The global technology industry experienced a 7% drop in new job postings related to robotics in Q3 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 46% decrease versus Q3 2022. GlobalData’s Technology: Hiring Trends & Signals Q3 2023 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the technology industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.

Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 30% share of the global technology industry’s robotics-related total new job postings in Q3 2023, up 0.46% over the prior quarter.

Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive robotics-related hiring activity

Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 30%, emerged as the top robotics-related job roles within the technology industry in Q3 2023, with new job postings rising by 0.46% quarter-on-quarter. Architecture and Engineering Occupations came in second with a share of 13% in Q3 2023, with new job postings rising by 17% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent robotics roles include Management Occupations with a 9% share in Q3 2023, Sales and Related Occupations with a 4% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in technology industry accounted for 27% of hiring activity

The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q3 2023 were Texas Instruments, Crown Castle, International Business Machines, Plexus, and Wipro. Together they accounted for a combined share of 27% of all robotics-related new jobs in the technology industry.

Texas Instruments posted 382 robotics-related new jobs in Q3 2023, Crown Castle 305 jobs, International Business Machines 178 jobs, Plexus 160 jobs, and Wipro 150 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 53.70% share of total new job postings, Q3 2023

The largest share of robotics-related new job postings in the technology industry in Q3 2023 was in the US with 53.70% followed by India (13.80%) and Germany (3.43%). The share represented by the US was five percentage points higher than the 49.16% share it accounted for in Q2 2023.

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This content was updated on 8 October 2023

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