The industry’s overall hiring increased by 27.71% in November 2021, when compared with October 2021.

​​​​​​​Out of the mining industry’s total hiring activity, IT jobs claimed a 56.6% share in November 2021, recording an increase of 0.88% over the last three-month average share.

Out of the total job titles, the top five roles commanded a 100% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of New Zealand’s mining industry in November 2021.

Software and web developers, programmers, and testers recorded a share of 87.5% in November 2021, registering a 41.67% decline over the previous month, while miscellaneous computer occupations claimed a 12.5% share, a flat growth over the previous month.

The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, have accounted for a combined average flat growth share in the overall IT recruitment activity of New Zealand’s mining industry during November 2021 over October 2021.

Hill & Smith posted 8 IT jobs in November 2021 and registered a drop of 52.94% over the previous month.

Entry-level jobs held a share of 50%, flat growth from October 2021, while junior-level positions with a 37.5% share, registered a decline of 72.73% compared with the previous month. In the third place was mid-level job ads with a 12.5% share, down 83.33% over October 2021.