Artificial intelligence hiring levels in the pharma industry dropped in October 2022

The proportion of pharmaceutical companies hiring for artificial intelligence related positions dropped in October 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 37.4% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. This latest figure was lower than the 38.6% of companies who were hiring for artificial intelligence related jobs a year ago and a decrease compared to the figure of 39.8% in September 2022. When it came to the rate of all job openings that were linked to artificial intelligence, related job postings dropped in October 2022 from September 2022, with 7% of newly posted job advertisements being linked to the topic. This latest figure was an increase compared to the 3.3% of newly advertised jobs that were linked to artificial intelligence in the equivalent month a year ago. Artificial intelligence is one of the topics that GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, have identified as being a key disruptive force facing companies in the coming years.