Singapore’s tech workforce grows 4% as 2025 digital economy hits S$144.1 billion: IMDA
The digital economy accounts for 19.3% of the Republic’s GDP in 2025
In 2025, Singapore's tech workforce expanded by 3.8 percent, reaching 222,200 professionals, according to the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). This growth was fueled by a rising demand for tech talents across non-tech sectors. The Singapore Digital Economy Report 2026 revealed that the digital economy, encompassing the information and communications sector and digitalization outside the sector, grew to S$144.1 billion in 2025, up from S$136.5 billion in 2024.
The digital economy now accounts for 19.3 percent of Singapore's GDP, a 0.5 percentage point increase from 2024's 18.8 percent. While tech professionals in non-tech sectors increased by 5.3 percent to 130,900, those in tech sectors rose by 1.8 percent to 91,300. Overall, tech jobs constitute 5.4 percent of total employment, a slight rise from 5.3 percent in 2024 and 5.2 percent in 2023.
The median monthly wage for tech jobs increased marginally to S$8,000, surpassing the overall resident median monthly wage of S$5,000. The digital economy's growth, which accelerated at 5.6 percent year-on-year, outpaced the 3.1 percent growth in nominal GDP. This surge in demand for tech professionals is concurrent with Singapore's burgeoning digital economy, with the information and communications sector witnessing continued robust expansion and the tech sector recording a 6.1 percent rise in nominal value-added to S$47.1 billion in 2025.
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