The global power industry experienced a 12% 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 56% 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 13% share of the global power industry’s cybersecurity-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, down 7% over the prior quarter.
Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive cybersecurity-related hiring activity
Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 13%, emerged as the top cybersecurity-related job roles within the power industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings drop by 7% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 12% in Q2 2024, with new job postings dropping by 15% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent cybersecurity roles include Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 10% share in Q2 2024, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 6% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in power industry accounted for 63% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2024 were Hitachi Energy, Prysmian, Trojan Battery, Duquesne Light, and A2A. Together they accounted for a combined share of 63% of all cybersecurity-related new jobs in the power industry.
Hitachi Energy posted 3,267 cybersecurity-related new jobs in Q2 2024, Prysmian 689 jobs, Trojan Battery 257 jobs, Duquesne Light 230 jobs, and A2A 174 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 32.59% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024
The largest share of cybersecurity-related new job postings in the power industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 32.59% followed by India (11.04%) and Italy (8.12%). The share represented by the US was one percentage point lower than the 33.64% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.
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