Robotics hiring levels in the mining industry rose in August 2022 

The proportion of mining industry operations and technologies companies hiring for robotics related positions rose in August 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 26.9% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. 

This latest figure was higher than the 25.3% of companies who were hiring for robotics related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 29.5% in July 2022. 

The rate of all job openings that were linked to robotics was an increase compared to the 1% of newly advertised jobs that were linked to robotics in the equivalent month a year ago. 

Robotics is one of the topics that GlobalData, from where our data for this article is taken, have identified as being a key disruptive force facing companies in the coming years. Companies that excel and invest in these areas now are thought to be better prepared for the future business landscape and better equipped to survive unforeseen challenges. 

Our analysis of the data shows that mining industry operations and technologies companies are currently hiring for robotics jobs at a rate higher than the average for all companies within GlobalData's job analytics database. The average among all companies stood at 0.6% in August 2022. 

GlobalData's job analytics database tracks the daily hiring patterns of thousands of companies across the world, drawing in jobs as they're posted and tagging them with additional layers of data on everything from the seniority of each position to whether a job is linked to wider industry trends.