Digital media hiring levels in the railway industry rose in June 2022

The proportion of railway equipment supply, product, and services companies hiring for digital media-related positions rose in June 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 42.6% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position.

This latest figure was higher than the 34.3% of companies hiring for digital media-related jobs a year ago, but a decrease compared to the figure of 46.8% in May 2022.

When it came to the rate of all job openings that were linked to digital media, related job postings dropped in June 2022 from May 2022, with 1.2% of newly posted job advertisements being linked to the topic.

This latest figure was an increase compared to the 0.8% of newly advertised jobs that were linked to digital media in the equivalent month a year ago.

Digital media is one of the topics that GlobalData, from which 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 data analysis shows that railway equipment supply, product and services companies are currently hiring for digital media jobs at a rate lower than the average for all companies within GlobalData's job analytics database. The average among all companies stood at 4.7% in June 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.