Among the types of skills commonly referenced were AI Ethics & Governance (368.8% y/y), Agentic AI (118.6% y/y) and Generative AI (77.0% y/y). 3.7% of total job ads make reference to AI or AI skills, compared to 2.1% of Australian jobs ads. These are most commonly referenced in Information & Communication Technology roles (where skills are mentioned in 16.7% of total job ads) Marketing & Communications (9.2% of total jobs ads) and Consulting & Strategy roles (8.2% of total job ads). Figure 2: Annual job ad growth by average task automation score – low, medium and high AI automation. This makes annual job ad volumes only slightly below average and does not indicate any significant dropoff in hiring activity.