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Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 39% share of the global travel and tourism industry’s cloud-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, up 0.34% over the prior quarter.

Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive cloud-related hiring activity

Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 39%, emerged as the top cloud-related job roles within the travel and tourism industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings rising by 0.34% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 17% in Q2 2024, with new job postings rising by 10% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent cloud roles include Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 3% share in Q2 2024, Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 3% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in travel and tourism industry accounted for 36% of hiring activity

The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2024 were Walt Disney, Accor, Marriott International, Expedia Group, and United Airlines. Together they accounted for a combined share of 36% of all cloud-related new jobs in the travel and tourism industry.

Walt Disney posted 265 cloud-related new jobs in Q2 2024, Accor 182 jobs, Marriott International 144 jobs, Expedia Group 125 jobs, and United Airlines 117 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 43.74% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024

The largest share of cloud-related new job postings in the travel and tourism industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 43.74% followed by India (7.28%) and Germany (5.45%). The share represented by the US was two percentage points higher than the 41.36% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.

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This content was updated on 28 July 2024

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