The global auto industry experienced a 7% drop in new job postings related to cloud in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 16% decrease versus Q2 2023. GlobalData’s Automotive: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the automotive industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 48% share of the global auto industry’s cloud-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, down 0.11% over the prior quarter.
Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive cloud-related hiring activity
Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 48%, emerged as the top cloud-related job roles within the auto industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings drop by 0.11% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 8% in Q2 2024, with new job postings dropping by 11% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent cloud roles include Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 5% share in Q2 2024, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 2% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in auto industry accounted for 44% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2024 were Ford Motor, Robert Bosch, Continental, Mercedes-Benz Group, and British Motor. Together they accounted for a combined share of 44% of all cloud-related new jobs in the auto industry.
Ford Motor posted 754 cloud-related new jobs in Q2 2024, Robert Bosch 487 jobs, Continental 153 jobs, Mercedes-Benz Group 141 jobs, and British Motor 118 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 31.97% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024
The largest share of cloud-related new job postings in the auto industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 31.97% followed by India (30.10%) and Germany (9.68%). The share represented by the US was three percentage points higher than the 28.61% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.
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