Asia-Pacific is seeing a hiring boom in military robotics roles

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Asia-Pacific was the fastest growing region for robotics hiring among military industry companies in H4 2021.

Asia-Pacific was the fastest growing region for robotics hiring among military industry companies in the three months ending December.

The number of roles in Asia-Pacific made up 5.7% of total robotics jobs – up from 1.1% in the same quarter in 2020. That was followed by North America, which saw a -0.9 year-on-year percentage point change in robotics roles.

The figures are compiled by GlobalData, who track 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. Tracking jobs activity 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.

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The fastest growing country was Germany, which saw zero% of all robotics job adverts in the three months ending December 2020, increasing to 3.9% in the three months ending December. That was followed by Singapore (up 2.5 percentage points), India (up 1.6), and Canada (up 1.2).

The top country for robotics roles in the military industry is the US which saw 82.8% of all roles advertised in the three months ending December.

Some 5.1% of all military industry robotics roles were advertised in Salt Lake City (US) in the three months ending December - more than any other city.

That was followed by Tucson (US) with 5.1%, Newport News (US) with 4.7%, and Rochester (US) with 3.6%.