The global apparel industry experienced a 12% drop in new job postings related to cybersecurity in Q3 2022 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s whitepaper on Cybersecurity in Apparel – Hiring Activity in Q3 2022. This compares to a 32% increase versus Q3 2021.
Notably, Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers jobs accounted for a 13% share of the global apparel industry’s cybersecurity-related total new job postings in Q3 2022, down 24% over the prior quarter.
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Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers, with a share of 13%, emerged as the top cybersecurity-related job roles within the apparel industry in Q3 2022, with new job postings drop by 24% quarter-on-quarter. Miscellaneous Protective Service Workers came in second with a share of 9% in Q3 2022, with new job postings rising by 24% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent cybersecurity roles include Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers with a 7% share in Q3 2022, Computer and Information Systems Managers with a 5% share of new job postings.
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q3 2022 were Amazon.com, Macy's, Walmart and StockX. Together they accounted for a combined share of 11% of all cybersecurity-related active jobs in the apparel industry.
Amazon.com posted 1,056 cybersecurity-related new jobs in Q3 2022, Macy's 265 jobs, Walmart 217 jobs, and StockX 139 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
The largest share of cybersecurity-related new job postings in the apparel industry in Q3 2022 was in the US with 62% followed by the UK (8%) and India (7%). The share represented by the US was one percentage point higher than the 61% share it accounted for in Q2 2022.
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