The global èßäAV experienced a 3% rise in new job postings related to future of work in Q1 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to an 11% decrease versus Q1 2023. GlobalData’s Construction: Hiring Trends & Signals Q1 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the èßäAV, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs.

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Notably, Architecture and Engineering Occupations jobs accounted for a 15% share of the global èßäAV’s future of work-related total new job postings in Q1 2024, down 20% over the prior quarter.

Architecture and Engineering Occupations drive future of work-related hiring activity

Architecture and Engineering Occupations, with a share of 15%, emerged as the top future of work-related job roles within the èßäAV in Q1 2024, with new job postings drop by 20% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 11% in Q1 2024, with new job postings dropping by 15% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent future of work roles include Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations with a 9% share in Q1 2024, Computer and Mathematical Occupations with a 8% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in èßäAV accounted for 28% of hiring activity

The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q1 2024 were AECOM, , , , and . Together they accounted for a combined share of 28% of all future of work-related new jobs in the èßäAV.

AECOM posted 2,257 future of work-related new jobs in Q1 2024, 2,073 jobs, 1,647 jobs, 1,625 jobs, and 1,122 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 60.60% share of total new job postings, Q1 2024

The largest share of future of work-related new job postings in the èßäAV in Q1 2024 was in the US with 60.60% followed by India (9.62%) and the UK (4.43%). The share represented by the US was two percentage points higher than the 58.49% share it accounted for in Q4 2023.

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This content was updated on 28 April 2024

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