Taiwan leads Asia in workplace AI adoption as confidence in future skills tops region: Survey

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Nearly 80% of professionals in Taiwan believe AI will have a positive impact on their future career opportunities, while critical thinking and fact-checking emerge as the most valued skills for the future.

Taiwan has emerged as one of Asia's most AI-ready labour markets, with professionals reporting the highest levels of workplace AI adoption and skills confidence among the 10 Asian markets surveyed, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan, according to new research from Robert Walters.

The report found that 96% of professionals in Taiwan already use AI at work, exceeding the regional average of 93%. At the same time, 79% believe AI will have a positive impact on their future career opportunities, compared with the Asia-wide average of 75%.

Confidence remains strong despite reskilling needs

As AI continues to reshape job requirements, more than half (53%) of employers in Taiwan expected at least a quarter of their workforce to require reskilling or upskilling over the next five years, while 18% expected this to apply to more than half of employees.

Despite the scale of change, confidence among professionals remains high. 73% of professionals in Taiwan said they were confident in their ability to continue learning and keep their skills up to date, the highest level recorded among all markets surveyed.

AI moves beyond content creation

Across Asia, content creation (47%), data analysis and insights (40%), and research (38%) remain the most common workplace uses of AI.

In Taiwan, however, predictive analytics and decision support emerged as the most common application, cited by 62% of professionals. Content creation followed at 58%, while 40% reported using AI for data analysis and insights.

The findings indicated that many organisations in Taiwan are moving beyond using AI primarily for productivity gains and are increasingly applying it to analysis, insight generation, and decision-making.

Concerns focus on governance rather than job losses

For professionals in Taiwan, concerns about AI are less focused on job displacement and more centred on whether the technology can be used safely and responsibly.

Data misuse and confidentiality (54%) and accountability for AI-driven decisions (51%) were cited as the top concerns, both representing the highest levels recorded across the 10 Asian markets surveyed.

Human judgement remains critical

At the same time, employers are placing growing emphasis on uniquely human capabilities.

More than three-quarters (76%) of employers identified critical thinking and fact-checking as essential skills in an AI-driven workplace, compared with 64% across Asia.

The report suggested that as AI becomes more capable of generating information, employees will increasingly be valued for their ability to verify outputs, exercise judgement, and apply context.

New career opportunities emerge

As AI becomes more integrated into the workplace, employers in Taiwan identified the functions most exposed to change are:

• Administration & Business Support (45%)
• Accounting & Finance (28%)
• IT & Digital Transformation (22%)

Meanwhile, demand is expected to grow for professionals who can combine technology understanding, data capabilities, and commercial judgement.

Key areas of growth include:

• AI-adjacent and hybrid roles that bridge technical teams and business needs, such as AI Product Managers and AI Business Analysts.
• Data, insights and transformation roles that turn AI-generated insights into measurable business outcomes, such as Data Analysts and Business Intelligence professionals.
• Governance, ethics, and trust-related roles that support responsible AI adoption, including AI Governance or Risk Managers, Responsible AI Leads and Data Privacy Officers.

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