According to LinkedIn, there’s a growing variety of jobs in Singapore that help corporations digitize and grow in the face of economic instability.
His newest Jobs on the Rise data revealed spikes in the hiring of growth professionals, tech and healthcare professionals in Asia, amongst other jobs expected to grow further into 2023.
LinkedIn researchers surveyed job postings from January 2018 to July 2022 to calculate the expansion rate for every position in a selected country.
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LinkedIn added that for a job to be classified, the job title must show consistent growth on the platform over the past five years, and “grow to a major size” by 2022.
Employees can use this list to determine the following step in their careers and “prepare for the world of labor of tomorrow”, it added.
Singapore job trends
A report by LinkedIn shows that the proportion of paid jobs that provide the choice to work remotely has fallen from 7.8% in December 2021 to 4.1% in the identical period last yr.
Guy Berger, its chief economist said in one other report last yr that the economic climate is causing some corporations to “retract the pliability” introduced throughout the pandemic.
Nonetheless, technical or engineering jobs resembling Cloud Engineer, Cyber Security Engineer, Backend Developer and AI Engineer are growing in popularity.
The event of artificial intelligence, greater emphasis on cybersecurity and the constant shift to digital technology are leading to a rise in the variety of technical jobs.
Pooja Chabria
Profession Expert, LinkedIn
Such vacancies account for nearly half of the LinkedIn list in Singapore.
“The rise of AI, a greater give attention to cyber security, and the continued shift towards digital technologies are driving a rise in tech jobs,” said Pooja Chhabria, profession expert and head of editorial for the Asia-Pacific region at LinkedIn.
She added that it was “not unexpected” that tech jobs dominated Singapore’s list, on condition that the country has built a robust foothold as a launch destination.
“Geographically, Singapore is base for tech corporations looking to enter Southeast Asia and other APAC markets.”
The necessity for technical staff stays high
Chhabria stays optimistic, saying this will probably be a transitional yr for the tech industry and it might “return to more normal levels of employment.”
“The general demand for staff stays strong, with staff moving to other jobs in the industry and across the industry,” she added.
“Technology jobs are usually not only serving the tech sector, also they are in demand in other sectors as they proceed to invest in digital transformation.”
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LinkedIn said that similar to India, there’s a growing variety of jobs that give attention to business development and attracting latest customers.
Such jobs – which Chhabria said help “corporations do more with less” in times of economic uncertainty – include sales development, business growth and demand generation.
Here is the total list of jobs in Singapore that may increase in 2023, according to LinkedIn:
1. Sales development representative
Related job titles: Business development representative
Most typical skills: Lead generation, sales search, business development
Hottest industries: Technology and media, skilled services, financial services
Median years of prior experience: 2.8
Distant work availability: 19.4%
2. Cloud Engineer
Related job titles: Cloud developer
Most typical skills: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Terraform
Hottest industries: Skilled services, manufacturing, financial services
Median years of prior experience: 3.7
Distant work availability: 5.6%
3. Corporate Account Manager
Related job titles: Account Director, Account Manager or Account Manager
Most typical skills: Sale of technologies for enterprises, sale of solutions, consulting sale
Hottest industries: Technology and media, skilled services, education
Median years of prior experience: 5.3
Distant work availability: 17.7%
4. Health care assistant
Most typical skills: Healthcare, Nursing, Communication
Hottest industries: Hospitals and healthcare, consumer services, entertainment providers
Median years of prior experience: 1.8
Distant work availability: Not applicable
5. Cybersecurity engineer
Related job titles: Cybersecurity specialist
Most typical skills: Cyber security, information security, network security
Hottest industries: Skilled services, production, technology and media
Median years of prior experience: 2.9
Distant work availability: 4%
6. Service reliability engineer
Most typical skills: Site Reliability Engineering, KubernetesGo (programming language)
Hottest industries: Financial services, technology and media, skilled services
Median years of prior experience: 5
Distant work availability: 12.6%
7. Back-end developer
Related job titles: Back-end Engineer
Most typical skills: Go (programming language), Redis, Python (programming language)
Hottest industries: Technology and media, skilled services, financial services
Median years of prior experience: 2.8
Distant work availability: 14.4%
8. Cybersecurity consultant
Most typical skills: Information security, vulnerability assessment, penetration tests
Hottest industries: Skilled services, technology and media, administrative and support services
Median years of prior experience: 3.4
Distant work availability: 4.9%
9. Technical account manager
Related job titles: Technical support specialist
Most typical skills: Account management, cloud computing, solution architecture
Hottest industries: Skilled services, technology and media, financial services
Median years of prior experience: 4.9
Distant work availability: 20.6%
10. Customer Success Specialist
Related job titles: Customer Success Manager
Most typical skills: Customer relationship management, account management, customer retention
Hottest industries: Technology and media, skilled services, financial services
Median years of prior experience: 4.2
Distant work availability: 5.6%
11. Machine learning engineer
Most typical skills: TensorFlow, deep learning, PyTorch
Hottest industries: Technology and media, manufacturing, financial services
Median years of prior experience: 2.6
Distant work availability: 4.5%
12. Artificial intelligence engineer
Most typical skills: Computer vision, PyTorch, deep learning
Hottest industries: Skilled services, technology and media, production
Median years of prior experience: 2.4
Distant work availability: 3.7%
13. DevOps Engineer
Related job titles: DevOps developer
Most typical skills: DevOps, Kubernetes Ansible
Hottest industries: Skilled services, technology and media, financial services
Median years of prior experience: 4.3
Distant work availability: 7.4%
14. Investment associate
Related job titles: Investment banking associate
Most typical skills: Investments, private equity, financial modelling
Hottest industries: Financial services, skilled services, real estate and equipment rental services
Median years of prior experience: 2.5
Distant work availability: 1.9%