The proportion of food manufacturers hiring for artificial intelligence-related positions rose in March compared with the equivalent month last year, according to analysis by GlobalData.

The London-based data and analytics group said 36.4% of the companies under review recruited for at least one such position. That was higher than the 27.1% of manufacturers who were hiring for AI-related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 42.4% in February 2022.

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When it came to the rate of all job openings that were linked to AI, 2.2% of all newly-posted job ads were linked to the topic in March. That was the highest monthly figure recorded in the past year and is an increase compared to the 1% of jobs related to AI in the equivalent month a year ago.

AI is one of the topics that GlobalData, Just Food’s parent company, has identified as being a disruptive force facing business in the coming years. Companies that excel and invest in these areas now are thought to be better prepared for the future business landscape and better equipped to survive unforeseen challenges.

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GlobalData says its analysis of the data shows food manufacturers are hiring for AI jobs at a rate lower than the average for all companies within its job analytics database. The average among all companies stood at 3.4% in March.

The company’s job analytics database tracks the daily hiring patterns of thousands of companies across the world, drawing in jobs as they’re posted and tagging them with additional layers of data on everything from the seniority of each position to whether a job is linked to wider industry trends.

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