The global retail industry experienced a 17% drop in new job postings related to cloud in Q3 2022 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s whitepaper on Cloud in Retail – Hiring Activity in Q3 2022. This compares to a flat growth versus Q3 2021.
Notably, Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers jobs accounted for a 35% share of the global retail industry’s cloud -related total new job postings in Q3 2022, down 24% over the prior quarter.
Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers, with a share of 35%, emerged as the top cloud -related job roles within the retail industry in Q3 2022, with new job postings drop by 24% quarter-on-quarter. Computer and Information Systems Managers came in second with a share of 7% in Q3 2022, with new job postings drop by 20% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent cloud roles include Database and Network Administrators and Architects with a 5% share in Q3 2022, General and Operations Managers with a 2% share of new job postings.
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The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q3 2022 were Amazon.com, Walmart, Vorwerk and CVS Health. Together they accounted for a combined share of 22% of all cloud -related active jobs in the retail industry.
Amazon.com posted 3,817 jobs in Q3 2022 and registered a drop of 35% over the previous quarter, followed by Walmart with 624 jobs and a 35% drop. Vorwerk with 415 jobs and CVS Health with 388 jobs, recorded a % growth and a 6% decrease, respectively, while Ocado Group recorded a 10% increase with 359 job postings during Q3 2022.
The largest share of cloud -related new job postings in the retail industry in Q3 2022 was in the US with 57% followed by India (8%) and the UK (7%). The share represented by the US was nine percentage points lower than the 65% share it accounted for in Q2 2022.
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