Press
Jul-2024
By cooperfitch
CNBC Arabia | Q2 Gulf Employment Index 2024
Trefor Murphy Cooper Fitch Founder and CEO joined the CNBC team to discuss the Gulf Employment Index for quarter two of 2024.
Report highlights:
The GCC witnessed a 4% drop in the number of new opportunities in quarter two 2024
Qatar saw the largest growth in job numbers with a 4% rise whilst Saudi dropped by 3%
Cloud had substantial growth of 11% as those who did not migrate to the cloud after COVID-19 are doing so now, increasing opportunties in the Gulf
An 8% rise in cyber jobs has occurred with a demand for data privacy expertise since new data protection laws were introduced
Compensation and benefits services demands are still on the uptick with a focus on strategies to retain talent