The need for manual and physical skills, as well as basic cognitive ones, will decline, but demand for technological, social and emotional, and higher cognitive skills will grow. We, therefore, conducted research that we hope will help definitions take shape and could contribute to future-proof citizens’ skills for the world of work. Digital proficiency seems to be particularly associated with higher incomes: a respondent with higher digital proficiency across all digital Deltas was 41 per cent more likely to earn a top-quintile income than respondents with lower digital proficiency. The equivalent comparison was 30 per cent for cognitive Deltas, 24 per cent for self-leadership Deltas and 14 per cent for interpersonal Deltas. The fact that proficiency in digital Deltas was lower among older survey respondents who had left the national educational system illustrates this point.

Source: Standard Digital July 18, 2021 06:22 UTC