmentforeachgroup,respectively.Someofthemostpopularcoursesacrosslearnerswere

Prompt

EngineeringforChatGPTfromVanderbilt

University

and

IntroductiontoGenerativeAI

fromGoogleCloud

.

WhileAIandbigdatarankasthe15thmost

essentialskillsformassemploymenttoday,

they’reprojectedtobecomethethird-highestpriorityforcorporatetrainingby2027.18ThisshiftemphasizestheimportanceofGenAI

skillsbothforstudentcareerdevelopmentandemployeecompetitiveness.

Equally,it’scriticaltoaddressgenderdisparitieswithintheAIworkforce.Whilemorewomen

arelearningonCourseraoverall(up3%year-over-year),only28%ofCoursera’sGenAIcourseenrollmentsarefromwomen.19Similarly,only22%ofAIprofessionalsarewomen,20leadingtobiasesinthesemodelsduetoalackofdiverse

perspectivesinbuildingthem.Resolvingthesedisparitiesisessentialforcreatingrobust,

inclusiveframeworks.EncouragingwomentopursueAIskillsthrougheducationalinitiativesandworkplacepoliciesiscrucialtobuilding

adiversetalentpool,capableofgenerating

workthat’smoreinclusiveaswellaspotentiallyincreasingglobalgrossdomesticproduct

by20%.21

2.DiverseAIskillsdriveproductivity,

innovation,andcareerreadinessacrosslearnergroups.

AsorganizationsincreasinglyadoptAI-

drivensolutions,differentlearnergroupsonCourseraarecultivatinguniqueAIskillsto

Whileit’sencouragingtosee

somanyindividualsembracing

GenAIskills,wemustbridgethegendergapinthisrapidlygrowingfield.Weneeddiversevoices

toshapehowthesemachine

learningsystemsaredesigned,deployed,andusedethicallyandresponsibly.Organizationsmustprioritizediversehiringpractices,ensuringwomenhaveaseat

atthetabletoinfluencethesepowerfultechnologies.

MerveHickok

President&PolicyDirector,Center

forAIandDigitalPolicyandLecturer,UniversityofMichigan

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supporttheircareergoalsandorganizationalimpact.Employeesarefocusingonadvanced,application-orientedskillslikereinforcementlearningandMLOps,positioningthemselves

toboostproductivityandenhancebusiness

outcomes.Nearlyallexecutives(96%)viewAI

agents—autonomousprogramsthatperformcomplextasksusingdata—astransformativeassetsoverthenextthreeyears,22makingtheseskillshighlyvaluableintoday’sjobmarket.

StudentsprioritizefoundationalAIskillssuchassupervisedlearningandfeatureengineering,aligningwithalonger-termgoaloftechnical

expertisethatwillservethemindiverse

futureroles.Jobseekersemphasizeappliedmachinelearningtogainrelevant,job-readycompetenciesforhigh-demandroleslikeAISpecialistandComputerVisionEngineer.

Insightsinaction

Recommendedstrategiesforleveragingthedataandinsightsfromthisreport

Businesses

CreateAIskilldevelopmentinitiativesto

helpemployeesboostproductivity,enhance

customersatisfaction,anddriveeconomicgains.

Highereducationinstitutions

IntegrateAItoolsintocurriculatoprepare

studentsforsuccessinachangingjobmarket.

Governments

InvestinAIandautomationtrainingprogramstoenhancetheefficiencyofpublicservicedeliveryandensureresponsibletechnologydeployment.

Learners

DevelopAIskillstoimproveemployability,productivity,andprepareforanautomatedjoblandscape.

Teachingthebuildingblocks

ofGenAIiscrucial.Thisentails

teachingnotonlythetechnicalaspects,butalsounderstandinghowtousethesetoolseffectivelywithinspecificdomains,

whetherit’sinHR,writingandcomposition,ormath.23

Dr.JulesWhite

DirectoroftheInitiativeontheFutureof

LearningandGenAI,VanderbiltUniversity

CourseraCoachgiveslearnersthesupporttheyneed

CourseraCoach

,anAI-powered

guide,istransforminghow

learnersenhanceandpersonalizetheirupskillingandreskilling

experiences.Enterpriselearners

onCoursera