The global construction industry experienced a 42% drop in new job postings related to autonomous vehicles in Q2 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 24% decrease versus Q2 2022. Driven by environmental benefits and its effect on fuel economy, the autonomous light vehicle sector has an emerging role to play in various sectors. The market size analysis, major suppliers, top 14 markets, technology trends and detailed related-componeGlobalData’s Automotive Autonomous Vehicles Market Trend Analysis and Forecast, 2021-2036 report. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 27% share of the global construction industry’s autonomous vehicles-related total new job postings in Q2 2023, up 63% over the prior quarter.
Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive autonomous vehicles-related hiring activity
Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 27%, emerged as the top autonomous vehicles-related job roles within the construction industry in Q2 2023, with new job postings rising by 63% quarter-on-quarter. Architecture and Engineering Occupations came in second with a share of 13% in Q2 2023, with new job postings dropping by 60% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent autonomous vehicles roles include Management Occupations with a 5% share in Q2 2023, Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 2% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in construction industry accounted for 62% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2023 were Jones Lang LaSalle, Arup Group, Black & Veatch, CNH Industrial, and Fugro. Together they accounted for a combined share of 62% of all autonomous vehicles-related new jobs in the construction industry.
Jones Lang LaSalle posted 73 autonomous vehicles-related new jobs in Q2 2023, Arup Group 56 jobs, Black & Veatch 48 jobs, CNH Industrial 45 jobs, and Fugro 15 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 46.72% share of total new job postings, Q2 2023
The largest share of autonomous vehicles-related new job postings in the construction industry in Q2 2023 was in the US with 46.72% followed by Brazil (17.32%) and Canada (11.81%). The share represented by the US was 21 percentage points lower than the 67.84% share it accounted for in Q1 2023.
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