The global mining industry experienced a 13% drop in new job postings related to artificial intelligence in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 1% increase versus Q2 2023. GlobalData’s Mining: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 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 an 18% share of the global mining industry’s artificial intelligence-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, down 29% over the prior quarter.
Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive artificial intelligence-related hiring activity
Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 18%, emerged as the top artificial intelligence-related job roles within the mining industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings drop by 29% quarter-on-quarter. Architecture and Engineering Occupations came in second with a share of 10% in Q2 2024, with new job postings dropping by 25% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent artificial intelligence roles include Management Occupations with an 8% share in Q2 2024, Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations with a 5% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in mining industry accounted for 54% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2024 were ABB, Caterpillar, Vale, Eaton, and Atlas Copco. Together they accounted for a combined share of 54% of all artificial intelligence-related new jobs in the mining industry.
ABB posted 312 artificial intelligence-related new jobs in Q2 2024, Caterpillar 266 jobs, Vale 79 jobs, Eaton 60 jobs, and Atlas Copco 52 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 32.63% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024
The largest share of artificial intelligence-related new job postings in the mining industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 32.63% followed by India (10.41%) and Canada (9.14%). The share represented by the US was two percentage points higher than the 30.63% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.
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