The global construction industry experienced a 15% drop in new job postings related to robotics in Q4 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 57% decrease versus Q4 2022. GlobalData’s Construction: Hiring Trends & Signals Q4 2023 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the construction industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.

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Notably, Architecture and Engineering Occupations jobs accounted for a 21% share of the global construction industry’s robotics-related total new job postings in Q4 2023, down 8% over the prior quarter.

Architecture and Engineering Occupations drive robotics-related hiring activity

Architecture and Engineering Occupations, with a share of 21%, emerged as the top robotics-related job roles within the construction industry in Q4 2023, with new job postings drop by 8% quarter-on-quarter. Computer and Mathematical Occupations came in second with a share of 10% in Q4 2023, with new job postings dropping by 14% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent robotics roles include Management Occupations with a 9% share in Q4 2023, Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations with a 7% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in construction industry accounted for 41% of hiring activity

The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q4 2023 were ABB, Nidec, Honeywell International, Jones Lang LaSalle, and KION GROUP. Together they accounted for a combined share of 41% of all robotics-related new jobs in the construction industry.

ABB posted 381 robotics-related new jobs in Q4 2023, Nidec 195 jobs, Honeywell International 102 jobs, Jones Lang LaSalle 82 jobs, and KION GROUP 69 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 49.95% share of total new job postings, Q4 2023

The largest share of robotics-related new job postings in the construction industry in Q4 2023 was in the US with 49.95% followed by India (5.27%) and the UK (4.82%). The share represented by the US was two percentage points lower than the 52.20% share it accounted for in Q3 2023.

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This content was updated on 6 January 2024

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