Security across the Middle East and North Africa is evolving rapidly as organisations respond to growing risks, skills shortages and changing workforce expectations. The SSR Personnel MENA Insights Survey 2025 reveals how hiring trends, salary pressures and emerging threats are reshaping the region’s security landscape.

🔗📄MENA Salary Survey Report (Supported by ASIS International)

🔗📄Developing regional resilience in the manufacturing sector (Published by International Security Journal)

1. Over the past 18 months, remuneration trends in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) region have been influenced by a combination of economic diversification, talent shortages, and global inflationary pressures.

2. The Middle East is rapidly emerging as a key player in global manufacturing, with substantial investments from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and Qatar,

explains Peter French MBE and Andrew Hudson, SSR Personnel. These countries are not only diversifying their economies but are also leveraging technologies like AI and robotics as well as digital transformation to build sustainable manufacturing sectors. Regional instability in the Red Sea, however, is forcing global shipping companies to adapt logistics strategies. As the region works to strengthen its industrial base, the Middle East is poised to become an even more integral part of the global economy, despite ongoing security challenges.