Australia’s aerospace, defence & security industry registered a 7.8% drop in IT hiring activity in September 2022 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics database.

The industry’s overall hiring is decreased by 5.89% in September 2022 when compared with August 2022.

Out of the aerospace, defence & security industry’s total hiring activity, IT jobs claimed a 15.99% share in September 2022, recording a decrease of 0.69% over the last three-month average share.

Top five job classifications in Australia’s aerospace, defence & security industry’s IT recruitment activity in September 2022

Out of the total job titles, the top five roles commanded a 98.18% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of Australia’s aerospace, defence & security industry in September 2022.

1) Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers recorded a share of 52.73% in September 2022, registering a 3.57% growth over the previous month.

2) Database and Network Administrators and Architects claimed a 27.27% share, a decrease of 50% over the previous month.

3) Computer and Information Research Scientists held a share of 9.09%, registering a 68.75% decline from August 2022.

4) Computer and Information Analysts captured a share of 7.27%, up 100% over the previous month.

Top five aerospace, defence & security companies in Australia’s IT recruitment activity in September 2022

The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, have accounted for a combined average decline of 20% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of Australia’s aerospace, defence & security industry during September 2022 over August 2022.

The Boeing posted 25 IT jobs in September 2022 and registered a drop of 40.48% over the previous month, followed by Thales with 13 jobs and a 62.5% growth. Raytheon Technologies with 7 IT jobs and Northrop Grumman with 4 jobs, recorded a flat growth and a 33.33% growth, respectively, while Cubic recorded a decline of 40% with 3 job postings during September 2022.

Junior Level job postings dominate in September 2022

Junior Level jobs held a share of 47.27%, down by 35% from August 2022. Mid Level positions with a 45.45% share, registered a decline of 13.79% compared with the previous month.

In the third place was Entry Level job ads with a 7.27% share, down 55.56% over August 2022.