There was a significant 46 per cent growth in hiring for machine learning engineers’ roles in India, while hiring for full-stack AI scientist roles went up by 23 per cent in January 2024.
As per the Naukri Jobspeak report, the demand for data scientists and other traditional AI roles was also good. However, growth in information technology (IT) jobs was a mere one per cent in January 2024 compared to December 2023.
In terms of year-on-year data, the hiring in the IT sector was 19 per cent lower than in January 2023. In the healthcare space, hiring went up by seven per cent year-on-year in January. Maximum demand was for administrative roles in this space, which saw the maximum increase in hiring too.
Hiring grew by five per cent in the travel and hospitality sector compared to January of last year. With domestic and international tourism witnessing a spurt, there is higher demand for restaurant managers and service managers remained too.
Bengaluru and Mumbai witnessed the maximum hiring. There was a five per cent increase in new job offers in the FMCG space in January 2024 compared to January 2023. In the FMCG sector, the demand rose most for assembly-line operators, factory heads, production engineers and production managers. Kolkata and Pune topped the cities that offered new jobs in the sector in January 2024.
New jobs with salary in the range of 13-20 lakhs per annum saw slight decrease of one per cent. New job openings offering less than Rs 12 lakh per annum salary witnessed degrowth.
There was positive momentum in job opportunities for senior professionals with over 16 years of experience. January 2024 saw 19 per cent increase in hiring for this experience level compared to January 2023. New job offers for professionals with 13-16 years of experience went up by almost two per cent. Professionals with experience in the range of 8-12 years saw 18 per cent lesser job offers, while those with four to seven years of experience saw seven per cent less offers. Freshers saw 10 per cent less offers compared to the same time last year.
