North America extended its dominance for digital media hiring among retail banking industry companies in the three months ending March.
The number of roles in North America made up 66.8% of total digital media jobs – up from 63.4% in the same quarter last year.
That was followed by Europe, which saw a 0.7 year-on-year percentage point change in digital media roles.
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.

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By GlobalDataThese key themes, which include digital media, are chosen to cover "any issue that keeps a CEO awake at night".
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 digital media job ads in the retail banking industry?
The fastest growing country was the United States, which saw 43.8% of all digital media job adverts in the three months ending March 2021, increasing to 52% in the three months ending March this year.
That was followed by the United Kingdom (up 0.5 percentage points), Australia (0.5), and the Philippines (0.5).
The top country for digital media roles in the retail banking industry is the United States which saw 52% of all roles advertised in the three months ending March.
Which cities are the biggest hubs for digital media workers in the retail banking industry?
Some 4.3% of all retail banking industry digital media roles were advertised in Toronto (Canada) in the three months ending March.
That was followed by New York City (United States) with 3.6%, London (United Kingdom) with 3.2%, and York (United States) with 2.6%.