AI hiring outpaces overall IT recruitment in India, report shows

BENGALURU, July 3 - Hiring ‌for AI ​roles ​within India's IT sector outpaced overall recruitment within the industry last month, a survey showed on Friday, ‌indicating a push from companies to reorient themselves in ⁠the face of evolving technology.

The sector's AI hiring rose 16% year-on-year ‌in June, while overall IT ‌jobs declined 3%, according to job portal Naukri's monthly JobSpeak report that collated job listings from more than 150,000 ​firms on its website.

India's $315 billion IT industry has been under pressure with clients holding back on spending on technology ⁠due to a weak macroeconomic environment and the advent of AI that threatens their ​traditional business model.

"The divergence (between AI and overall IT hiring) is important because it shows where tech ​companies are still investing. AI is ‌increasingly becoming a core capability area, especially as demand shifts towards more senior and specialised talent," ⁠said Hitesh Oberoi, CEO at Info Edge, which owns Naukri.

The country's No.1 software exporter, Tata Consultancy Services, last month said it expects ⁠IT companies to slow down hiring, with the Tata Group firm moving ​towards having an equal number of employees and AI agents in its workforce.

Last July, the firm cut more than 12,000 jobs, while headcount ‌fell by more than 23,000 on a net basis in the fiscal year ended March 2026.

Across ‌14 sectors, AI and machine learning jobs increased 25%, the ⁠report added. The insurance ‌and consumer goods sector ​showed the most increase in job hiring during the period, it said.

(Reporting by Sai Ishwarbharath B in ‌Bengaluru;)

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