In Q3 2022, the number of employees in the space economy in the global aerospace, defense and security industries decreased by 3%.
According to data from GlobalData Jobs Analytics, the number of new jobs related to the space economy in the third quarter of 2022 in the global aerospace, defense and security industry decreased by 3% compared to the previous quarter. This compares to a 3% decline in the previous quarter and a 175% increase compared to the third quarter of 2021.
In particular, in the third quarter of 2022, the positions of programmers and web developers, programmers and testers accounted for 11% of the total number of new job postings in the global aerospace, defense and defense industries related to the space economy, which is a decrease of 7%, than in the previous quarter.
Software & Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers Drive Space Savings Hiring
Software and website developers, programmers and testers, with an 11% share, became the top jobs related to the space economy in the aerospace, defense and security industry in the third quarter of 2022, with the number of new jobs down 7% compared to the previous quarters. – a quarter. Computer and information scientists came in second with an 8% share in the third quarter of 2022, with job postings down 8% from the previous quarter.
Other prominent jobs in the space economy include aerospace engineers with a 6% share in the third quarter of 2022, electrical and electronics engineers with a 4% share of new jobs.
The top five aerospace, defense and security companies accounted for 4% of hiring
As of the third quarter of 2022, the leading companies in the number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData were L3Harris Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Blue Origin. Together, they accounted for 4% of all jobs related to the space economy in the aerospace, defense and security industries.
L3Harris Technologies posted 3,327 new space-related jobs in the third quarter of 2022, Northrop Grumman posted 2,893, Boeing posted 1,497 and Blue Origin posted 1,339, according to GlobalData job analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with 92% of total active job postings, Q3 2022.
The United States had the largest share of new space economy-related job postings in the aerospace, defense and security industry in the third quarter of 2022 (92%), followed by France (5%) and the United Kingdom (1%). The share represented by the US was -2% lower than the 94% share it had in Q2 2022.
https://www.naval-technology.com/dashboards/jobs/space-economy-hiring-aerospace-defence-security-industry-q3-2022/ In Q3 2022, the number of employees in the space economy in the global aerospace, defense and security industries decreased by 3%.