Those visiting Devex’s job board will find a variety of opportunities across all global development sectors, but we also know that candidates targeting certain industries tend to have more roles to choose from than others, based on an analysis of job posting data since 2019.
Job postings in banking and finance, for example, made up nearly 12% of all advertised positions in 2022, more than any other industry. The sector has had a similar share of our board’s job postings in each of the past four years.
But only three sectors — environment and natural resources, global health, and innovation and information and communication technology — have increased their share of total job postings each year since 2019, which could be a sign that demand is growing for development professionals with skills and experience in these areas.