The report also noted that the job market has revealed a clear preference for professional technical roles. Machine learning engineers top the charts with 88% growth, followed by 39% search engineers and 35% investment bank analysts.
Chennai, a surge in employment within unicorns with 29% increase in unicorn recruitment, emerged this month as a powerhouse for unicorn employment, followed by the Delhi NCR with a 23% growth rate, resulting in Hyderabad increasing by 17%. Banking and financial services unicorns surged with employment growth of 36%.
As in the previous month, experts with over 16 years of experience are in high demand in a variety of industries. The automobile, banking, FMCG and internet/e-commerce sector have grown in the range of 10% to 29%, making cities like Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Hyderabad become hotspots for experienced professionals.
Naukri CEO Pawan Goyal said, “We were hoping for a temporary dip for the extended holiday weekend in March, so JobSpeak's index is playing in the same way, especially in some sectors. However, last year's overall index and most major sectors are promising takeways for us.”
