The UK’s insurance industry registered a 3.3% rise in IT hiring activity in December 2021 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics database. The industry’s overall hiring is decreased by 3.36% in December 2021 when compared with November 2021. Out of the insurance industry’s total hiring activity, IT jobs claimed a 14.24% share in December 2021, recording an increase of 0.49% over the last three-month average share.
Top five job classifications in the UK’s insurance industry’s IT recruitment activity in December 2021
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Out of the total job titles, the top five roles commanded a 100% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of the UK’s insurance industry in December 2021. 1) Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers recorded a share of 50.84% in December 2021, registering an 8.04% growth over the previous month. 2) Miscellaneous Computer Occupations claimed an 18.91% share, a decrease of 10% over the previous month. 3) Database and Network Administrators and Architects held a share of 15.55%, registering a 15.91% decline from November 2021. 4) Computer and Information Analysts captured a share of 8.4%, up 66.67% over the previous month.
Top five insurance companies in the UK’s IT recruitment activity in December 2021
The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, have accounted for a combined average growth of 11.34% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of the UK’s insurance industry during December 2021 over November 2021. BGL Group posted 30 IT jobs in December 2021 and registered a rise of 20% over the previous month, followed by Willis Towers Watson with 23 jobs and a 30.3% drop. AXA with 20 IT jobs and Dai-ichi Life Holdings with 19 jobs, recorded a 100% growth and a 46.15% growth, respectively, while Aviva recorded a flat growth with 16 job postings during December 2021.
Junior Level job postings dominate in December 2021
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By GlobalDataJunior Level jobs held a share of 77.73%, up by 1.65% from November 2021. Mid Level positions with a 13.03% share, registered a decline of 8.82% compared with the previous month. In the third place was Entry Level job ads with 7.98% share, up 46.15% over November 2021, while Senior postings accounted for 1.26%, recording a month-on-month flat growth.
