The global mining industry experienced a 9% drop in new job postings related to cloud in Q3 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 44% decrease versus Q3 2022. GlobalData’s Mining: Hiring Trends & Signals Q3 2023 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the mining industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.

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Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 45% share of the global mining industry’s cloud-related total new job postings in Q3 2023, down 12% over the prior quarter.

Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive cloud-related hiring activity

Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 45%, emerged as the top cloud-related job roles within the mining industry in Q3 2023, with new job postings drop by 12% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 9% in Q3 2023, with new job postings dropping by 14% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent cloud roles include Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 5% share in Q3 2023, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 5% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in mining industry accounted for 46% of hiring activity

The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q3 2023 were ABB, Caterpillar, Deere & Co, Cummins, and Orica. Together they accounted for a combined share of 46% of all cloud-related new jobs in the mining industry.

ABB posted 141 cloud-related new jobs in Q3 2023, Caterpillar 129 jobs, Deere & Co 93 jobs, Cummins 52 jobs, and Orica 47 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 37.99% share of total new job postings, Q3 2023

The largest share of cloud-related new job postings in the mining industry in Q3 2023 was in the US with 37.99% followed by India (11.86%) and Australia (7.84%). The share represented by the US was one percentage point higher than the 36.65% share it accounted for in Q2 2023.

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This content was updated on 8 October 2023

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