Despite an uncertain climate, certain sectors continue to actively recruit. In 2025, digital technology, energy, the environment, health and personal services will emerge as pillars of the job market. Driven by innovation and growing needs, these areas offer numerous opportunities, both for workers seeking stability and for those seeking to retrain. These sectors, at the heart of economic and societal transformations, embody the new priorities of tomorrow’s work.
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Changing sectors facing exponential demand
In 2024, the France Travail workforce needs survey identified 2.78 million hiring intentions, marking a decline of 8.5% compared to the previous year. While forecasts for 2025 are expected by the end of the first quarter, some trends are already emerging. Traditional sectors such as industry, which has nearly 200,000 job offers currently published, remain pillars of the market, followed closely by construction and public works (156,000) as well as commerce and sales (154,000).
The hotel and catering industry, still in high demand, continues to recruit massively, particularly during peak periods. Alongside these giants, other sectors, although less voluminous, are distinguished by rapid growth in their needs. These booming fields, driven by economic and technological changes, are expected to play a central role in the job market in 2025.
Digital, a pool of opportunities for retraining
Digital technology is redefining the job market with growing needs driven by the rise of new technologies, artificial intelligence and the digitalization of businesses. By 2030, 1.6 million positions will need to be filled, making digital technology an essential pillar for young graduates and professional retraining.
Cybersecurity, in particular, illustrates this rise in power: faced with the increase in cyberattacks, the national strategy aims to double its workforce by 2025, from 37,000 to 75,000 professionals. With accessible training and urgent needs, the sector opens its doors to those ready to take on the challenge.
- Cybersecurity engineer: Protector of sensitive data, he designs strategies to secure computer systems.
- Web and software developer: A digital innovator, he creates and optimizes the digital tools at the heart of our uses.
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- Data scientist: Data specialist, he interprets them to guide the strategic decisions of companies.
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Health: a sector in search of reinforcements
Faced with a growing shortage, the health sector is recruiting on a large scale. Caregivers, nurses, midwives: these strained professions require massive reinforcements to meet needs. Dares estimates that 410,000 positions will need to be filled by 2030 in health, medico-social and social action, including 220,000 for nurses, caregivers and midwives. These needs provide a framework conducive to retraining, with accessible training to integrate this essential sector.
- Caregiver: Essential support for patients on a daily basis, they ensure their well-being with attention and know-how.
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- Nurse: A key player in care, he provides medical monitoring and supports patients with dedication.
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- Paramedic: Guardian of the safety of patients in transport, he acts with responsiveness and professionalism.
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Personal services: professions at the heart of human connection
In 2024, personal services will dominate the job market with more than a million vacancies, surpassing business services. The professions of home help and maintenance workers are among the professions offering the most job opportunities, according to France Stratégie, and this trend is expected to continue until 2030. With a third of French people aged over 60 until then, the silver economy, focused on the needs of seniors, is experiencing unprecedented growth.
- Home help: This profession combines human support and concrete help for seniors or dependent people.
- Maintenance agent: Essential to the hygiene of living spaces, he offers varied missions that are always in demand.
- Social life assistant: Local support, he accompanies vulnerable people in their daily activities.
Environment and energy: the revolution of green professions
Professions linked to the environment and sustainable energies are experiencing unprecedented growth, driven by the ecological transition. In 2024, the construction and transport sectors accounted for more than two thirds of the environmental job offers recorded by France Travail. But it is all impact professions – those which reorient traditional practices and those which directly aim to reduce our ecological footprint – which are now shaping the job market. The Brawo Impact barometer identified nearly 400,000 impact offers, a particularly attractive pool of positions for retraining.
- Energy renovation technician: Specialist in ecological buildings, he reduces their energy footprint and modernizes infrastructure.
- Solar energy engineer: A visionary of clean energy, he designs innovative solutions to meet energy challenges.
- Sustainable development project manager: Strategic advisor, he manages eco-responsible projects for businesses and communities.
You can also find all the professions in the environment sector via our job descriptions.
