The global power industry experienced a 30% drop in new job postings related to robotics in Q4 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 31% decrease versus Q4 2022. GlobalData’s Power: Hiring Trends & Signals Q4 2023 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the power industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Architecture and Engineering Occupations jobs accounted for a 21% share of the global power industry’s robotics-related total new job postings in Q4 2023, down 12% over the prior quarter.
Architecture and Engineering Occupations drive robotics-related hiring activity
Architecture and Engineering Occupations, with a share of 21%, emerged as the top robotics-related job roles within the power industry in Q4 2023, with new job postings drop by 12% quarter-on-quarter. Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations came in second with a share of 15% in Q4 2023, with new job postings dropping by 16% over the previous quarter.
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The other prominent robotics roles include Computer and Mathematical Occupations with a 12% share in Q4 2023, Management Occupations with a 10% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in power industry accounted for 57% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q4 2023 were Plug Power, Zodiac Pool Systems, Siemens, Schneider Electric, and Siemens Energy. Together they accounted for a combined share of 57% of all robotics-related new jobs in the power industry.
Plug Power posted 184 robotics-related new jobs in Q4 2023, Zodiac Pool Systems 67 jobs, Siemens 51 jobs, Schneider Electric 36 jobs, and Siemens Energy 17 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 67.20% share of total new job postings, Q4 2023
The largest share of robotics-related new job postings in the power industry in Q4 2023 was in the US with 67.20% followed by France (5.79%) and India (4.66%). The share represented by the US was five percentage points lower than the 72.62% share it accounted for in Q3 2023.
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