AI-exposed jobs in Hong Kong grow 6% from 2021 to 2024: report

In Hong Kong, the relatively slow growth in AI-exposed roles contrasts with a notable increase in employer demand for AI skills.

Jobs more exposed to artificial intelligence (AI) in Hong Kong grew by just 6% between 2021 and 2024, compared to a 38% increase for roles less exposed to AI, according to new data released in PwC’s 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer.

The report, which analysed nearly a billion job postings worldwide, underscored the uneven pace of job growth across sectors touched by AI. “AI is redefining job roles faster and faster,” the report noted, with skill requirements in AI-exposed positions changing 66% more quickly than in other roles globally.

In Hong Kong, the relatively slow growth in AI-exposed roles contrasts with a notable increase in employer demand for AI skills.

Despite a weakened labour market in 2024, the share of job postings requiring AI-related skills rose to 1.9% from 1.6% in 2023. PwC researchers interpret this as a sign of growing demand for AI capabilities, even as broader job creation remains sluggish.

The Information and Communication sector was identified as the most AI-intensive, accounting for 7.2% of AI-related job postings in 2024, up from 6.4% in 2021. In contrast, other sectors, such as education, healthcare, and manufacturing, showed relatively flat demand for AI skills.

The report also distinguished between roles vulnerable to AI-driven automation and those enhanced through AI augmentation.

Jobs enhanced by AI, such as those in public administration and energy, grew by 6% on average, whilst roles more susceptible to automation declined by 7%.

According to PwC, this suggests that “AI is helping to democratise opportunity” and shift the focus toward collaboration between human and machine, rather than wholesale job displacement.