Asia-Pacific was the fastest growing region for robotics hiring among healthcare industry companies in the three months ending May.
The number of roles in Asia-Pacific made up 7.5% of total robotics jobs – up from 3.2% in the same quarter last year.
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That was followed by North America, which saw a 1.8 year-on-year percentage point change in robotics roles.
The figures are compiled by GlobalData, who track 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.
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By GlobalDataThese key themes, which include robotics, 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.
Which countries are seeing the most growth for robotics job ads in the healthcare industry?
The fastest growing country was Australia, which saw 1.8% of all robotics job adverts in the three months ending May 2021, increasing to 5.8% in the three months ending May this year.
That was followed by Germany (up -0.2 percentage points), Mexico (-0.4), and Hungary (-0.6).
The top country for robotics roles in the healthcare industry is the United States which saw 83.3% of all roles advertised in the three months ending May.
Which cities and locations are the biggest hubs for robotics workers in the healthcare industry?
Some 6.7% of all healthcare industry robotics roles were advertised in Nashville (United States) in the three months ending May.
That was followed by Wellington (United States) with 6.7%, Richmond (United States) with 5%, and Denver (United States) with 5%.
