Indonesia, March 10 -- nearly on par with the global average of 72%.

The study, surveying more than 39,000 employers across 41 countries, including 12,193 across 10 APME markets, shows hiring challenges vary by market. In APME, Japan (84%) and India (82%) experience the most severe constraints, while the U.A.E. stands at 76%, and China (48%) is the least affected regionally and globally. At the global level, Slovakia (87%), Greece (84%) and Japan report the highest shortage, while Finland (60%) and Poland (57%) face the lowest shortage, alongside China.

Even as the degree of shortage differs by market, AI skills consistently rank among the hardest to find in APME, led by AI Model & Application Development (27%) and AI Literacy (26%), wh...