Ninety two per cent of ICT jobs are expected to undergo either high or moderate transformation due to AI advancements.
That was one of the key findings from the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium’s ‘The Transformational Opportunity of AI on ICT Jobs’ report.
The study found that entry- and mid-level ICT professionals are at the forefront of AI transformation, with 40 per cent of mid-level positions and 37 per cent of entry-level positions expected to have high levels of transformation.
It also revealed that, as AI continues to redefine job functions, certain skills will increase in importance (such as AI ethics, responsible AI, prompt engineering, AI literacy, large language models architecture and agile methodologies), while others may become less relevant (traditional data management, content creation, documentation maintenance, basic programming and languages, and research information).
The report surmised that foundational skills are needed across ICT job roles for AI preparedness, including AI literacy, data analytics and prompt engineering.
The report complements consortium members’ commitment to building an inclusive workforce with family-sustaining and economy-developing opportunities. Consortium members have committed to developing worker pathways, particularly in job sectors that will increasingly integrate AI technology. Consequently, members have established forward-thinking goals with skills development and training opportunities to positively impact more than 95 million individuals around the world over the next 10 years.
Consortium member goals include:
• Cisco to train 25 million people with cybersecurity and digital skills by 2032.
• IBM to skill 30 million individuals by 2030 in digital skills, including 2 million in AI by the end of 2026.
• Intel to empower more than 30 million people with AI skills for current and future jobs by 2030.
• Microsoft committed to training and certifying 10 million people in digital skills by 2025, surpassing this goal by training and certifying 12.6 million people a year ahead of schedule.
• SAP to upskill 2 million people worldwide by 2025.
• Google has recently announced more than $130 million in funding to support AI training and skills for people across the US, Europe, Africa, Latin America and APAC.