Hiring activity related to robotics increased by a CAGR of 35% in the apparel industry since 2020

The global apparel industry witnessed a 35% rise in compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in new job postings related to robotics since 2020, according to GlobalData's Job Analytics database. New job postings increased by 22% year-on-year in 2021 and by 7% year-on-year in 2022.

Notably, computer and mathematical occupations jobs accounted for 36% share of the global apparel industry’s robotics-related new job postings since 2020.

Computer and mathematical occupations, with a share of 36%, emerged as the top robotics-related job roles within the apparel industry since 2020, with new job postings rising by 63% year-on-year in 2021 and falling by 2% year-on-year in 2022.

Management occupations came in second with a share of 23%, with new job postings rising by 97% year-on-year in 2021 and by 1% year-on-year in 2022.

The other prominent robotics roles include architecture and engineering occupations (16% share) and installation, maintenance and repair occupations (6% share).  

The top five companies, in terms of the number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, since 2020 were Amazon.com, Target, JD.com, Walmart, and Walt Disney. Together they accounted for a combined share of 93% of all robotics-related new jobs in the apparel industry.

Amazon.com posted 11,171 robotics-related jobs since 2020, followed by Target with 1,277 jobs, and JD.com with 549 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics database.

New job postings by Amazon.com increased by 63% year-on-year in 2021 and by 5% year-on-year in 2022, while those by Target increased by 112% in 2021 and by 21% in 2022.

The largest share of robotics-related new job postings in the apparel industry since 2020 was in the US with 74%, followed by India (5%) and Germany (4%). The share represented by the US decreased by five percentage points from 77% in 2021 to 72% in 2022.