In 2025, some are talking about “the jobs of the future” with excitement, others with worry. But they all share the same certainty that the world of work is transforming at a speed that no one would have imagined just a few years ago.
1/ A silent but massive revolution
According to the Future of Jobs 2025 report from World Economic Forum23% of current professions are expected to disappear or undergo profound transformation by 2030, and a third of the skills needed today will not be the same in five years.
Even more striking: 65% of children currently entering school will occupy a profession that does not yet exist, according to UNESCO (2024).
This development is not due to a single trend, but to a convergence:
- explosion of AI and automation,
- ecological transition,
- demographic aging,
- growth of independent work,
- new psychological and social expectations.
This is not a simple change of job description, but a shift in professional civilization.
2/ AI, engine and catalyst
It’s impossible to discuss the jobs of the future without talking about artificial intelligence. Since 2023, AI has left the laboratories to settle in our tools, our offices, our routines. And despite the fears it may have aroused, it did not cause the much-feared wave of unemployment.
On the contrary: according to the study PwC Global Workforce 2025AI could create nearly 97 million new jobs by 2030, while profoundly transforming an equivalent number of positions. In reality, it does not make work disappear: it moves it, it reinvents it, it pushes us to change our posture rather than disappearing from the landscape.
Emerging professions:
- AI Trainers : those who train AI models, a profession up 41% in 2024 (LinkedIn Workforce Report).
- Data ethicists : data ethics specialists, requested by 68% of large European companies.
- Prompt designers : a profession that did not exist in 2022 and which shows growth of 412% in the publication of offers in 2024 (Indeed).
These professions do not replace humans: they put humans at the center, to guide, supervise, control and direct technology.
3/ The ecological transition creates a job boom
If AI fascinates, the Green Skills Report 2025 (LinkedIn) is clear: “green” jobs are growing 2.5 times faster than others. The UN estimates that the ecological transition could create 100 million jobs by 2030 if countries respect their climate commitments.
3 sectors are exploding:
- Renewable energies
- +28% jobs in 2024 in wind power.
- +35% in solar.
- The demand for specialized technicians has exceeded the supply for two years.
- The circular economy
Designers of durable objects, advanced recycling engineers, resource managers: these professions, still rare in 2020, have become strategic. - Smart farming
IoT, drones and soil sensors have led to the emergence of positions like “data-driven farmer” or “precision agriculture technician”.
The planet creates jobs. And no one really anticipated this even ten years ago.
4/ Health and care: a demographic tsunami
With global aging, another sector is exploding: health and care professions.
The WHO predicts a shortage of 10 million professionals by 2030 if nothing is done.
However, health is no longer just about hospitals. The future of care is also being built remotely:
- telemedicine,
- cybersecurity of health data,
- online psychological support,
- experts in medical robotics,
- AI-augmented care coordinators.
Between 2020 and 2024, jobs related to digital health increased by 65% in Europe. And there is no sign of a slowdown.
5/ People return to the center: relational professions are exploding
A fascinating paradox appears: the more technology progresses, the more essential human professions become. According to the McKinsey Future Labor Study 2025relational skills (listening, empathy, negotiation, teaching) will be the most sought after by 2030. They are often called “soft skills”, but they are becoming core skills.
Growing professions:
- Professional coaches and human skills trainers : +38% in one year.
- Collective intelligence facilitators : increasingly present in companies.
- Community builders : +29%.
- Human Experience Designers in services.
Even in an ultra-digital world, people want to talk to people, not algorithms.
6/ Creative professions: far from being replaced
While we thought creation was threatened by generative AI, the opposite is happening. 2024 data from Adobe Digital Trends show that:
- 79% of companies have recruited at least one additional creative profile,
- and 92% believe that human creativity remains essential.
AI becomes an accelerator, not a substitute.
New professions:
- curators of augmented content,
- immersive designers (virtual reality),
- producers of digital experiences,
- interactive storytelling scriptwriters.
Human imagination has never been more valuable.
7/ Self-employment: the new normal
According to Upwork Freelance Report 202440% of young professionals in Europe are now considering freelancing as their first career option. In France, the Malt platform indicates a 32% growth in missions in 2024–2025, particularly in:
- tech,
- communication,
- project management,
- and creative professions.
These new freelancers sometimes work for 3 companies at the same time, sometimes for none. They change missions as we change projects. The future becomes modular.
8/ So, what will a job really look like in 2035?
It will undoubtedly not be a fixed profession, but rather a living combination of technical, human and creative skills.
A job where:
- we collaborate with AI rather than fearing them,
- we put meaning and impact at the center,
- we train continuously,
- we juggle several roles rather than just one.
The era of immutable professions is over and the era of evolving skills is beginning.
