The global technology industry noticed a 6.1% rise in IT hiring activity in June 2021 over the previous month, led by Accenture’s 18.11% share, according to GlobalData’s Jobs Analytics database.
The technology industry’s overall hiring activity an increased 2.6% when compared with May 2021.
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Noticeably, IT jobs accounted for a 30.33% share of the global technology industry’s hiring activity in June 2021, up 1.49% over the last three-month average share.
According to GlobalData, IT job opportunities available at the end of June 2021 were 5.12% higher compared with the previous month.
The increase was a result of 10.16% 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 73.01% emerged as the top IT occupation in the technology hiring activity in June 2021, a 7.14% an increase over the previous month. Database and Network Administrators and Architects came in second with a share of 9.86% in June 2021, up 6.54% over the previous month.
The other prominent IT roles include Miscellaneous Computer Occupations with a 7.33% share in June 2021, an increase of 5.48% over the previous month, and Computer Support Specialists with a 4.31% share in June 2021 and rise of 8.19% over May 2021.
Top five technology companies by recruitment activity in June 2021
The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined average an increase of 18.68% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of global technology industry during June 2021 over May 2021.
Accenture posted 13,833 IT jobs in June 2021 and registered a rise of 32.96% over the previous month, followed by International Business Machines with 3,575 jobs and a 0.75% decline. Cognizant Technology Solutions with 3,560 IT jobs and Capgemini with 3,470 jobs, recorded a 15.84% decline and a 13.51% growth, respectively, while DXC Technology recorded a 69.2% growth with 2,785 job postings during June 2021.
Regional composition of IT hiring in technology industry
Asia-Pacific emerged as the leading region in the global technology IT hiring activity in June 2021 with a 43.71% share, which marked an 11.04% growth over the previous month.
North America stood next with 34.44%, registering a 0.11% month-on-month decline.Europe was the third leading region with an 18.69% share and an 11.29% rise over May 2021.
In the fourth place was South & Central America with a share of 1.62% and a month-on-month growth of 31.42%. Middle East & Africa stood at the bottom of the table with a share of 1.54%, registering a 2.97% an increase over the previous month.
