Quantum Computing Talent

Ecosystem Analysis

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Conceptualized and Developed: November – 2020

The objective of the document is to provide a comprehensive analysis of

possible Quantum Computing use cases across industries and how
companies are leveraging global Quantum computing talent ecosystem
to build Quantum computers and it’s use cases

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Serial Nos. CONTENTS

01 Quantum Computing Evolution – Timeline Map

02 Quantum Computing Use-Cases (Industry Specific)

Quantum Computing – Job Openings, Growth Rate, Roles Taxonomy,

03
Skills & Workloads

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Quantum Computing – Global Hotspot Locations Mapping & USA
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Major Hotspot Locations Analysis

05 Quantum Computing – A deeper understanding

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 Quantum Computing technology is based on the principles of Quantum Mechanics with potential to
perform calculations billions of times faster than a silicon-based computer

Quantum Computing Timeline Map Classical Computing V/S Quantum Computing

Point of
Classical Computing Quantum Computing
comparison

Qubit: a superposition of 0
2025 and Representation Bit either 0 or 1
1990s-2000s 2010s 2015-2025 &1
beyond
Moving bits through logic
Calculation Altering states of atom
gates

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Delivered being distributed without being distributed

Information
Single direction Multiple direction
behavior
Experimental Realization Commercial
System Phase
Phase Phase Phase
Noise tolerance High Low
Primary Establishment of System level
Production use of
theoretical fundamental engineering
quantum Security Low High
research mechanism computing systems
Computational
High Low
cost

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Source: Primary interviews with DRAUP’s SME’s, industry professionals, and insights from customer engagement
 Quantum computing will enable researchers & end-users to find highly specific use-cases across
industries including , but not limited to, Automotive, BFS, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals,
Energy/Utilities, Media, and Aerospace & Defence

Energy & Media & Aerospace &

Automotive BFSI Industry Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals
Utilities Entertainment Defence

Traffic Flow Supply Chain Load Monitoring & Advertisement

Targeting and Forecasting Rapid Drug Discovery Faster Aircraft Design
Optimization Optimization Balancing Scheduling

Pharmacogenomic Testing Personalized Advanced Software

Vehicle Routing Risk Profiling Risk Modelling Oil Well Optimization
& Genome Sequencing Recommendation Debugging

Cryptographic
Powerful & Efficient Drug Interaction Ad Revenue
Trading Optimization Production Planning Energy Distribution Algorithm
E-Vehicle Batteries Prediction Maximization
Optimization

Protein Modelling & AI based Image Reduction in Aircraft

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Logistical Planning Asset Pricing Fault Analysis Utilization Prediction
Protein Folding Classification Design Turnaround Time

Diagnostic Capability Expanding Reservoir Network Planning

Autonomous Driving Portfolio Optimization Design Optimization
Improvement Production Optimization

Catalyst & Enzyme Computational

Anti-Money Laundering Grid Optimization
Designing Fluid Dynamics

Customer Behavioural Network Design &

Data Routing

Customer Onboarding

Use Cases
Low High
Propensity 4
Source: Above use cases have been sourced from Primary interviews with DRAUP’s SME’s, industry professionals, and insights from customer engagement
High Investments have increased the ongoing demand for specific Quantum Computing Talent which
is visible across the Top relevant players from 2018 to 2020

Quantum Computing - Job Opening & Growth Rate for the period of 2018-2020

300 29%

250 251
231
211 205
18%
Annual Job Postings

200
17%
163
154
150 140
119 122

9% 105

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100 88
75

50

0
IBM Microsoft Amazon Google
2018 2019 2020 Job Postings Growth Rate (CAGR 2018-20)

▪ Amazon has highest Y-o-Y average growth rate (29%) followed by Google(18%) and Microsoft(17%) for the Quantum Computing Job roles
▪ Highest number of Job openings were recorded for Quantum Computing relevant roles in 2020 :
▪ IBM – 251
▪ Amazon – 205
▪ Microsoft – 163

Note: The job posting numbers are considered from July 2018 – June 2020, the percentage in the line chart represent annual average growth rate in job opening on a Y-o-Y basis 5
 After analysing the Top 15 companies from the global Quantum Computing Ecosystem, Draup has
identified that typically all relevant Job Roles can be mapped & structured across 5 unique Job Clusters

JOB ROLES TAXONOMY

PRODUCT & PROGRAM
HARDWARE ENGINEERING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING RESEARCH SCIENCE TECHNICAL CONSULTING
MANAGEMENT
Cryogenic Integrationn Engineer Software Development Theoretical Physicist – Product Manager, Quantum
– Quantum Hardware Quantum Solutions Industry Quantum Consultant
Engineer – Quantum Computing

Technical Program Manager -

Design Verification Engineer Quantum Full Stack Developer Quantum Science Researcher Solutions Architect - Quantum
Quantum Hardware

FEOL / BEOL Fabrication Front/Back End Developer – Azure Quantum Research Quantum Computing Technical
Quantum Computing Scientist
Engineer-Quantum Computing Quantum Software & Tools Program Manager Expert

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Signal & Power Integrity Quantum Software Engineer, Quantum Research Scientist – Principal Theory and Simulation
Engineer – Quantum Computing Test and Measurement Design & Simulation Program Manager

Quantum Device Quantum Software Security

Quantum Data Scientist Technical Program Manager
Fabrication Engineer Engineer

Quantum Hardware Research Scientist (Quantum

Software QA Engineer
Development Engineer Algorithms and Applications)

Quantum Test Engineer Embedded Software Engineer

Quantum Control Engineer

Job Clusters Job Roles High Priority Job Roles

Source: Career Page of major tech companies, Job Descriptions, LinkedIn & Publicly available data sources
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 Skills & Workloads for Quantum Computing job roles are highly advanced and require prior
experience in programming language(s) along with working knowledge or research on Quantum
Computing topics
High Demand Quantum
Job Clusters Technical Skills Workloads
Computing Job Roles
• Software Development Engineer -
• Skills: C, C++, Java, Python, Spring, • Advancing the entire quantum computing technology stack & full
Quantum
Software MATLAB, HTML, Simulink, PostgreSQL, stack architecture.
• Embedded Software Engineer
Engineering Julia, software scripting for hardware • Exploring applications to make quantum broadly usable and
• Quantum Software Engineer, Test and
interfaces accessible
Measurement
• Cryogenic Integration Engineer • Solve problems related to the fabrication and characterization of
• Skills: C, C++, Java, Python, Spring,
• Design Verification Engineer novel quantum processors
Hardware MATLAB, Hardware Interface
• Signal Integrity Engineer - Quantum • Assemble & test complex electrical/ mechanical
Engineering Programming, Cryogenic Operations,
• Quantum Device Fabrication Engineer systems, cryogenic systems, microwave electronics to develop
Device Fabrication (Lithography)
• Quantum Test Engineer quantum hardware

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• Quantum Scientist
• Skills: C, C++, Java, Python, Spring, • Responsible for architecting compiler optimizations in the
• Quantum Data Scientist
Research MATLAB, HTML, Simulink, PowerBI, Quantum Information Science Kit (Qiskit)
• Quantum Research Scientist
Science Tableau, Qlik, Quantum Mechanics, • Thought leadership in quantum algorithms and/or quantum
• Quantum Science Researcher
Theoretical Physics architecture research
• Applications Research Scientist
• Technical Product Manager • Define and drive an organization-wide strategy for Quantum
• Skills: C, C++, R, Python, STATA, SAS,
• Principal Theory and Simulation Computing
Product & Program SPSS, Adobe Design, Cloud Services,
Program Manager • Engage with customers direct to identify new capabilities,
Management Product Roadmap, User Stories,
• Technical Program Manager - product features for the use of Quantum Computing to achieve
Wireframes, UI/UX
Quantum Hardware end goals.
• Develop solution reference archt. aligned to business needs &
• Skills: Python, HPC, ML/DL algorithms, evolving capabilities of emerging tech
• Solutions Architect (Quantum)
Technical Cloud Computing, SOA, Server-less • Design technical solutions that take advantage of the Cloud
• Industry Quantum Consultant
Consulting Architecture, GPUs, Linear Programming, platform & Quantum Computing services.
• Quantum Computing Technical Expert
Qisket, Quantum Consulting • Provide Consumer, Retail, & Agri-business industry-specific
thought leadership & advisory services
Source: Career Page of major tech companies, Job Descriptions, LinkedIn & Publicly available data sources
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 Draup has analysed all the major hotspots of Quantum Computing globally ; US is the largest hotspot of
Quantum Computing because of focus on quality Research & Development & presence of HQs of Global
Tech Giants

IBM is actively present at all major Quantum Computing hotspots globally that have high access to
relevant talent & technical infrastructure needed for its research & development Case Studies

Chicago
London

Seattle
Berlin

Tokyo
➢ Cambridge Quantum
Computing Partners With IBM
to Expand Industry

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Engagement in Quantum
Hong Kong

➢ CQC will expand membership

New York of the network with cloud-
Singapore
San Francisco based access to the IBM
Quantum Computation Center,
which now includes 20 of the
Los Angeles
most-advanced quantum
computers commercially
Paris
available to explore practical
applications for business and
TALENT AVAILABILITY INDEX Sydney science
High >150 Mumbai Bengaluru
Moderate 50 – 150
Other locations
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DRAUP’s proprietary talent module was used to find relevant talent pool assessment. All the locations were analyzed for talent availability across all job roles specified in the taxonomy
US has a talent pool of approximately 1,800 Quantum Computing professionals ; Greater New York
Area, San Francisco Bay Area are the Top 2 hotspot locations in the US based on Talent Pool availability

US Employed Talent Pool for Quantum Computing (Talent Supply) US Job Openings for Quantum Computing (Talent Demand)
~1,800 ~250
Greater Seattle Area, WA Minneapolis Area, MN Greater Chicago, IL Greater Boston, MA
60 <5 20 25 70 <10 50 <5

Denver Metropolitan Area, CO Greater New York Area, NY

60 <5 550 60

San Francisco Bay Area, CA Portland Washington DC

210 30 Greater Philadelphia 40 <10

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Los Angeles Metro Area, CA Raleigh-Durham, NC
St. Louis 90 20
70 <5 Charlotte
Area

Greater San Diego Area, CA Atlanta metropolitan Area, GA

10 <5 Orlando 60 <5

Tampa
Greater Austin Area, TX Dallas-Fort Worth Area , TX
60 20 90 <5
Major MSAs Other Locations
with mid scale
Greater Miami Area, FL
Houston Texas Area, TX talent pool
MSA
30 <5
30 <5 Talent Talent
#Demand Supply Demand# 9
is the no. of job openings are in the past 1 year for Quantum Computing job roles
 Home to Quantum Computing pioneers, US has a great Fresh Talent Supply & Installed Talent Quality
and has access to world-class universities for Computer Science Research such as Stanford and MIT

Overall assessment: United States Location Characteristics Top Universities

Population ~330M *Total Relevant

Universities
Demographics Graduates
Annual population
0.6%
growth
1,600+
Cost of Living Index* 70.95
Talent Availability
Local Purchasing
Fresh Talent
Quality of Life Power Index*
119.1 1,200+

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Talent Quality Avg. Commute Time
27 min
Early findings
(one way)
Talent Growth raise no 650+
concerns
Median Cost Key Employers
Ease of Hiring Limited
concerns, IBM Accenture 500+
Regulatory Cost likely not
significant
Infrastructure Cost Google Intel
Early findings 480+
Location Characteristics raise Microsoft Accenture
significant
Start up Index concerns
AWS Cisco 230+

*Data referenced from worldpopulationreview.com Talent Concentration

Source: University Websites High Low 10
Draup identified the most favoured locations of Quantum Computing in the US based on Overall Rating
Score measured across 6 Talent-based parameters
Austin, DRAUP’S LOCATION
Greater Chicago Greater New San Francisco Raleigh-
Parameters Metropolitan ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
Area York Area Bay Area Durham Area
Area
Research from over 100+ DRAUP projects and discussions with multiple Industry
Talent Leaders, we have identified the critical metrics for any Location Strategy analysis
Availability
• No. of installed talent pool in the given roles.
Fresh Talent TALENT
• Higher the number of relevant talent pool, higher
Supply AVAILABILITY
the favourability

Median Talent • No. of installed talent pool in Number of graduates with

Cost FRESH TALENT software and computer science background
SUPPLY • Higher the fresh graduates with relevant degree, higher the
favourability of location
Ease of Hiring

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• No. of installed talent pool in the given roles.
MEDIAN
• Higher the number of relevant talent pool for 6 roles,
Talent Quality TALENT COST
higher the favourability

• Ratio of available talent to no. of job openings (available

Talent Growth EASE OF talent supply -demand ratio) for the given roles
HIRING • High Talent/Demand ratio is considered as a favourable
factor
Overall Rating High High High Mid Mid
• The % of Total Talent that has more than 5 years of relevant
TALENT
work experience
• The top 5 MSAs in the US were rated across QUALITY
• Higher the Talent Quality, higher the favourability of location
• San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago and
several factor that are important for hiring
New York are among the highest rated • Increase or decrease of Talent Pool in a particular year
with Talent Availability, Median Talent Cost
locations in US because of strong TALENT calculated across a span of 5 years (CAGR)
and Ease of Hiring being the most important
talent growth, and ease of hiring GROWTH • Higher the Talent Growth, higher the favourability of
ones
location
Favorable Moderate Unfavorable Benchmarks are relative within a Parameter
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AGENDA
Serial Nos. CONTENTS

01 Quantum Computing Evolution – Timeline Map

02 Quantum Computing Use-Cases (Industry Specific)

Quantum Computing – Job Openings, Growth Rate, Roles Taxonomy,

03
Skills & Workloads

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Quantum Computing – Global Hotspot Locations Mapping & USA
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Major Hotspot Locations Analysis

05 Quantum Computing – A deeper understanding ➢ Principles of Quantum Computing

➢ Quantum Computing Market Ecosystem

➢ Quantum Computing Collaborations,

Investments and Outlook

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 Qubit can also exist in the superpositions of 0 state and 1 state, thus enabling quantum computers to
store more information & perform multiple complex calculations parallelly

0 • Quantum computers use a more • A quantum computer’s sequence of BITS

sophisticated data representation known qubits can be present in every possible 101 → 5 (Decimal)
0 as a qubit or quantum bit. combination of 1s and 0s 111 → 7 (Decimal)
• Each qubit can exist in state 1, 0, or • This allows the computer to test every In case of 3 Bits , a classical
simultaneously occupy both states with possible solution simultaneously & computer can be in just one of
varying probability perform complex calculations faster those 8 (23) states at a given
1 time
1
QUBIT
QUANTUM QUBITS
PARALLELISM 000 001 010 011
BIT QUBIT 100 101 110 111
Can occupy all of them in

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parallel with varying
PRINCIPLES OF probability… one calculation
QUANTUM COMPUTING contains all 8 states

I0> SUPERPOSITION ENTANGLEMENT

• Ability of the quantum systems to be in • State of an n-qubit system cannot be

1/2.(I0> + I1>) multiple states at the same time (other written as the state of its individual ?
than 0 & 1) components because of Entanglement
1/2.(I0> + I1>) • This enables quantum computers to look • It states that the measurement of one
at multiple variables & scenarios at the qubit is always corelated to the
I1> Superpositions of same time measurement of the other qubit Observed Affected
states I1> and I0> “here” “over there”
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 Quantum Computing is one of the most disruptive technologies of today with huge potential across all
Industries that require superfast computational speed to solve its complex problems in real time

The Market of Quantum Computing is growing at a CAGR of nearly 25% YoY and is estimated to be a $2.5Bn USD Market by the end of 2022;
The high growth is driven by the increasing demand from relevant players serving the entire spectrum of solutions across the Quantum
Computing Ecosystem
Quantum Computing Market Quantum Computing Ecosystem
Quantum Computing Timeline
3.0 End to End Hardware and Software and Quantum Computing
~2.5 Bn Solution Providers Systems Providers Services Providers Specialists
USD
2.5
Market Size (USD Billion)

2.0

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1.5 1.4 Bn

1.0 0.8 Bn
Realization
0.5 System Phase
Experimental Phase
Commercial Phase Establishment of System level
0.0 Phase fundamental engineering
2018 2020 2022 E Primary
mechanism
Production use oftheoretical
quantum
Technology Trends impactedresearch
by Quantum Computing
computing systems
• ML/AI: Quantum algorithms help in artificial neural network optimization for ML/AI to speed up ML-based complex problems
• Cybersecurity: Quantum Cryptography leverages individual particles- photons for the development of a cryptosystem to provide unbreakable security
• 5G: The upcoming increase in connected devices & sensors after 5G network roll-out will force companies to leverage quantum-safe solutions to protect personal data from
breaches and theft
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 Tech Giants such as IBM, Microsoft, & Amazon are collaborating by investing in various start-ups to
solve their computational & optimization problems, leading to a further acceleration of the Quantum
Computing market

Collaborations Investments/New Projects Impact & Outlook

• IBM to host quantum computing systems that cross the QV32 performance • Inspire the next generation of devices and
threshold. They are 27-qubit Falcons and 5-qubit Canaries. IBM is also further research.
investing in Cambridge Quantum Computing. • Commercialization of quantum technologies

• Microsoft invested $215M in photonic quantum computer start-up • Development of quantum computer that uses
PsiQuantum, also preparing its Azure cloud computing service to offer access photons as qubits, thus facilitating
computation.

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to three prototype quantum computers, from Honeywell and, IonQ and QCI.

• AWS unveiled a new service called Amazon Braket to facilitate Quantum • Build quantum algorithms and test them on
Computing in the Cloud in collaboration with IonQ, Rigetti Computing and D- simulated quantum computers.
Wave.

• The aim of the project is to develop the

• QuTech (a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO) and Fujitsu signed a building blocks for a modular quantum
collaboration agreement to combine efforts in a multi-year research project computer based on diamond spin qubits.

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Source: Tactical signals from Draup platform, Press releases, and annual reports of the companies
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Draup uses Machine learning models to perform prior analysis and can replicate it on a broader level
for any job roles/skills across functions

Draup Capabilities & Data Assets EMPOWERS DECISION MAKING IN

CAREER PATH
Recruitment
PREDICTOR
ROLES & SKILLS
DIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Workforce Planning
TAXONOMY

UNIVERSITY
Peer Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE

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DIGITAL IMPACT ON Explore Diverse Diversity & Inclusion
TRADITIONAL ROLES Job Roles,
Locations and TALENT Learning & Development
Ecosystem INTELLIGENCE
PEER Insights
BENCHMARKING Compensation & Benefits

University Relations
LOCATION
COURSES/
INTELLIGENCE
CERTIFICATIONS Mergers and Acquisitions
and diverse other use cases…
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Draup for Location Intelligence: Draup analyses 4,500+ job roles across 2,500+ locations to help
companies understand talent ecosystem with insights around talent cost, required skills, job demand,
and peer companies

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