North America witnessed a 9.7% rise in IT hiring activity in the insurance industry in June 2021 compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics index.

June 2021 has seen an increase of 10.75% in the overall hiring activity when compared with May 2021.

IT jobs accounted for a 9.22% share in the industry’s total hiring activity in June 2021, registering decrease of 0.26% over the last three-month average share.

Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers Occupations leads by classification in June 2021

Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers Occupations emerged as the leading IT occupation in North America with a share of 47.87% in June 2021, a 13% growth over the previous month. Miscellaneous Computer Occupations came in next, claiming a share of 20.67% in June 2021, marking a 30.47% month-on-month an increase. In the third place was Database and Network Administrators and Architects with a share of 12.38% in June 2021, a 28.21% growth from May 2021.

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Computer and Information Analysts registered a share of 10.46% in June 2021, a 4.32% rise over the previous month.

Top five insurance companies in North America’s IT recruitment activity in June 2021

The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined average growth of 30.6% in the overall IT recruitment activity of North America’s insurance industry during June 2021 over previous month.

UnitedHealth Group posted 353 IT jobs in June 2021 and registered a an increase of 3.22% over the previous month, followed by Anthem with 276 jobs and a 10.97% drop. Centene with 219 IT jobs and The Allstate with 165 jobs, recorded a 508.33% growth and a 126.03% increase, respectively, while Dai-ichi Life Holdings recorded a 17.02% an increase with 165 job postings during June 2021.

Country-wise composition of IT hiring in North America’s insurance industry

The US commanded a leading presence in the region’s insurance industry IT hiring activity with an 88.3% share in June 2021, an 18.18% rise over May 2021. Canada featured next with a 10.89% share, up 18.52% over the previous month. Mexico recorded a 0.8% share, a growth of 30% compared with May 2021.

Junior Level job postings dominate in June 2021

Junior Level jobs held a share of 63.74%, up by 2.18% from May 2021. Mid Level positions with a 24.57% share, a growth of 47.86% compared with the previous month.

In the third place was Entry Level job ads with 10.89% share, up 117.28% over May 2021, while Senior postings accounted for 0.8%, recording a month-on-month growth of 52.94%.