Cybersecurity hiring levels in the automotive industry rose in February 2022

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The proportion of automotive manufacturing and supply companies hiring for cybersecurity related positions rose in February 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 58.1% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position.

This latest figure was higher than the 51.7% of companies who were hiring for cybersecurity related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 60.7% in January 2022.

When it came to the rate of all job openings that were linked to cybersecurity, related job postings dropped in February 2022, with 3.7% of newly posted job advertisements being linked to the topic.

This latest figure was a decrease compared to the 7.7% of newly advertised jobs that were linked to cybersecurity in the equivalent month a year ago.

Cybersecurity is one of the topics that GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, have identified as being a key disruptive 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.

Our analysis of the data shows that automotive manufacturing and supply companies are currently hiring for cybersecurity jobs at a rate higher than the average for all companies within GlobalData’s job analytics database. The average among all companies stood at 3.1% in February 2022.

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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