The global power industry experienced a 21% drop in new job postings related to electric vehicles in Q3 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 33% decrease versus Q3 2022. GlobalData’s Power: Hiring Trends & Signals Q3 2023 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.
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Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for an 18% share of the global power industry’s electric vehicles-related total new job postings in Q3 2023, down 7% over the prior quarter.
Management Occupations drive electric vehicles-related hiring activity
Management Occupations, with a share of 18%, emerged as the top electric vehicles-related job roles within the power industry in Q3 2023, with new job postings drop by 7% quarter-on-quarter. Computer and Mathematical Occupations came in second with a share of 13% in Q3 2023, with new job postings dropping by 29% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent electric vehicles roles include Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 12% share in Q3 2023, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 6% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in power industry accounted for 39% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q3 2023 were Electricite de France, Envision Energy, Centrica, Siemens, and Elektro Eletricidade E Servicos. Together they accounted for a combined share of 39% of all electric vehicles-related new jobs in the power industry.
Electricite de France posted 128 electric vehicles-related new jobs in Q3 2023, Envision Energy 96 jobs, Centrica 90 jobs, Siemens 65 jobs, and Elektro Eletricidade E Servicos 44 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the UK with a 39.74% share of total new job postings, Q3 2023
The largest share of electric vehicles-related new job postings in the power industry in Q3 2023 was in the UK with 39.74% followed by the US (29.57%) and Canada (8.69%). The share represented by the UK was 12 percentage points higher than the 27.33% share it accounted for in Q2 2023.
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