PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) appears to be on a hiring streak for blockchain related positions, if their vacancies for such jobs on global hiring portal Indeed are any indication to go by.

Specifically, PwC is currently looking to recruit for more than 40 blockchain positions, ranking it tops compared to the other Big 4 firms. Ernst & Young (EY) comes in second with 17 job posts, and Deloitte third with 10 vacancies.  

According to CoinTelegraph, a PwC blockchain and financial partner in its French office was reported as expressing that central banks should give leeway to allow companies such as Facebook or global multinational banks like JP Morgan to take care of crypto issuance.

Of the Big 4, only KPMG is apparently not hiring any blockchain positions, or just as many at this time. While it does not have specific blockchain job listings on Indeed for now, its own website lists about half a dozen other positions looking for candidates with related interest or some knowledge of blockchain. Only one open position is blockchain specific – Managing Director for Blockchain in San Francisco.

As for those directly in the technology space, IBM and Oracle have also listed 10 blockchain vacancies each, while global technology-specialized consultancy Accenture has 11.

IBM and Oracle may be no stranger to employing blockchain, but Accenture is starting to catch up. It has recently begun using distributed ledger technology (DLT) since November 2018 to monitor software licenses. The company is also said to be collaborating with multinational corporations like MasterCard to launch a blockchain-powered circular supply chain.