The US’s aerospace, defence & security industry registered a 6.1% drop in IT hiring activity in October 2022 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics database.
The industry’s overall hiring is decreased by 5.25% in October 2022 when compared with September 2022.
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Out of the aerospace, defence & security industry’s total hiring activity, IT jobs claimed an 18.98% share in October 2022, recording a decrease of 0.34% over the last three-month average share.
Top five job classifications in the US’s aerospace, defence & security industry’s IT recruitment activity in October 2022
Out of the total job titles, the top five roles commanded a 96.98% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of the US’s aerospace, defence & security industry in October 2022.
1) Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers recorded a share of 41.45% in October 2022, registering a 22.1% decline over the previous month.
2) Computer and Information Research Scientists claimed a 27.25% share, a decrease of 20.13% over the previous month.
3) Database and Network Administrators and Architects held a share of 17.76%, registering a 24.17% decline from September 2022.
4) Computer and Information Analysts captured a share of 5.58%, down 17.8% over the previous month.
Top five aerospace, defence & security companies in the US’s IT recruitment activity in October 2022
The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, have accounted for a combined average decline of 18.54% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of the US’s aerospace, defence & security industry during October 2022 over September 2022.
Northrop Grumman posted 611 IT jobs in October 2022 and registered a drop of 3.17% over the previous month, followed by Raytheon Technologies with 485 jobs and a 24.81% drop. Boeing with 364 IT jobs and General Dynamics with 334 jobs, recorded a 12.08% decline and a 41.91% decrease, respectively, while Huntington Ingalls Industries recorded a decline of 3.28% with 324 job postings during October 2022.
Mid Level job postings dominate in October 2022
Mid Level jobs held a share of 46.25%, down by 15.14% from September 2022. Junior Level positions with a 37.37% share, registered a decline of 18.44% compared with the previous month.
In the third place was Entry Level job ads with 15.87% share, down 36.33% over September 2022, while Senior postings accounted for 0.52%, recording a month-on-month increase of 125%.
