The global power industry experienced a 3% 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 an 11% increase versus Q2 2023. GlobalData’s Power: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 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.
Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 21% share of the global power industry’s artificial intelligence-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, up 2% over the prior quarter.
Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive artificial intelligence-related hiring activity
Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 21%, emerged as the top artificial intelligence-related job roles within the power industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings rising by 2% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 12% in Q2 2024, with new job postings rising by 23% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent artificial intelligence roles include Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations with an 8% share in Q2 2024, Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 6% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in power industry accounted for 24% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2024 were Plug Power, E.ON, AES, Sunnova Energy International, and Clarios International. Together they accounted for a combined share of 24% of all artificial intelligence-related new jobs in the power industry.
Plug Power posted 195 artificial intelligence-related new jobs in Q2 2024, E.ON 187 jobs, AES 132 jobs, Sunnova Energy International 95 jobs, and Clarios International 95 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 46.55% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024
The largest share of artificial intelligence-related new job postings in the power industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 46.55% followed by Italy (10.77%) and India (7.52%). The share represented by the US was three percentage points higher than the 43.21% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.
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