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Europe sees hiring boom in military industry digitalisation roles
Europe was the fastest-growing region for digitalisation hiring among military industry companies in the three months ending October. Michael Goodier reports.
The figures are compiled by GlobalData, which tracks the number of new job postings from key companies in various sectors over time. Using textual analysis, these job advertisements are then classified thematically.
GlobalData's thematic approach to sector activity seeks to group key company information by topic to see which companies are best placed to weather the disruptions coming to their industries.
These key themes, which include digitalisation, are chosen to cover "any issue that keeps a CEO awake at night".
Tracking them across job advertisements allows us to see which companies are leading the way on specific issues and which are dragging their heels - and importantly where the market is expanding and contracting.
Which countries are seeing the most growth for digitalisation roles in the military industry?
The fastest-growing country was France, which saw 1% of all digitalisation job adverts in the three months ending July last year, increasing to 4.9% in the three months ending October this year.
That was followed by India (up 3.5%), Germany (up 2.3%), and the UK (up 1.6%). The top country for digitalisation roles in the military industry is the US which saw 69.6% of all roles in the three months ending October.
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Which cities are the biggest hubs for digitalisation workers in the military industry?
Some 6.9% of all military industry digitalisation roles were advertised in El Segundo (US) in the three months ending October - more than any other city. This was followed by Tucson (US) with 6.9%, East Hartford (US) with 3.3%, and Bengaluru (India) with 2.5%.
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The number of roles in Europe made up 14.9% of total digitalisation jobs - up from 5.1% in the same quarter last year. This was followed by Asia-Pacific, which saw a 4.9% year-on-year change in digitalisation roles.