Hiring panelsector-panel-v1 · 10 Sept 2026
What is hiring in India, by sector
Read from employer hiring systems directly, not from job boards, and re-checked at the source. Every figure carries the number of roles behind it.
Still advertised is the share of that sector's closed roles still sitting in the employer's own feed, from the Ghost Job Index. This page says what is open; that one says whether to believe it. A dash means the index withheld the sector for too few observations, not that the sector is clean.
Consulting & Professional Services
- Live roles
- 16,685
- Employers
- 24
- Role families
- 245
- Still advertised
- 28%
61% posted in the last 30 days10,175 of 16,685
Most-hired roles
- Business Operations1,607
- Software Development1,441
- Business Analysis1,433
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)1,109
- Project Management644
- Business Management504
Most-asked skills
- Consulting2,798
- Revenue Growth2,341
- Business Requirements2,246
- Leadership2,053
- Communication1,909
- Artificial Intelligence1,870
- Collaboration1,813
- Technology Solutions1,780
BFSI
- Live roles
- 15,363
- Employers
- 36
- Role families
- 182
- Still advertised
- 40%
71% posted in the last 30 days10,933 of 15,363
Most-hired roles
- Banking Services4,139
- General Finance3,638
- Business Operations555
- General Sales Practices489
- Auditing412
- Marketing Strategy and Techniques406
Most-asked skills
- Communication8,899
- Banking6,090
- Sales5,576
- Banking Products4,366
- Financial Services4,271
- Legislation4,270
- Trust Accounts4,034
- Lead Generation3,901
Technology
- Live roles
- 4,756
- Employers
- 71
- Role families
- 218
- Still advertised
- 27%
55% posted in the last 30 days2,595 of 4,756
Most-hired roles
- Computer Science571
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)531
- Software Development298
- Electrical and Computer Engineering248
- Scripting Languages215
- Business Operations132
Most-asked skills
- Python (Programming Language)1,162
- Computer Science901
- Communication739
- Artificial Intelligence600
- C++ (Programming Language)593
- Innovation443
- Software Development433
- Electrical Engineering424
Diversified
- Live roles
- 2,849
- Employers
- 54
- Role families
- 218
- Still advertised
- 16%
48% posted in the last 30 days1,372 of 2,849
Most-hired roles
- Business Operations182
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)165
- Computer Science121
- Software Development113
- Project Management101
- Business Analysis90
Most-asked skills
- Communication391
- Python (Programming Language)237
- Collaboration236
- Transport Networks231
- Operations201
- Curiosity168
- Stakeholder Management167
- Software Development157
Manufacturing & Industrial
- Live roles
- 1,829
- Employers
- 10
- Role families
- 184
- Still advertised
- 0%
53% posted in the last 30 days965 of 1,829
Most-hired roles
- General Finance128
- Business Operations101
- Automation Engineering98
- Project Management96
- Software Development82
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)81
Most-asked skills
- Communication355
- Customer Service177
- Python (Programming Language)168
- Coordinating166
- Negotiation156
- Relationship Management153
- Automation147
- Planning146
Consumer & Retail
- Live roles
- 1,547
- Employers
- 15
- Role families
- 169
- Still advertised
- 69%
43% posted in the last 30 days661 of 1,547
Most-hired roles
- Business Operations217
- Project Management66
- Agriculture and Crop Farming55
- Business Management54
- General Sales Practices47
- Business Analysis46
Most-asked skills
- Business Objectives298
- Real Estate234
- Communication203
- Sales188
- Agriculture169
- Customer Service147
- Stakeholder Management137
- Innovation135
Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Live roles
- 567
- Employers
- 7
- Role families
- 106
- Still advertised
- —
54% posted in the last 30 days304 of 567
Most-hired roles
- Business Operations48
- Market Analysis44
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)27
- Quality Assurance and Control23
- Business Analysis20
- Project Management20
Most-asked skills
- Stakeholder Management72
- Market Intelligence55
- Operational Excellence54
- Diversity And Inclusion53
- Communication49
- Regulatory Requirements46
- Influencing Skills46
- Key Account Management44
Energy & Resources
- Live roles
- 381
- Employers
- 7
- Role families
- 72
- Still advertised
- —
52% posted in the last 30 days199 of 381
Most-hired roles
- Business Operations38
- Project Management37
- Computer Science25
- Equipment Repair and Maintenance21
- Process Improvement and Optimization20
- Business Analysis16
Most-asked skills
- Issuer105
- Operational Efficiency96
- Logistics94
- APL (Programming Language)78
- Operational Excellence60
- Digitization53
- Operations52
- Electrical Engineering51
What this does not cover
- 8 sectors are published of 10 tracked, covering 43,977 of 44,161 live roles. A sector appears only with at least 100 live roles and 5 employers. Below that a panel describes a handful of postings at one company.
- This is a panel of tracked employers, not a census of Indian hiring. It is deep rather than wide, and a sector's numbers move when we add an employer as well as when the market does.
- A listing with no sector on it is excluded rather than bucketed into an "Other" row. Unclassified is missing data, not a sector.