Indian job postings rose 8.9 per cent following eight consecutive monthly declines according to data from Indeed. While it is still 1.8 per cent lower than the same time last year and around 16 per cent below peak levels, postings remain nearly 80 per cent above pre-pandemic volumes.

Compared to markets such as the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Switzerland, India’s job posting volumes outpace them.

Callam Pickering, Indeed’s APAC Senior Economist, said, “Indian job creation continues to outpace other countries because of the nation’s transition towards more formal economic arrangements. As the nation transitions, job creation across the formal sector will be much stronger than overall employment growth nationwide, and we have consistently seen that in recent years. Other economies are not going through a transition of this nature.”

Job postings in around 80 per cent of occupations in India increased over the past three months. The largest gains were seen across childcare (+27 per cent), personal care and home health (+25 per cent), education (+24 per cent), and production & manufacturing (+22 per cent).

These increases helped offset declines in sectors like dental opportunities, down 10.2 per cent over the past three months, along with agriculture and forestry (-8.6 per cent), community and social service (-6.8 per cent) and software development (-4.2 per cent).

While software development opportunities have declined recently, the sector continues to have the largest volume of job opportunities on Indeed, accounting for around one-in-five Indian job postings.

Generative AI

Data from Indeed shows that, as of May 2025, 1.5 per cent of Indian job postings explicitly mentioned generative AI (GenAI) in their job descriptions, more than doubling over the past year.

Generative AI opportunities are concentrated in the tech sector but are increasingly widespread. Around 12.5 per cent of data analytics roles mention generative AI, ahead of software development (3.6 per cent) and scientific research (3.1 per cent). It’s also commonly mentioned across a range of office roles, including marketing (1.1 per cent of job postings) and management (0.9 per cent).

On a regional level, in Karnataka, 2.4 per cent of job postings mention generative AI, just ahead of 2.3 per cent in Telangana. Maharashtra has the second-largest volume of generative AI opportunities and the largest volume of total job opportunities, but it’s mentioned in just 1 per cent of job postings.

(With inputs from bl intern Nethra Sailesh)

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Published on June 13, 2025