{"id":48634,"date":"2025-08-26T12:27:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/?p=48634"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:00:17","slug":"foundit-insights-tracker-singapore-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/foundit-insights-tracker-singapore-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore\u2019s Hiring Landscape in July 2025: foundit insights tracker\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overview of hiring activity<\/strong> in Singapore\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The foundit Insights Tracker (fit) for Singapore edged down <strong>1% month-on-month<\/strong> in July 2025. On a <strong>year-on-year<\/strong> basis, hiring was <strong>12% lower<\/strong>, while the <strong>3-month<\/strong> and <strong>6-month<\/strong> trends were <strong>+1%<\/strong> and <strong>-6%<\/strong>, suggesting selective, efficiency-first hiring with limited expansion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Singapore-Hiring-Trends-in-July-2025.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:468px\" aria-label=\"Embed of &lt;strong&gt;Singapore Hiring Trends in July 2025        &lt;\/strong&gt;.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-54cf0a21-4ec7-49dd-9421-6a86d68a667f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Singapore-Hiring-Trends-in-July-2025.pdf\"><strong>Singapore Hiring Trends in July 2025        <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Singapore-Hiring-Trends-in-July-2025.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-54cf0a21-4ec7-49dd-9421-6a86d68a667f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hiring trends by industry (YoY numbers)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>3 of 15<\/em><\/strong><em> industries posted annual growth in hiring&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In demand<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/search\/hospitality-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hospitality<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/search\/travel-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Travel<\/a> (+2%)<\/strong> \u2013 steady visitor flows and events underpin hiring.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/search\/advertising-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Advertising<\/a>\/Market Research\/PR\/Media (+2%)<\/strong> \u2013 selective creative and content roles.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Production\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/home\/search\/manufacturing-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Manufacturing<\/a> (+1%)<\/strong> \u2013 electronics cycle stabilising supports incremental backfills.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stable<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Retail\/Trade &amp; Logistics (0%)<\/strong>, <strong>Shipping\/Marine (0%)<\/strong> \u2013 activity holding, but firms remain cost-conscious.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Facing challenges<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>BFSI (-12%)<\/strong>, <strong>IT\/Telecom\/BPO (-5%)<\/strong>, <strong>Education (-7%)<\/strong>, <strong>Import\/Export (-6%)<\/strong>, <strong>Consumer Goods (-5%)<\/strong>, <strong>Engineering\/Construction\/Real Estate (-2%)<\/strong>, <strong>Oil &amp; Gas (-2%)<\/strong>, <strong>Health Care (-1%)<\/strong>, <strong>Government\/PSU\/Defence (-1%)<\/strong> \u2014 export sensitivity and budget reviews weigh on expansion.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hiring trends by functional area (MoM numbers)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>7 of 12<\/em><\/strong><em> functions saw marginal or flat month-on-month growth in hiring&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In demand\/stabilising<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HR &amp; Admin (+3%)<\/strong>, <strong>Marketing &amp; Communications (+2%)<\/strong>, <strong>Customer Service (+1%)<\/strong> \u2013 tactical backfills as firms manage service levels.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sales &amp; BD (0%)<\/strong>, <strong>Medical roles (0%)<\/strong>, <strong>Purchase\/Logistics\/Supply Chain (0%)<\/strong> \u2013 broadly steady.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Facing challenges<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Legal (-4%)<\/strong>, <strong>IT (-2%)<\/strong>, <strong>Engineering\/Production (-2%)<\/strong>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/home\/search\/finance-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> <strong>Finance<\/strong><\/a><strong> &amp; Accounts (-1%)<\/strong>, <strong>Hospitality (-1%)<\/strong> \u2013 continued selectivity in higher-cost\/headcount-sensitive roles.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the foundit insights tracker<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>foundit Insights Tracker (fit) Singapore<\/strong>, earlier known as the Monster Employment Index, is a leading guide to the country\u2019s e-recruitment landscape. By examining millions of job listings, fit provides timely insights into hiring activity across industries and functions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview of hiring activity in Singapore\u00a0 The foundit Insights Tracker (fit) for Singapore edged down 1% month-on-month in July 2025. On a year-on-year basis, hiring was 12% lower, while the 3-month and 6-month trends were +1% and -6%, suggesting selective, efficiency-first hiring with limited expansion.&nbsp; Hiring trends by industry (YoY numbers)&nbsp; 3 of 15 industries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-insights-tracker"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48636,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48634\/revisions\/48636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}