With cost pressures rising and digital talent in short supply, more Hong Kong companies are turning to borderless hiring as a strategic solution. But how do you balance quality, cost, speed, and compliance across international markets?
This guide delivers practical strategies and real-world insights for business leaders, HR teams, and hiring managers looking to expand beyond borders in 2025 and beyond.
Whether you’re scaling your tech team or building a lean regional hub, this guide equips you with the insights and data to do it right. If you’re based in Hong Kong and want to:
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Singapore remains one of Asia’s most competitive hiring markets, with high salaries, low unemployment, and fierce competition across tech, finance, and digital roles. Yet, the landscape is shifting. In 2025, employers face a dual challenge: attracting top-tier talent while managing rising labour costs and persistent skills gaps. Whether you’re hiring locally or building remote teams across Southeast Asia, this salary report offers the insights you need to stay ahead.
If you’re building teams in Singapore—or hiring remotely from Malaysia, Vietnam, or India—this guide arms you with the market intelligence to make competitive, data-driven decisions. With tech talent demand rising and 88% of IT employers reporting hiring difficulties in Singapore, there’s no room for guesswork. Whether you’re an HR leader, hiring manager, or business executive, this report gives you the clarity to:
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With competitive infrastructure, strong digital talent, and rising wage pressures, Malaysia is becoming both a source and a hub for cross-border hiring. Whether you’re an MNC offshoring into Malaysia or a local company hiring beyond borders, this report is your guide to navigating the next phase of remote-first recruitment.
Built for business leaders, HR teams, and talent strategists, this guide offers data-backed insights to help you hire smarter in 2025 and beyond.
If you’re hiring in Malaysia or building a distributed team across the region, this guide helps you:
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Australia is on the brink of a tech workforce transformation. With over 1 million tech professionals and a forecast to hit 1.3 million by 2030, the country is reshaping what the digital economy looks like—locally and across the region.
But in a market this fast-moving, staying competitive requires more than guesswork.
This report delivers the data-driven insights every hiring leader, HR professional, and tech executive needs to make informed decisions in 2025 and beyond.
Whether you’re scaling an engineering team in Sydney, building a data hub in Vietnam, or offshoring cloud roles to Malaysia—this guide arms you with the compensation benchmarks and hiring strategies to make the right move.
With 226,000 tech roles forecasted to go unfilled by 2030 in Australia alone, there’s never been a more critical time to understand the evolving tech talent landscape.
Throughout 2024/2025, Australia’s job market has shown cautious optimism, navigating a balance between growth ambitions and economic prudence. Businesses across the nation have remained vigilant, shaped by global uncertainties, inflation, and fluctuating commodity markets, influencing a cautious but steady hiring approach.
Australia’s economy continues to benefit from robust trade relationships, especially with China. However, domestic businesses are adapting to challenges including tighter immigration policies and fierce global competition for talent. As remote and hybrid work solidify their presence, companies are increasingly broadening their talent search beyond major cities, tapping into regional and offshore talent pools.
Tech & digital sectors have notably surged, driven by a heightened focus on digital transformation and innovation. Roles in software development, cybersecurity, data analytics, AI, and cloud computing are in particularly high demand, reflecting businesses’ efforts to future-proof their operations.
Engineering and construction sectors are facing significant skill shortages due to ongoing infrastructure and renewable energy projects, presenting valuable opportunities for both domestic and international professionals. Healthcare and ESG sectors also continue growing, fueled by demographic trends and an increasing corporate focus on sustainability.
Offshoring is reshaping Australia’s job market significantly, particularly affecting routine roles in IT support, customer service, and finance. Companies are strategically outsourcing these positions to countries offering lower operational costs. Nevertheless, high-value, specialized roles like financial analysts, cybersecurity experts, and product managers are firmly retained domestically, emphasizing innovation, leadership, and strategic capabilities.
This report delves deeply into hiring trends, sector-specific insights, the evolving influence of offshoring, and provides detailed salary benchmarks across critical tech and digital roles including:
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Hiring locally is becoming increasingly challenging. Rising salary expectations, limited access to specialized skills, and high turnover rates are making it harder to grow your business.
What’s the solution? Offshore hiring.
With access to global talent markets, you can find the skills you need at competitive costs, all while ensuring business continuity and scalability.
Our APAC Salary Comparison 2024/2025 report provides the data you need to evaluate offshore hiring opportunities across Australia, Malaysia, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines.
The report includes salary benchmarks for key industries, such as:
With clear data on how salaries vary by country, you’ll be equipped to make strategic decisions about hiring locally or offshore.
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Throughout 2024, hiring in Hong Kong has remained relatively cautious, with growth still subdued despite improvements from the previous year. Global economic challenges, geopolitical tensions, and the lingering impact of the pandemic have left many companies hesitant to expand, adopting a ‘wait and see’ approach. The city’s attempt to re-establish itself as a regional headquarters for international firms has been impacted by the loss of businesses relocating to places like Singapore, tarnishing Hong Kong’s reputation as a global career hub.
The demand for skilled professionals in sectors such as technology, fintech, ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance), and healthcare continues to grow. Companies are increasingly offshoring routine roles to neighboring regions with lower costs, like Southeast Asia and mainland China, but focusing on retaining high-value, strategic roles in Hong Kong. Despite the uncertainties, Hong Kong’s strategic location and efforts to attract global talent remain key to its gradual recovery, with tech-driven sectors expected to lead hiring trends moving forward.
Our report highlights the latest hiring trends, key roles in demand, challenges, and a comprehensive salary benchmark across these core sectors:
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The job market in Singapore is evolving rapidly, with significant changes expected throughout 2024 and into 2025. As companies navigate a challenging global economy, there are key trends emerging across various sectors, making Singapore a strategic hub for talent in the Asia-Pacific region.
While hiring activity has seen improvement compared to 2023, the focus has been primarily on junior to mid-management roles, with senior management positions recovering more slowly. Singapore’s status as a high-cost business center continues to influence companies’ strategies, as many reevaluate their local presence in favor of lower-cost alternatives. Nevertheless, Singapore’s role as a leading technology and financial hub remains intact, attracting businesses seeking access to Asia’s growing markets.
Our report highlights the latest hiring trend, key roles in demand, key challenges, and a comprehensive salary benchmark across these key roles:
Singapore’s job market outlook for 2024 is one of cautious optimism. As businesses continue to navigate the aftershocks of the pandemic and global uncertainties, the demand for talent—especially in tech, finance, and green industries—is set to rise. For companies seeking to attract top talent or professionals looking for their next opportunity, now is the time to capitalize on these emerging trends.
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