Overview

• The LinkedIn Talent Insights report was presented at the Skill Kerala Global Summit, where K-DISC framed it as a roadmap and LinkedIn India endorsed a skills collaboration with the state.
• Kerala’s professional cohort expanded 172% over five years, aided by more than 9,800 returnees from the UAE—about 52% of global returnees—and roughly 7,700 professionals moving back from Karnataka.
• Kerala ranks ninth among Indian states by LinkedIn metrics, with nearly 40% of professionals concentrated in Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and Kozhikode.
• Participation in digital and professional training has doubled in two years as AI, data analysis and financial planning gain, and 39% of core job skills are projected to change or become obsolete by 2030.
• Technology, finance and education lead roles such as software engineers, accountants and teachers, women constitute 37% of the workforce, and sectors like biotechnology and advanced analytics remain under-tapped.