Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 46% share of the global mining industry’s cloud-related total new job postings in Q2 2023, down 37% over the prior quarter.

Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive cloud-related hiring activity

Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 46%, emerged as the top cloud-related job roles within the mining industry in Q2 2023, with new job postings drop by 37% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 9% in Q2 2023, with new job postings dropping by 47% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent cloud roles include Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations with a 4% share in Q2 2023, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 3% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in mining industry accounted for 40% of hiring activity

The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2023 were Caterpillar, Cummins, ABB, Deere & Co, and Norsk Hydro. Together they accounted for a combined share of 40% of all cloud-related new jobs in the mining industry.

Caterpillar posted 126 cloud-related new jobs in Q2 2023, Cummins 106 jobs, ABB 84 jobs, Deere & Co 61 jobs, and Norsk Hydro 49 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 39.12% share of total new job postings, Q2 2023

The largest share of cloud-related new job postings in the mining industry in Q2 2023 was in the US with 39.12% followed by India (12.32%) and Canada (7.00%). The share represented by the US was four percentage points higher than the 35.08% share it accounted for in Q1 2023.

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This content was updated on 24 July 2023

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