Europe was the fastest growing region for machine learning hiring among railway industry companies in the three months ending May.

The number of roles in Europe made up 20.3% of total machine learning jobs – up from 4.7% in the same quarter last year. That was followed by South & Central America, which saw a -0.3 year-on-year percentage point change in machine learning roles.

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The figures are compiled by GlobalData, who track the number of new job postings from key companies in various sectors over time. Using textual analysis, these job advertisements are then classified thematically.

GlobalData's thematic approach to sector activity seeks to group key company information by topic to see which companies are best placed to weather the disruptions coming to their industries.

These key themes, which include machine learning, are chosen to cover "any issue that keeps a CEO awake at night".

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By tracking them across job advertisements it allows us to see which companies are leading the way on specific issues and which are dragging their heels - and importantly where the market is expanding and contracting.

Which countries are seeing the most growth for machine learning job ads in the railway industry?

The fastest growing country was Hungary, which saw 0% of all machine learning job adverts in the three months ending May 2021, increasing to 9.3% in the three months ending May this year.

That was followed by France (up 2.9 percentage points), Spain (2.1), and Canada (1.1).

The top country for machine learning roles in the railway industry is the United States which saw 58% of all roles advertised in the three months ending May.

Which cities and locations are the biggest hubs for machine learning workers in the railway industry?

Some 11.7% of all railway industry machine learning roles were advertised in Atlanta (United States) in the three months ending May.

That was followed by Budapest (Hungary) with 9.3%, San Francisco (United States) with 6.2%, and Chicago (United States) with 4.5%.

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