The global retail industry experienced an 11% rise in new job postings related to ecommerce in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 34% increase versus Q2 2023. GlobalData’s Retail: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the retail industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 12% share of the global retail industry’s ecommerce-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, up 12% over the prior quarter.
Management Occupations drive ecommerce-related hiring activity
Management Occupations, with a share of 12%, emerged as the top ecommerce-related job roles within the retail industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings rising by 12% quarter-on-quarter. Sales and Related Occupations came in second with a share of 10% in Q2 2024, with new job postings rising by 24% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent ecommerce roles include Computer and Mathematical Occupations with an 8% share in Q2 2024, Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 5% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in retail industry accounted for 49% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2024 were Woolworths Group, Amazon, Skechers USA, Kroger, and Walmart. Together they accounted for a combined share of 49% of all ecommerce-related new jobs in the retail industry.
Woolworths Group posted 5,654 ecommerce-related new jobs in Q2 2024, Amazon 4,126 jobs, Skechers USA 3,057 jobs, Kroger 3,013 jobs, and Walmart 2,125 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 51.69% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024
The largest share of ecommerce-related new job postings in the retail industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 51.69% followed by New Zealand (8.07%) and India (6.59%). The share represented by the US was two percentage points higher than the 49.47% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.
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