Middle East & Africa witnessed a flat growth in IT hiring activity in the pharma industry in November 2022 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics dashboard.

November 2022 has seen a decrease of 18.32% in the overall hiring activity when compared with October 2022.

IT jobs accounted for a 2.66% share in the industry’s total hiring activity in November 2022, registering a decrease of 0.16% over the last three-month average share.

Database and Network Administrators and Architects Occupations leads by classification in November 2022

Database and Network Administrators and Architects Occupations emerged as the leading IT occupation in Middle East & Africa with a share of 37.5% in November 2022, a flat growth over the previous month. Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers came in next, claiming a share of 37.5% in November 2022, marking an 18.18% month-on-month decline. In the third place was Computer and Information Analysts with a share of 12.5% in November 2022, a flat growth from October 2022.

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Miscellaneous Computer Occupations registered a share of 12.5% in November 2022, a 50% rise over the previous month.

Top five pharma companies in Middle East & Africa’s IT recruitment activity in November 2022

The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined average growth of 91.67% in the overall IT recruitment activity of Middle East & Africa’s pharma industry during November 2022 over previous month.

Eurofins Scientific posted 8 IT jobs in November 2022 and registered a flat growth over the previous month, followed by Parexel International with 6 jobs and a 50% growth. Your World Healthcare with 4 IT jobs and Syneos Health with 3 jobs, recorded a 50% drop and a flat growth, respectively, while Sanofi recorded a flat growth with 2 job postings during November 2022.

Country-wise composition of IT hiring in Middle East & Africa’s pharma industry

South Africa commanded a leading presence in the region’s pharma industry IT hiring activity with a 54.17% share in November 2022, a flat growth over October 2022. Niger featured next with a 33.33% share, flat growth over the previous month. Egypt recorded an 8.33% share, a growth of 100% compared with October 2022.

Junior Level job postings dominate in November 2022

Junior Level jobs held a share of 75%, up by 5.88% from October 2022. Mid Level positions with a 12.5% share, registered a growth of 50% compared with the previous month.

In the third place was Entry Level job ads with 8.33% share, down 66.67% over October 2022, while Senior postings accounted for 4.17%, recording a month-on-month flat growth.