Sustainability hiring has ‘cooled’ in recent years – but remains much higher than pre-pandemic
Deloitte estimates that companies posted just under 6,000 sustainability jobs globally in 2025.
Deloitte analysis of sustainability job postings over the last decade suggests that hiring slowed down after a 2022 peak – but recruitment is still expected to be twice as high in 2025 than before the Covid-10 pandemic.
The report, which draws on labour market analytics firm Lightcast’ database of over 2.5 billion global job postings since 2014, shows that the sustainability talent market has grown significantly over the past decade. Deloitte identified just over 1,500 sustainability job postings in 2014 and around 11,000 in 2022.
