The global mining industry experienced a 14% drop in new job postings related to cybersecurity in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 1% decrease 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 a 22% share of the global mining industry’s cybersecurity-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, down 4% over the prior quarter.

Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive cybersecurity-related hiring activity

Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 22%, emerged as the top cybersecurity-related job roles within the mining industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings drop by 4% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 12% in Q2 2024, with new job postings dropping by 12% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent cybersecurity roles include Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 7% share in Q2 2024, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 6% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in mining 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 ABB, Eaton, Caterpillar, Vulcan Energy Resources, and Cummins. Together they accounted for a combined share of 44% of all cybersecurity-related new jobs in the mining industry.

ABB posted 181 cybersecurity-related new jobs in Q2 2024, Eaton 105 jobs, Caterpillar 73 jobs, Vulcan Energy Resources 45 jobs, and Cummins 32 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 32.21% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024

The largest share of cybersecurity-related new job postings in the mining industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 32.21% followed by India (20.90%) and Canada (5.81%). The share represented by the US was five percentage points higher than the 26.88% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.

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This content was updated on 28 July 2024

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