The global retail industry experienced a 2% rise in new job postings related to internet of things in Q3 2022 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s whitepaper on Internet Of Things in Retail – Hiring Activity in Q3 2022. This compares to a 5% increase versus Q3 2021.
Notably, Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers jobs accounted for a 20% share of the global retail industry’s internet of things-related total new job postings in Q3 2022, down 27% over the prior quarter.
Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers, with a share of 20%, emerged as the top internet of things-related job roles within the retail industry in Q3 2022, with new job postings drop by 27% quarter-on-quarter. Designers came in second with a share of 8% in Q3 2022, with new job postings drop by 1200% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent internet of things roles include Computer and Information Systems Managers with a 4% share in Q3 2022, Radio and Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers with a 3% 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, Dollar Tree, VorwerkKG and Ocado Group. Together they accounted for a combined share of 7% of all internet of things-related active jobs in the retail industry.
Amazon.com posted 811 jobs in Q3 2022 and registered a drop of 44% over the previous quarter, followed by Dollar Tree with 429 jobs and a 56% drop. VorwerkKG with 410 jobs and Ocado Group with 325 jobs, recorded a % growth and a 10% increase, respectively, while H & M Hennes & Mauritz recorded a 10% increase with 260 job postings during Q3 2022.
The largest share of internet of things-related new job postings in the retail industry in Q3 2022 was in the US with 43% followed by Germany (12%) and the UK (11%). The share represented by the US was 27 percentage points lower than the 70% share it accounted for in Q2 2022.
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