North America extended its dominance for data analytics hiring among mining industry companies in the three months ending February.
The number of roles in North America made up 57.9% of total data analytics jobs – up from 49.8% in the same quarter last year. That was followed by Europe, which saw a 1.9 year-on-year percentage point change in data analytics roles.
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By GlobalDataWhich countries are seeing the most growth for data analytics job ads in the mining industry?
The fastest growing country was the US, which saw 39.8% of all data analytics job adverts in the three months ending February 2021, increasing to 51.3% in the three months ending February this year.
That was followed by India (up 2.8 percentage points), the UK (1.4), and China (0.8).
The top country for data analytics roles in the mining industry is the US, which saw 51.3% of all roles advertised in the three months ending February.
Which cities are the biggest hubs for data analytics workers in the mining industry?
Some 4.8% of all mining industry data analytics roles were advertised in Perth (Australia) in the three months ending February.
That was followed by Chicago (US) with 4.8%, Phoenix (US) with 4%, and Milwaukee (US) with 2.8%.
