Multimedia (including games) developer
AI displacement risk
49%
Range 45.05–52.63%
Multimedia (including games) developer has 86% AI task overlap with only 5% human bottleneck protection — higher risk than 93% of occupations in the live market. Structural displacement pressure is significant.
Professionals·SGD 6,331/mo (5,422–9,496)·~4.1K workers in SG·Updated 2026-06-11
Structural pressure, not a prediction of job loss. Displacement tends to arrive through slower hiring, wage compression and role redesign before layoffs.
Why This Score
86% of tasks overlap with current AI
5% human advantage from judgment & presence
45% demand buffer from the local labour market
On the Shortage Occupation List & Jobs in Demand list — government recognises hiring need
These factors interact with each other — the final score is not a simple sum of these bars.
How much AI overlaps with this job's tasks, offset by human advantages and local demand. Score stability: watch. How this works
Tasks AI can handle
With 86% AI task overlap (based on Felten AIOE and ILO occupational exposure), the Multimedia (including games) developer tasks most exposed include: code generation, test writing, documentation, code review suggestions, and debugging common patterns.
- • Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
- • Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
- • Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.
O*NET tasks for this occupation with the most observed AI usage (Anthropic task data).
What AI can't do here
At 5% human bottleneck protection, the tasks that remain hardest to automate for Multimedia (including games) developer include: system architecture decisions, complex debugging in production, cross-team coordination, requirements gathering, and security-critical code review.
Skills to focus on
Dell'Acqua et al. (2023) found consultants using AI improved quality 12-40% depending on task boundary — but performance dropped when AI was used outside its capability frontier ("jagged frontier" effect).
Sources: Felten AIOE (2021), ILO GenAI (2025), Pizzinelli et al. bottleneck model. Full methodology.
Singapore Now
Current labour market conditions and how they affect this role.
Cooling, but not collapsing. Vacancies and re-entry are softer, yet retrenchment remains low and hiring still exceeds resignations.
Vacancy
3.1%
↓ 3.1% YoY
Hiring
1.5%
vs 0.9% resign
Retrenchment
1.5
per 1,000 · low
Re-entry
67.7%
find work in 12mo· -5.3pp
Professionals, Managers, Executives & Technicians · 2025 Q4
Top Industries
Industry vacancy overlays use the latest published detailed cross-tab, which can lag the main labour monitor.
What You Can Do
Multimedia (including games) developer has some offset potential, but it depends on transition pathways holding up in practice and on workers clearing the main switching frictions.
Published transition support
Related roles you could transition to
Risk-reducingHigh displacement pressure, but comparatively credible risk-reducing moves exist — the strongest scores 74% match. Escape-route quality, not pressure alone, shapes how risk resolves.
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Higher risk than 93% of occupations · V7 structural score
Raw scores
AIOE 1.242 · θ 0.585 · C-AIOE 1.119
Stability
watch · Optimistic 48% · Pessimistic 59%
Score range (best/worst case)
Exposure 83–86% · Net risk 45.05–52.63%
Scoring basis
V7 structural score. Uses task-concentration-weighted exposure, human bottleneck, and demand resilience. V6 baseline fields are retained for release-to-release comparison.-4.7pp versus retained V6 baseline.
Wage range (SGD/mo)
25th 5,422 · Median 6,331 · 75th 9,496
Evidence & sources
Data matching
direct · SSOC 25123
SOL 2026: prefix match
Jobs in Demand: prefix match
Data quality
77% · Matching 0.92 · Market data 0.75 · Freshness 0.75
Capped at high · Final rating: medium · capped for sparse source coverage
100% weighted task match · 37% effective coverage
AI overlap by data source
Weights: aioe 47% · ilo 53%
Conflicting data signals
Worker profile & local context
- Vacancy rate is 3.1% and was essentially flat versus last quarter.
- Hiring read: recruitment is running above resignation (1.5% vs 0.9%).
- Retrenchment was low at 1.5 per 1,000 employees.
- 67.7% of retrenched workers re-entered employment within 12 months.
- Employer pressure is moderate, based on 7 recent Singapore-relevant company signals.
Worker profile
Gender mix
70% male / 30% femalePublished Singapore worker composition for the detailed occupation family 25 Information & Communications Technology Professionals.
Employment structure
Employee-heavy96% employees, 4% employers or self-employed workers.
Work arrangement
Mostly full-time4% part-time and 96% full-time in 2025.
Age profile
Mid-career heavy14% aged 15 to 29, 62% aged 30 to 49, and 24% aged 50 or older.
Qualification mix
Degree-heavyDegree 81%; Diploma / professional qualification 15%.
Where this work is concentrated
Top planning areas
Sengkang, Bedok, Tampines19% of workers in this occupation group live in these three planning areas.
Residential concentration
Broadly distributed30% live across the top five planning areas in the 2020 Census.
Commute pattern
Mid-range commutesEstimated average commute 37.5 minutes. 33% take 46 minutes or more.
Role profile
How this role's work breaks down across key dimensions. This is a general profile, not an individual measurement.
Workflow dimensions (0 = low, 1 = high)
How this changes by career stage
Senior workers benefit from institutional knowledge and judgment that AI cannot replicate. Entry-level roles have higher task overlap with AI.
Frequently asked questions
Will AI replace Multimedia (including games) developer?
Multimedia (including games) developer has 86% AI task overlap with only 5% human bottleneck protection — higher risk than 93% of occupations in the live market. Structural displacement pressure is significant. Net displacement risk: 49% (High). Median wage: SGD 6,331/month.
What is the AI risk score for Multimedia (including games) developer?
Multimedia (including games) developer has an AI displacement risk of 49%, rated High. AI task overlap: 86%. Human advantage: 5%. Local demand buffer: 45%.
What career transitions are available for Multimedia (including games) developer?
Multimedia (including games) developer has modeled transition pathways to related occupations. The strongest adjacent pathway is Software developer, based on skill and wage similarity (model-estimated). Transition scoring accounts for wage preservation, training ease, and destination quality.
How does Multimedia (including games) developer salary compare in the live market?
Multimedia (including games) developer earns a median gross wage of SGD 6,331/month in the live market (25th-75th percentile: SGD 5,422-9,496). This is 41% above median across all 562 scored occupations, and 3% below group median within Professionals occupations.