Data from a biennial international survey hosted by www.OilandGasJobSearch.com and supported by NES Global Talent, shows that employment in all areas of the oil and gas industry has been on the increase since the last survey took place in 2017.

The 2019 Outlook found that “the industry is in vibrant good health, and the size of the global workforce has increased in the past 12 months — as have annual salaries”.

Both of these measures of business performance have increased faster than the last time employers were surveyed.

With these positive results in mind, both employers and employees feel that the international growth prospects for jobs and salaries will continue to improve more quickly during the year ahead.

Despite these positive trends, the oil and gas industry is facing another challenge: there are skill shortages across
the board — particularly in engineering and design, operations, maintenance and production.

Many businesses across the globe are taking steps to address these shortages — some of them by investing more money in training and development.

Employees also feel confident that they will be able to find new jobs in the industry and command higher salaries in the year ahead due to the skills shortages.

It is suggested that one area the industry could address to help to close the gap is through employing more women.

There are currently very few women working in the field or in engineering; that said, more women answered the survey than ever before, and the stats show that this is an area which is certainly going in the right direction.

This year, the biennial Outlook surveyed more than 33,200 people from 22 different disciplines, and 171 countries.

Further details can be found at the Web site (www.energyout lookguide.com).