The global retail industry experienced a 10% drop in new job postings related to cybersecurity in Q3 2022 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s whitepaper on Cybersecurity in Retail – Hiring Activity in Q3 2022. This compares to a 33% increase versus Q3 2021.
Notably, Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers jobs accounted for a 13% share of the global retail industry’s cybersecurity-related total new job postings in Q3 2022, down 25% over the prior quarter.
Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers, with a share of 13%, emerged as the top cybersecurity-related job roles within the retail industry in Q3 2022, with new job postings drop by 25% quarter-on-quarter. Miscellaneous Protective Service Workers came in second with a share of 7% in Q3 2022, with new job postings drop by 27% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent cybersecurity roles include Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers with a 6% share in Q3 2022, Database and Network Administrators and Architects with a 5% 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, Macy's, Walmart and Home Depot. Together they accounted for a combined share of 13% of all cybersecurity-related active jobs in the retail industry.
Amazon.com posted 1,056 jobs in Q3 2022 and registered a drop of 23% over the previous quarter, followed by Macy's with 265 jobs and a 132% growth. Walmart with 217 jobs and Home Depot with 168 jobs, recorded a 38% decline and a 13% decrease, respectively, while StockX recorded a 60% increase with 139 job postings during Q3 2022.
The largest share of cybersecurity-related new job postings in the retail industry in Q3 2022 was in the US with 62% followed by the UK (8%) and India (7%). The share represented by the US was one percentage point higher than the 60% share it accounted for in Q2 2022.
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