Skillsoft (NYSE:SKIL), a leading AI-native skills management platform, today announced that it has been named a Strategic Leader in the 2026 Fosway 9‑Grid™ for Digital Learning. This marks the fifth consecutive year Skillsoft has received this placement in Fosway Group's independent market analysis of digital learning providers serving European enterprises, reflecting sustained performance in a rapidly evolving market.

According to Fosway's recent Digital Learning Realities research, fewer than 4 in 10 organizations believe their current learning platforms are fit for the modern workforce, a gap that continues to widen as AI transforms both business operations and workforce expectations.

The Fosway 9-Grid™ is an influential analyst assessment in the EMEA learning technology market, evaluating vendors across five dimensions: Potential, Performance, Presence, Total Cost of Ownership, and Trajectory. Skillsoft's placement as a Strategic Leader, accompanied by a higher Presence rating, reflects the Skillsoft platform's scale and adoption among enterprise customers.

"Being recognized as a Strategic Leader for the fifth year in a row reflects our ability to continue delivering what our customers need," said Raianne Reiss, Chief Marketing Officer, Skillsoft. "Enterprise leaders facing rapid change need more than content. They need visibility into skills, blended learning in the flow of work, and the ability to connect development to business outcomes."

Sustained Leadership in a Changing Market

Maintaining a Strategic Leader position over multiple years signals Skillsoft's ability to deliver lasting value as customer needs evolve. For large organizations, the challenge is no longer simply access to learning content, but ensuring that skills development keeps pace with business priorities, emerging technologies, and regional complexity.

Fosway's assessment recognizes Skillsoft's continued investment in helping customers address this challenge through a platform that enables organizations to:

Gain visibility into their skills landscape, including current capabilities and critical gaps across the workforce
Deliver more relevant learning faster, with personalized and role-aligned experiences that adapt as needs change
Validate real-world capability, moving beyond completion metrics to demonstrate applied skills through practice, labs, and assessments
Support global, enterprise-scale transformation, with integrations and experiences designed for distributed, multilingual teams

"Organisations operating at scale, whether they're managing global employees or aligning skills development to AI-driven transformation, need a combination of content depth, analytics, and skills intelligence to respond to the developmental needs of the modern workforce," commented David Wilson, CEO and founder of Fosway Group. "Skillsoft's continued position as a Strategic Leader reflects a platform that has kept pace with how enterprise learning has changed."

Learn more about the Fosway 9‑Grid™ for Digital Learning 2026 report at here.

About Skillsoft

Skillsoft (NYSE:SKIL) is a global leader in skills management for the human + AI era. The AI-native Skillsoft platform gives a clear view of workforce capability, closes critical skill gaps, and proves the impact of skills on business outcomes. With Skillsoft, organizations can build AI-ready teams, lower the cost and time of workforce development, and reduce execution risk as work continues to change. Thousands of organizations worldwide trust Skillsoft to power workforce readiness. Learn more at skillsoft.com.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260421971028/en/

Investor Contact

Ross Collins

SKIL@alpha-ir.com

Media Contact

Skillsoft PR

PR@skillsoft.com

Skillsoft Named a Strategic Leader in the Fosway 9‑Grid™ for Digital Learning Despite an Evolving Market