Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 15% share of the global mining industry’s artificial intelligence-related total new job postings in Q2 2023, down 44% over the prior quarter.
Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive artificial intelligence-related hiring activity
Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 15%, emerged as the top artificial intelligence-related job roles within the mining industry in Q2 2023, with new job postings drop by 44% quarter-on-quarter. Architecture and Engineering Occupations came in second with a share of 11% in Q2 2023, with new job postings dropping by 37% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent artificial intelligence roles include Management Occupations with an 8% share in Q2 2023, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 5% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in mining industry accounted for 51% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2023 were ABB, PT Vale Indonesia, Vale, Caterpillar, and Rio Tinto. Together they accounted for a combined share of 51% of all artificial intelligence-related new jobs in the mining industry.
ABB posted 268 artificial intelligence-related new jobs in Q2 2023, PT Vale Indonesia 156 jobs, Vale 148 jobs, Caterpillar 102 jobs, and Rio Tinto 75 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 25.75% share of total new job postings, Q2 2023
The largest share of artificial intelligence-related new job postings in the mining industry in Q2 2023 was in the US with 25.75% followed by Canada (16.06%) and Brazil (10.23%). The share represented by the US was 13 percentage points lower than the 38.34% share it accounted for in Q1 2023.
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