artificial intelligence hiring in global power industry rise by 27% in Q3 2022

According to GlobalData’s Jobs Analytics, the global energy industry saw a 27% increase in new AI-related job postings in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the previous quarter. This compares to a 27% increase in the previous quarter and a 71% increase from the third quarter of 2021.

In particular, software and web developer, programmer and tester jobs accounted for 13% of the total new AI-related job postings in the global energy industry in Q3 2022, up 33% quarter-on-quarter.

Software and web developers, programmers and testers are driving hiring activities related to artificial intelligence
Software and web developers, programmers and testers emerged as the top AI-related jobs in the energy industry with a 13% share in Q3 2022, with the number of new job postings up 33% qoq.  Data scientists ranked second with a 6% share in the third quarter of 2022, with new job postings up 25% from the previous quarter.
Other prominent artificial intelligence roles include database and network administrators and architects with a 5% share in Q3 2022, computer and information systems managers with a 4% share of new job postings.
The top five companies in the energy industry accounted for 166% of hiring activity
The top companies in terms of the number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData in Q3 2022 were Stem, Siemens, Fluence Energy and E.ON.  Together they accounted for a combined share of 166% of all active jobs related to artificial intelligence in the energy industry.
According to Job Analytics by GlobalData, in the third quarter of 2022, Stem posted 356 new artificial intelligence-related jobs, Siemens 352 jobs, Fluence Energy 179 jobs, and E.ON 163 jobs.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 46% share of total active job postings in Q3 2022
The USA accounted for the largest share of new job postings related to artificial intelligence in the energy industry in Q3 2022 with 46%, followed by Germany (9%) and Italy (9%).  The US share was -4% lower than the 50% share it accounted for in the second quarter of 2022.




                    


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GlobalData, the leading provider of industry information, provided the underlying data, research, and analysis used to produce this article.
GlobalData’s job analytics uses machine learning to glean key insights from tracking daily job postings for thousands of companies worldwide.  Proprietary analytics are used to group jobs into key thematic areas and granular sectors across the world’s largest industries.  Classifications are used to group patents into key thematic areas and link them to specific companies in the world’s largest industries.