The number of apparel industry company roles in Asia-Pacific made up 10.5 per cent of total data analytics jobs – up from 3.4 per cent in the same quarter last year.
That was followed by Europe, which saw a -2.7 year-on-year percentage point change in data analytics roles.
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Which countries are seeing the most growth for data analytics roles in the apparel industry?
The fastest growing country was Malaysia, which saw zero per cent of all data analytics job adverts in the three months ending November last year, increasing to 4.3 per cent in the three months ending November this year.
That was followed by Italy (up 2.5 percentage points), China (up 1.5), and India (up 1.2).
The top country for data analytics roles in the apparel industry is the United States which saw 54.2 per cent of all roles in the three months ending November.
Which cities are the biggest hubs for data analytics workers in the apparel industry?
Some 6.7 per cent of all apparel industry data analytics roles were advertised in Portland (United States) in the three months ending November - more than any other city.
That was followed by Winston-Salem (United States) with 6.7 per cent, San Francisco (United States) with 4.9 per cent, and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) with four per cent.
