Asia-Pacific witnessed a 7.0% decline in IT hiring activity in the retail industry in July 2021 compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics index.
July 2021 has seen an increase of 0.02% in the overall hiring activity when compared with June 2021.
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IT jobs accounted for an 8.51% share in the industry’s total hiring activity in July 2021, registering decrease of 0.83% over the last three-month average share.
Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers Occupations leads by classification in July 2021
Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers Occupations emerged as the leading IT occupation in Asia-Pacific with a share of 73.65% in July 2021, a 15.92% drop over the previous month. Database and Network Administrators and Architects came in next, claiming a share of 11.83% in July 2021, marking a 13.89% month-on-month increase. In the third place was Miscellaneous Computer Occupations with a share of 7.98% in July 2021, a 20.19% drop from June 2021.
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By GlobalDataComputer Support Specialists registered a share of 2.98% in July 2021, a 34.78% rise over the previous month.
Top five retail companies in Asia-Pacific’s IT recruitment activity in July 2021
The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined average decline of 15.04% in the overall IT recruitment activity of Asia-Pacific’s retail industry during July 2021 over previous month.
Amazon posted 434 IT jobs in July 2021 and registered a decline of 26.94% over the previous month, followed by Alibaba Group Holding with 238 jobs and a 4.39% growth. JD with 134 IT jobs and Coupang with 35 jobs, recorded a 4.96% decline and a 40% increase, respectively, while Coles Group recorded a 20.69% decline with 23 job postings during July 2021.
Country-wise composition of IT hiring in Asia-Pacific’s retail industry
China commanded a leading presence in the region’s retail industry IT hiring activity with a 40.29% share in July 2021, a 0.95% decline over June 2021. India featured next with a 38.17% share, down 14.25% over the previous month. Australia recorded an 8.85% share, a drop of 17.86% compared with June 2021.
Junior Level job postings dominate in July 2021
Junior Level jobs held a share of 68.37%, down by 5.7% from June 2021. Mid Level positions with a 16.73% share, a decline of 28.98% compared with the previous month.
In the third place was Entry Level job ads with 13.46% share, down 24.32% over June 2021, while Senior postings accounted for 1.44%, recording a month-on-month growth of 650%.
