Internet of things vacancies in the power industry were the hardest tech roles to fill in Q1 2022

Internet of things jobs took the longest to fill across tech roles in the power industry in Q1 2022 according to Power Technology‘s analysis of millions of online job advertisements.

Internet of things (IoT) job ads at these companies were online for an average of 64 days before being taken offline during the quarter, meaning they took 33 days longer to fill than an average job at the same companies.

The figure for Q1 2022 was an increase compared to the equivalent figure a year earlier, indicating that the required skillset for these roles has become harder to find in the past year.

IoT is one of the topics that GlobalData, our parent company and from whom the data for this article is taken, has identified as being a key disruptive technology 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.

Robotics jobs took the second longest to fill on average at 58 days, while cloud came third among the tech themes tracked by GlobalData and which were linked to at least 100 job ads in the power industry in each of the past five quarters.

The power industry found it harder to recruit IoT jobs compared to the wider market, with ads online for 82.9% more time on average compared to similar jobs across the entire jobs market.

At the other end of the scale batteries related positions were the quickest to fill in the power industry in Q1 2022 with positions closing during that period having been online for an average of 30 days.

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.

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