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Mining Industry IT recruitment activity drops

According to GlobalData’s Job Analytics database, the mining industry in Canada registered a 10.3% drop in IT hiring activity in November 2022 as compared to the previous month.

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The industry’s overall hiring fell 8.57% in November 2022 compared to October 2022. Out of the mining industry’s total hiring activity, IT jobs accounted for a 3.25% share in November 2022. This marks a decrease of 0.1% over the last three-month average share.

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Regarding the number of jobs tracked by GlobalData, the top five companies accounted for a combined average growth of 10.26% in the overall IT recruitment activity of North America’s mining industry during November 2022 over the previous month.

Database and Network Administrators and Architects Occupations emerged as the leading IT occupation in North America with a share of 40.23% in November 2022. This figure represents a 36.36% drop over the previous month. Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers came in next and claimed a share of 20.69% in November 2022. This marks a 48.57% month-on-month decline.

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John Edward

Contributing Writer, Energy Transition

John Edward writes on what the energy transition demands of mining: lithium and battery-metal projects, the future of coal, national critical-minerals strategies, and the investment and jobs moving into African mining. He has contributed to Skillings Mining Review since 2022.


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