Top Companies 2022: The 15 best workplaces to grow your career in Saudi Arabia

LinkedIn Top Companies is a ranking of the 15 companies that are setting talent up for long-term success.

Our 2022 LinkedIn Top Companies list is the second annual ranking of the 15 best places to work in Saudi Arabia, based on unique LinkedIn data. It’s a resource for jobseekers and career builders to explore open jobs, enhance their skills, identify companies that invest in their talents and offer opportunities, and more.

To put together this year’s rankings, we looked at LinkedIn data across seven pillars, each revealing an important element of career progression: ability to advance, skills growth, company stability, external opportunity, company affinity, gender diversity and spread of educational backgrounds. You can learn more about our methodology at the bottom of this article.?

This list is meant to guide professionals at every stage — whether that means a career pivot, jumping back into the workforce after a hiatus or investing in new skills. At each company, you’ll find insights around which roles and skills are in demand, top locations and much more. You can also explore open jobs and people you may know at the company. If a company catches your eye, follow their company page and/or turn on job alerts to stay on top of future opportunities.?

Here are this year’s 15 #LinkedInTopCompanies in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi ARAMCO is the parent company of Aramco Americas, Aramco Training Services Company (ATSC), Saudi Petroleum International, Inc. (SPII) and others.

Global Headcount: 68,000 | Most notable skills: Commissioning, Project Engineering, Oil & Gas | Most common job titles: Project Engineer, Administrative Assistant, Electrical Engineer

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Saudi Arabia Headcount: 4,000 | Most notable skills: Banking, Islamic Finance, Banking Customer Service | Most common job titles: Finance Officer, Customer Service Representative, Integration Manager | Largest job functions: Finance, Business Development, Support

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Almarai is the parent company of Agricultural Input Company Limited (Mudkhalat), Almarai Agricultural and Livestock Production Company Limited, Almarai Baby Food Company Limited and others.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 30,910 | Global Headcount: 40,213 | Most notable skills: Food Safety, Food & Beverage, Dairy Products | Most common job titles: Salesperson, Sales Supervisor, Accountant | Largest job functions: Operations, Sales, Accounting

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Mobily is a subsidiary of Etisalat.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 5,875* | Most notable skills: Change Readiness, Life Skills, Accountability | Most common job titles: Customer Service Specialist, Sales Executive, Salesperson | Largest job functions: Sales, Information Technology, Operations

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Saudia (formerly known as Saudi Airlines) is the parent company of Saudia Cargo.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 9,605* | Global Headcount: 12,630* | Most notable skills: Airlines, Flight Safety, Aircraft Maintenance | Most common job titles: Flight Attendant, Engineering Specialist, Aircraft Maintenance Technician | Largest job functions: Operations, Engineering, Information Technology

See more about Saudia | See people you may know at Saudia

Riyad Bank is the parent company of Riyad Capital and others.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 5,500 | Global Headcount: 5,900 | Most notable skills: Banking, Accounting, Credit Analysis | Most common job titles: Relationship Manager, Customer Service Officer, Sales Advisor | Largest job functions: Finance, Sales, Support

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Maaden is the parent company of Maaden Aluminium Company, MPC and others.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 4,565* | Global Headcount: 7,000 | Most notable skills: Reliability Centered Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Commissioning | Most common job titles: Planning Engineer, Mechanical Technician, Distributed Control System Operator | Largest job functions: Operations, Engineering, Research

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Bank Albilad is the parent company of Albilad Capital and others.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 5,635* | Global Headcount: 6,195* | Most notable skills: Banking, Retail Banking, Finance | Most common job titles: Sales Supervisor, Administrative Assistant, Customer Service Officer | Largest job functions: Finance, Support, Sales

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Islamic Development Bank is the parent company of the Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI), the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), and others.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 960 | Global Headcount: 1,160 | Most notable skills: Management, Leadership, Communication | Most common job titles: Administrative Assistant, Economics Specialist, Administrative Coordinator | Largest job functions: Finance, Information Technology, Administrative.

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?International Medical Center is the parent company of The First Clinic, First Scan and Tadawi Center.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 1,370* | Global Headcount: 1,370* | | Most notable skills: Healthcare, Teaching, Problem Solving | Most common job titles: Registered Nurse, Pharmacist, Medical Consultant | Largest job functions: Healthcare Services, Operations, Information Technology

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Dr. Sulaiman AL Habib Medical Group is the parent company of Al Habib Pharmacies, Middle East Pharmacies Company and?Afia Pharmacies Company.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 4,265* | Global Headcount: 13,000 | Most notable skills: Healthcare, Basic Life Support (BLS), Healthcare Management | Most common job titles: Pharmacist, Registered Nurse, Laboratory Specialist | Largest job functions: Healthcare Services, Research, Support

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Alshaya Group is the parent company of Alshaya Retail Academy.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 11,500 | Global Headcount: 50,000 | Most notable skills: Visual Merchandising, Merchandising, Food & Beverage | Most common job titles: Store Manager, Salesperson, Visual Merchandiser | Largest job functions: Sales, Operations, Human Resources

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Saudi Arabia Headcount: 2,000 | Global Headcount: 2,000 | Most notable skills: Healthcare, Teaching, Time Management | Most common job titles: Emergency Medicine Resident, Pharmacist, Registered Nurse | Largest job functions: Healthcare Services, Research, Operations

See more about Dallah Hospitals | See people you may know at Dallah Hospitals

GE is the parent company of GE Healthcare, GE Aviation, GE Power and others.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 1,000 | Global Headcount: 168,000 | Most notable skills: Oil & Gas Industry, Well Intervention, Petroleum Engineering | Most common job titles: Materials Manager, Finance Manager, Sales Manager | Largest job functions: Operations, Engineering, Sales

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Schlumberger is the parent company of Cameron, OneSubsea and others.

Saudi Arabia Headcount: 3,585* | Global Headcount: 86,000 | Most notable skills: Oil & Gas Industry, Oilfield, Offshore Operations | Most common job titles: Field Engineer, Equipment Operator, Drilling Engineer ?| Largest job functions: Operations, Engineering, Information Technology

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You can also check out the Top Companies in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the U.K., U.S. and the UAE. _______________________________________________________

Methodology

Our methodology uses LinkedIn data to rank companies based on seven pillars that have been shown to lead to career progression: ability to advance; skills growth; company stability; external opportunity; company affinity; gender diversity and educational background. Ability to advance tracks employee promotions within a company and when they move to a new company, based on standardized job titles. Skills growth looks at how employees across the company are gaining skills while employed at the company, using standardized LinkedIn skills. Company stability tracks attrition over the past year, as well as the percentage of employees that stay at the company at least three years. External opportunity looks at Recruiter outreach across employees at the company, signaling demand for workers coming from these companies. Company affinity, which seeks to measure how supportive a company’s culture is, looks at connection volume on LinkedIn among employees, controlled for company size. Gender diversity measures gender parity within a company and its subsidiaries. Finally, educational background examines the variety of educational attainment among employees, from no degree up to Ph.D. levels, reflecting a commitment to recruiting a wide range of professionals.?

To be eligible, companies must have had at least 500 employees as of Dec. 31, 2021 in the country and attrition can be no higher than 10% over the methodology time period, based on LinkedIn data. Similarly, companies with layoffs during that time that amount to more than 10% of their workforce, based on public announcements, are also ineligible. Only parent companies rank on the list; majority-owned subsidiaries and data about those subsidiaries are incorporated into the parent company score. Certain data counts — like gender diversity and educational background — are normalized based on company size across the pool of companies eligible for the list. The methodology time frame is Jan. 1, 2021 through Dec. 31, 2021. All of the data used is aggregated and/or de-identified.

We exclude all staffing and recruiting firms, educational institutions and government agencies. We also exclude LinkedIn, its parent company Microsoft and Microsoft subsidiaries.

Correction: Certain data counts were normalized for company size. The previous version stated that all data counts were normalized for company size.

About company insights

*Company insights were sourced from LinkedIn Talent Insights and include the parent company and majority-owned subsidiaries. Data reflects aggregated public member data from active LinkedIn profiles in the relevant country and includes employee profiles associated with the parent company and majority-owned subsidiaries on LinkedIn. We exclude members who identify as interns or contractors. Headcounts are provided by the companies directly or public filings, unless otherwise noted with an asterisk. Those headcounts are based on LinkedIn data. All insights reflect a 12-month time period looking back from January 2022. Top locations were categorized as the regions or cities that employed the largest percentage of each company. Skills data was derived from measuring the most frequent unique skills among a company’s employees, relative to other companies. Most common job titles represent the occupations that are most common within each company. Largest job function measures the function area most prevalent within each company.?

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Reported by:?Salma Altantawy, Lynn Chouman and Emily Spaven

Methodology and insights by:?LinkedIn Economic Graph team