Digital Skills Demand in Tunisia

Overview & Synopsis

This policy note examines digital skills demand in Tunisia and evaluates the country’s readiness to engage in the evolving digital economy. Using real-time labor market data from LinkedIn and Lightcast, the analysis highlights changing hiring patterns, sectoral demand, and skills trends across industries. Findings show that digital hiring surged during the COVID-19 period, followed by stabilization after 2021, reflecting normalization in labor market dynamics. Digital demand is increasingly spreading beyond the ICT sector into areas such as logistics, manufacturing, finance, and energy, underscoring the broad diffusion of digital technologies. However, demand remains concentrated in core technical roles, particularly software development, while gradually shifting toward hybrid profiles combining technical expertise with domain knowledge. Despite these trends, Tunisia’s workforce shows a relatively lower share of digital skills compared to global peers, suggesting a gap between supply and demand. Encouragingly, the country demonstrates emerging potential in advanced areas such as artificial intelligence. To fully capitalize on this potential, Tunisia will need to strengthen digital training systems, improve alignment between education and market needs, and address gaps in soft skills and language proficiency to enhance employability and global competitiveness.