The global sports industry experienced a 9% drop in new job postings related to ecommerce in Q4 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 3% decrease versus Q4 2022. GlobalData’s Sport: Hiring Trends & Signals Q4 2023 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the sport industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 23% share of the global sports industry’s ecommerce-related total new job postings in Q4 2023, up 7% over the prior quarter.
Management Occupations drive ecommerce-related hiring activity
Management Occupations, with a share of 23%, emerged as the top ecommerce-related job roles within the sports industry in Q4 2023, with new job postings rising by 7% quarter-on-quarter. Computer and Mathematical Occupations came in second with a share of 13% in Q4 2023, with new job postings rising by 12% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent ecommerce roles include Sales and Related Occupations with a 9% share in Q4 2023, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 6% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in sports industry accounted for 32% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q4 2023 were Skechers USA, Amazon, Woolworths Group, Walmart, and Hy Vee. Together they accounted for a combined share of 32% of all ecommerce-related new jobs in the sports industry.
Skechers USA posted 1,931 ecommerce-related new jobs in Q4 2023, Amazon 1,661 jobs, Woolworths Group 1,640 jobs, Walmart 1,105 jobs, and Hy Vee 991 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 44.54% share of total new job postings, Q4 2023
The largest share of ecommerce-related new job postings in the sports industry in Q4 2023 was in the US with 44.54% followed by India (7.53%) and the UK (6.86%). The share represented by the US was nine percentage points lower than the 53.65% share it accounted for in Q3 2023.
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