The latest Experis Tech Talent Outlook reveals a 42% IT Net Employment Outlook for Q4 2025. In an otherwise stalling labour market, the IT sector continues to enjoy the strongest outlook of all UK sectors for the third consecutive quarter.
While few hiring decisions have been made in the last few months, we are seeing a strong appetite across most sectors for AI adjacent skills. Job postings requiring digital skills are up across most industries.
Petra Tagg, Director at ManpowerGroup UK said:
“The first half of 2025 showed that entry-level hiring was falling as firms reached for AI to take on routine tasks. Our latest survey shows this demand will stabilise again towards the end of the year and will make up 61% of all hiring. Employers are on a sharp learning curve, and are reimagining the value of the emerging workforce, not as ‘cheap labour’, but as digitally fluent candidates who can seamlessly integrate with AI and help plug skills gaps.“
Download the Experis Tech Talent Outlook to unpack the insights:
