Asia-Pacific was the fastest growing region for industrial automation hiring among naval industry companies in the three months ending April.
The number of roles in Asia-Pacific made up 8.7% of total industrial automation jobs – up from 3.2% in the same quarter last year.
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That was followed by Europe, which saw a 0.3 year-on-year percentage point change in industrial automation roles.
The figures are compiled by GlobalData, who track the number of new job postings from key companies in various sectors over time. Using textual analysis, these job advertisements are then classified thematically.
GlobalData's thematic approach to sector activity seeks to group key company information by topic to see which companies are best placed to weather the disruptions coming to their industries.
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By GlobalDataThese key themes, which include industrial automation, are chosen to cover "any issue that keeps a CEO awake at night".
By tracking them across job advertisements it allows us to see which companies are leading the way on specific issues and which are dragging their heels - and importantly where the market is expanding and contracting.
Which countries are seeing the most growth for industrial automation job ads in the naval industry?
The fastest growing country was India, which saw 2.1% of all industrial automation job adverts in the three months ending April 2021, increasing to 7.4% in the three months ending April this year.
That was followed by Canada (up 0.7 percentage points), Poland (0.6), and the United Kingdom (0.6).
The top country for industrial automation roles in the naval industry is the United States which saw 82.3% of all roles advertised in the three months ending April.
Which cities are the biggest hubs for industrial automation workers in the naval industry?
Some 6.5% of all naval industry industrial automation roles were advertised in Bengaluru (India) in the three months ending April.
That was followed by Tucson (United States) with 4.7%, Los Angeles (United States) with 3.2%, and Huntsville (United States) with 2.9%.
