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Asia-Pacific is seeing a hiring boom in railway industry data analytics roles

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Asia-Pacific was the fastest-growing region for data analytics hiring among railway industry companies in the three months ending November.


The number of roles in Asia-Pacific made up 12.5% of total data analytics jobs – up from 9% in the same quarter last year.


That was followed by Europe, which saw a 3.1% change year-on-year change in data analytics roles.

The figures are compiled by GlobalData, which tracks the number of new job postings from key companies in various sectors over time. Using textual analysis, these job advertisements are then classified thematically.


GlobalData's thematic approach to sector activity seeks to group key company information by topic to see which companies are best placed to weather the disruptions coming to their industries.


These key themes, which include data analytics, are chosen to cover "any issue that keeps a CEO awake at night".


By tracking them across job advertisements it allows us to see which companies are leading the way on specific issues and which are dragging their heels and importantly where the market is expanding and contracting.

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Which countries are seeing the most growth for data analytics roles in the railway industry?

The fastest growing country was the UK, which saw 1.6% of all data analytics job adverts in the three months ending November last year, increasing to 4.5% in the three months ending November this year.


That was followed by India (up 2.6%), Australia (up 0.8%), and Hungary (up 0.6%).

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The top country for data analytics roles in the railway industry is the US, which saw 67% of all roles in the three months ending November.

Which cities are the biggest hubs for data analytics workers in the railway industry?

Some 4.8% of all railway industry data analytics roles were advertised in Chicago in the three months ending November, more than any other city.


That was followed by San Francisco with 4.8%, High Point with 3.3%, and Atlanta with 2.8%.

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