The Asia-Pacific medical industry experienced a 7% drop in new job postings in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics with 1,804 job postings, according to GlobalData’s analysis of medical company job postings. GlobalData’s Medical Devices: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the medical devices industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for an 18% share of the Asia-Pacific medical industry’s total new job postings in Q2 2024, drop 8% over the prior quarter.
Management Occupations drive medical industry hiring activity
Management Occupations, with a share of 18% new job postings, was the occupation with the greatest hiring activity in the Asia-Pacific medical industry in Q2 2024 , ahead of Computer and Mathematical Occupations with a 12% share of new job postings.
The other prominent roles included Sales and Related Occupations with a 7% share in Q2 2024, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 7% share and Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 6% share of new job postings.
Top five companies accounted for 39% of hiring activity
The top five companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined 39% of the overall hiring activity in the Asia-Pacific medical industry in Q2 2024.
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics posted 1,804 jobs in Q2 2024 and registered a growth of 4% over the previous quarter, followed by Abbott Laboratories with 1,322 jobs and a 15% drop. Thermo Fisher Scientific, with 1,203 jobs, and Heinen + Lowenstein, with 996 jobs, recorded a 32% rise and a 65% rise, respectively, while GE HealthCare Technologies recorded a 17% increase with a 938 new job postings during Q2 2024.
Regional analysis of hiring in the Asia-Pacific medical industry, Q2 2024
India held the leading share of the Asia-Pacific medical hiring activity with a 48.95% share, a 5% decrease over Q1 2024. China was next with 19.69%, four-percentage-point down over the previous quarter.
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