According to GlobalData’s Jobs Analytics database, the mining industry’s overall hiring activity increased 2.1% when compared with August 2022. Noticeably, IT jobs accounted for a 4.14% share of the global mining industry’s hiring activity in September 2022, down 0.12% over the last three-month average share. 

According to GlobalData, IT job opportunities available at the end of September 2022 were 3.97% lower when compared with the previous month. The decrease was a result of 10.32% higher job postings as compared to job closures during the month. 

Software and web developers, programmers and testers, with a share of 28.12%, emerged as the top IT occupation in the mining hiring activity in September 2022, a 12.87% decline over the previous month. Database and network administrators and architects came in second with a share of 26.52% in September 2022, down 12.63% over the previous month. 

The other prominent IT roles include computer and information analysts with a 21.09% share in September 2022, a growth of 1.54% over the previous month, and miscellaneous computer occupations with a 15.02% share in September 2022 and a rise of 20.51% over August 2022. 

The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined average growth of 105.26% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of global mining industry during September 2022 over August 2022. 

Rio Tinto posted 23 IT jobs in September 2022 and registered a rise of 27.78% over the previous month, followed by AngloGold Ashanti with 15 jobs and a flat growth. Ramelius Resources, with 15 IT jobs, and Heraeus, with 13 jobs, both recorded a flat growth, while Evolution Mining recorded a 71.43% rise with 12 job postings during September 2022. 

North America emerged as the leading region in the global mining IT hiring activity in September 2022 with a 37.06% share, which marked a 27.95% drop over the previous month. Asia-Pacific stood next with 34.5%, registering a 71.43% month-on-month growth. Europe was the third leading region with a 20.45% share and an 11.11% drop over August 2022. 

In the fourth place was South and Central America with a share of 5.11% and a month-on-month drop of 36%. The Middle East and Africa stood at the bottom of the table with a share of 2.88%, registering a 50% increase over the previous month.