North America extended its dominance for industrial automation hiring among apparel industry companies in the three months ending June.
The number of roles in North America made up 85.4% of total industrial automation jobs, up from 73.1% in the same quarter last year.
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That was followed by Europe, which saw a 1.1 year-on-year percentage point change in industrial automation roles.
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.
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By GlobalDataThese key themes, which include industrial automation, are chosen to cover "any issue that keeps a CEO awake at night".
By tracking them across job advertisements it 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 industrial automation job ads in the apparel industry?
The fastest growing country was the United States, which saw 69.6% of all industrial automation job adverts in the three months ending June 2021, increasing to 84.8% in the three months ending June this year.
That was followed by Belgium (up 1.2 percentage points), France (0.7), and Switzerland (0.2).
The top country for industrial automation roles in the apparel industry is the United States which saw 84.8% of all roles advertised in the three months ending June.
Which cities and locations are the biggest hubs for industrial automation workers in the apparel industry?
Some 13.1% of all apparel industry industrial automation roles were advertised in Portland (United States) in the three months ending June.
That was followed by Manhattan Beach (United States) with 9.9%, Moreno Valley (United States) with 7%, and Greensboro (United States) with 4.1%.
