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Firms are making existing jobs more digital as workers grow scarce in Ukraine, World Bank study finds

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Ukrainian companies are changing the skills they require for existing jobs as they adapt to worker shortages and wartime disruption, with digital capabilities becoming increasingly important, according to a new World Bank study.

After the full-scale invasion, digital skills accounted for 13.09% of the skills employers sought in online job vacancies, nearly double the 6.74% recorded before it,, according to the study. That means roughly 13 of every 100 skills identified in job postings were digital, compared with fewer than seven before the invasion.

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