In UAE and Saudi Arabia, tech jobs are what again be trending in 2023: LinkedIn

In UAE and Saudi Arabia, tech jobs are what again be trending in 2023: LinkedIn

The other in-demand hiring are for sales reps, with key service-focussed sub-sectors such as retail showing strong growth trajectory through the second-half of 2022. Industry sources say that sales positions were still being filled through December.

According to LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, ‘hiring in the UAE slowed down in 2022 by 10 per cent compared to the year before, which saw a significant post-pandemic hiring surge. Hiring is still significantly higher than it was in 2020 (by 37.1 per cent).”

Tech roles will not be the only ones running hot in the UAE and Saudi job markets. The ‘fastest growing job titles’ are in sales, sustainability-related positions and - interestingly enough given the slowdown in new hires - in HR roles. These include roles such as back-end developer, sales rep, environmental manager, and HR operations specialist.

Another trend LinkedIn has spotted is growth in remote job postings in the UAE, averaging 27.7 per cent. This is a ‘figure that is one of the highest among the European, Middle Eastern, and African markets such as the UK (-1.6 per cent), Germany (-10.5 per cent) and France (-21.6 per cent)’, according to the digital platform.