The global oil and gas industry experienced a 12% drop in new job postings related to energy transition in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 12% decrease versus Q2 2023. GlobalData’s Oil & Gas: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the oil & gas industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.

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Notably, Architecture and Engineering Occupations jobs accounted for a 15% share of the global oil and gas industry’s energy transition-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, down 21% over the prior quarter.

Architecture and Engineering Occupations drive energy transition-related hiring activity

Architecture and Engineering Occupations, with a share of 15%, emerged as the top energy transition-related job roles within the oil and gas industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings drop by 21% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 10% in Q2 2024, with new job postings dropping by 10% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent energy transition roles include Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 7% share in Q2 2024, Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 7% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in oil and gas industry accounted for 31% of hiring activity

The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2024 were Worley, DuPont de Nemours, Shell, SBM Offshore, and Suburban Propane. Together they accounted for a combined share of 31% of all energy transition-related new jobs in the oil and gas industry.

Worley posted 1,115 energy transition-related new jobs in Q2 2024, DuPont de Nemours 547 jobs, Shell 440 jobs, SBM Offshore 395 jobs, and Suburban Propane 384 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 41.01% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024

The largest share of energy transition-related new job postings in the oil and gas industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 41.01% followed by Australia (10.39%) and India (8.73%). The share represented by the US was four percentage points higher than the 37.19% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.

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This content was updated on 28 July 2024

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