The global aerospace, defence and security industry experienced an 8% drop in new job postings related to cybersecurity in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 13% decrease versus Q2 2023. GlobalData’s Aerospace, Defense & Security: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 31% share of the global aerospace, defence and security industry’s cybersecurity-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, down 4% over the prior quarter.
Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive cybersecurity-related hiring activity
Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 31%, emerged as the top cybersecurity-related job roles within the aerospace, defence and security industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings drop by 4% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 9% in Q2 2024, with new job postings rising by 2% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent cybersecurity roles include Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 6% share in Q2 2024, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 6% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in aerospace, defence and security industry accounted for 44% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2024 were General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, RTX, Rohde & Schwarz, and Leidos. Together they accounted for a combined share of 44% of all cybersecurity-related new jobs in the aerospace, defence and security industry.
General Dynamics posted 938 cybersecurity-related new jobs in Q2 2024, Lockheed Martin 657 jobs, RTX 621 jobs, Rohde & Schwarz 621 jobs, and Leidos 365 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 69.60% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024
The largest share of cybersecurity-related new job postings in the aerospace, defence and security industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 69.60% followed by Germany (10.41%) and India (4.77%). The share represented by the US was 0 percentage points higher than the 69.28% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.
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