The global consumer industry experienced a 41% drop in new job postings related to robotics in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 44% decrease versus Q2 2023. GlobalData’s Consumer: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the consumer industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Production Occupations jobs accounted for a 17% share of the global consumer industry’s robotics-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, down 36% over the prior quarter.
Production Occupations drive robotics-related hiring activity
Production Occupations, with a share of 17%, emerged as the top robotics-related job roles within the consumer industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings drop by 36% quarter-on-quarter. Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations came in second with a share of 10% in Q2 2024, with new job postings dropping by 22% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent robotics roles include Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 9% share in Q2 2024, Management Occupations with a 9% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in consumer industry accounted for 21% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2024 were Campbell Soup, Arcelik, Tyson Foods, iRobot, and Procter & Gamble. Together they accounted for a combined share of 21% of all robotics-related new jobs in the consumer industry.
Campbell Soup posted 50 robotics-related new jobs in Q2 2024, Arcelik 46 jobs, Tyson Foods 33 jobs, iRobot 32 jobs, and Procter & Gamble 26 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 58.57% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024
The largest share of robotics-related new job postings in the consumer industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 58.57% followed by Turkey (5.33%) and France (4.09%). The share represented by the US was 21 percentage points higher than the 37.70% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.
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