The global technology industry noticed a 5.5% rise in IT hiring activity in May 2021 over the previous month, led by Accenture’s 15.32% share, according to GlobalData’s Jobs Analytics database.
The technology industry’s overall hiring activity an increased 1.65% when compared with April 2021.
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Noticeably, IT jobs accounted for a 27.84% share of the global technology industry’s hiring activity in May 2021, up 0.82% over the last three-month average share.
According to GlobalData, IT job opportunities available at the end of May 2021 were 4% higher compared with the previous month.
The increase was a result of 7.76% lower job postings as compared to job closures during the month.
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By GlobalDataSoftware and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers drive technology IT hiring activity
Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers with a share of 72.5% emerged as the top IT occupation in the technology hiring activity in May 2021, a 7.84% an increase over the previous month. Database and Network Administrators and Architects came in second with a share of 9.71% in May 2021, up 0.29% over the previous month.
The other prominent IT roles include Miscellaneous Computer Occupations with a 7.79% share in May 2021, an increase of 3.81% over the previous month, and Computer Support Specialists with a 4.42% share in May 2021 and rise of 2.37% over April 2021.
Top five technology companies by recruitment activity in May 2021
The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined average an increase of 4.98% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of global technology industry during May 2021 over April 2021.
Accenture posted 10,344 IT jobs in May 2021 and registered a rise of 7.86% over the previous month, followed by International Business Machines with 3,601 jobs and an 11.83% rise. Capgemini with 3,034 IT jobs and Oracle with 2,505 jobs, recorded a 4.73% an increase and a 0.6% growth, respectively, while Dell Technologies recorded a 10.97% drop with 2,127 job postings during May 2021.
Regional composition of IT hiring in technology industry
Asia-Pacific emerged as the leading region in the global technology IT hiring activity in May 2021 with a 39.74% share, which marked a 4.45% growth over the previous month.
North America stood next with 38.37%, registering a 5.84% month-on-month an increase.Europe was the third leading region with an 18.79% share and a 9.64% rise over April 2021.
In the fourth place was Middle East & Africa with a share of 1.71% and a month-on-month growth of 6.16%. South & Central America stood at the bottom of the table with a share of 1.39%, registering a 1.68% drop over the previous month.
