IT Career Trends And Predictions 2025 From Industry Insiders
ITProToday, Friday, January 24th, 2025
From the rise of the prompt engineer and the chief AI officer to the workforce going fractional, IT leaders and industry insiders share their IT career predictions for 2025.
Projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Lightcast indicate that over the next decade, the tech workforce is expected to grow at twice the rate of the overall U.S. workforce, according to CompTIA's 2024 "State of the Tech Workforce" report. And according to staffing firm Robert Half, 95% of tech leaders currently face challenges finding skilled workers.
IT leaders and industry insiders expect that the ongoing talent shortage will create significant challenges for IT staffing in 2025. They also expect AI to help close the cybersecurity skills gaps, while CISOs opt for demotions to avoid the rising legal risk of their jobs - even as one CISO predicts we'll see the successful prosecution of at least one CISO this year.