Singapore sees rising demand for technical roles

Hiring in other segments remains mixed.

Technical roles have seen rising demand across Singapore in the past three months, with engineering roles leading the way, according to an Indeed report.  

The report reveals that civil engineering job postings have risen by almost 19% since February 2025, ahead of mechanical (+14%) and industrial (+6.5%) engineering roles.

Hiring in other segments remains mixed. Technology-related roles such as data analytics (+5.6%) and software development (+0.9%) saw increases along with childcare (+13%) and sports (+12%) roles.

Management roles have risen slightly by 1.3% to 13.5%, whilst the share of job postings for education roles has increased to 4.7%, from 4.3% a year ago.

However, there were fewer hiring in pharmacy (-45%), veterinary (-19%), physicians and surgeons (-19%), medical technicians (-18%), and medical information (-19%) roles.

The largest declines in the past year were in software development, down 1.2 percentage points, ahead of retail (-0.8% points), marketing (-0.6% points), and scientific research (-0.6%).

“While some job postings are declining, the pace of decline has not increased, suggesting that we have not yet seen an employer response to a weaker global economic outlook,” Callam Pickering, Senior Economist at Indeed, said.

Growth across most sectors remains healthy compared to pre-pandemic levels, with 10% of sectors enjoying twice the number of postings.