The North American technology industry experienced a 5% drop in new job postings in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by Belcan with 10,504 job postings, according to GlobalData’s analysis of technology company job postings. GlobalData’s Technology: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 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.
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Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 24% share of the North American technology industry’s total new job postings in Q2 2024, drop 18% over the prior quarter.
Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive technology industry hiring activity
Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 24% new job postings, was the occupation with the greatest hiring activity in the North American technology industry in Q2 2024 , ahead of Management Occupations with a 16% share of new job postings.
The other prominent roles included Sales and Related Occupations with an 8% share in Q2 2024, Architecture and Engineering Occupations with an 8% share and Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 6% share of new job postings.
Top five companies accounted for 14% of hiring activity
The top five companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined 14% of the overall hiring activity in the North American technology industry in Q2 2024.
Belcan posted 10,504 jobs in Q2 2024 and registered a growth of 132% over the previous quarter, followed by Peraton with 5,361 jobs and a 76% growth. Microsoft, with 4,568 jobs, and Amazon Web Services, with 4,559 jobs, recorded a 7% rise and a 24% rise, respectively, while HCL Technologies recorded a 17% decline with a 4,101 new job postings during Q2 2024.
Regional analysis of hiring in the North American technology industry, Q2 2024
The US held the leading share of the North American technology hiring activity with a 91.31% share, a 5% decrease over Q1 2024. Canada was next with 5.61%, four-percentage-point down over the previous quarter.
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