JOBSPEAK

A Naukri.com Report

A REPORT ON
HIRING ACTIVITY IN INDIA
by: Location, Industry and Experience

A NAUKRI.COM
FEBRUARY
2016
REPORT
A Report on Hiring Activitiy in India Feb 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary........................... 4
Sectoral Analysis ............................... 5
Functional Area Analysis .................... 6
City based scenario ........................... 7
Work Experience based analysis ......... 8
Methodology .................................... 9
Annexure .......................................... 10-12

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IT-Software and Insurance sectors record 28% growth

in Feb16 over Feb15, reports Naukri Job Speak

At an overall level, hiring activity grows by Hiring trends

18% in the February2016 index
Other sectors such as ITES and Pharma across top
are up by 17% and 12% respectively industry sectors
Demand for professionals in IT-Software
and ITES grows by 21% and 26%
respectively

figures are percentage change in Feb-16 over average of Feb-15

Hiring trends
across functional
areas
figures are percentage change in Feb-16 over average of Feb-15

Hiring trends
across Top Cities

figures are percentage change in Feb-16 over average of Feb-15

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OVERALL JOB INDEX

New Delhi, 14th March, 2016: The Naukri Job Speak of Feb16 over Feb15 and witnessed a sudden
Index for the month of February 2016 stood at 1937 increase in Feb16 with index reaching 2373, thereby
recording an increase of 18% in hiring activity over increasing the demand. Sales professionals saw
February 2015. Sustainable growth in hiring activity demand in their jobs going upwards by 15%, the
during the period led to an impressive Y-o-Y growth month of June-July 2015 spelt good news and the
for IT-Software and Insurance sector. Increased hiring period ended on a positive note for them.
sentiment was also recorded in ITES (17%) and Tele- Among the metros, Mumbai leads the growth with
com (6%), where hiring activity remained positive for 24% increase in hiring activity in Feb16 over Feb15.
most parts of the period Feb15-Feb16. A negative Delhi/NCR came second with 23% growth, and
hiring sentiment was recorded in BFSI, where the Bengaluru was at third position with 22% growth in
period started on a positive note and despite spurts the Naukri Job Speak Index for Feb16 over Feb15.
of recording growth during the year, ended with a
decline of -5% in Feb16 over Feb15. V. Suresh, Chief Sales Officer, Naukri.com said, As
Demand for professionals in top sectors also record- predicted earlier, Job market seems to sustain the
ed positive movement. IT-Software recorded an momentum gained over the last few quarters and is
increased demand of 21% in hiring professionals, the heading North with 18% growth in February 2016.
positive trend that started from Feb15 saw upsurge Looking at the consistency and pace at which the
in the months of June-July2015 and ended with index index is moving over the past few months, I am
reaching more than 2650 for IT-Software in Feb2016. cautiously optimistic that we are at the cusp of a solid
Demand in ITES saw a growth in hiring professionals growth phase and good times are ahead for jobseek-
going up by 26%, the index that started at 1891 in ers.
Feb15 remained positive for most parts of the period

Overall Hiring Trends

Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
Index
1639 1609 1736 1572 1749 1835 1665 1796 1715 1599 1783 1748 1937
1639

1609

1736

1572

1749

1835

1665

1796

1715

1599

1783

1748

1937

Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16

Total no. of new jobs posted in July 2008 was scaled to 1000. Index for subsequent months is relative to Jul 08.
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SECTORAL ANALYSIS
Industry-wise Analysis: Core sectors such as

28% 28% IT-Software, Insurance and ITES have shown posi-

tive trends, others are as following:

Pharma and Biotech record a growth 12%

Insurance IT-Software
Automobiles and Telecom are up by 7% and 6%
respectively
12% 17%
Real Estate witnessed a Y-o-Y growth of 6%

Pharma BPO FMCG recorded a growth of 29%

Construction and IT-Hardware reported a decline

6% 7% of -11% and -22% respectively

Telecom Auto

-13% -5% Hiring trends across

top industry sectors
Oil & Gas Banking

figures are percentage change in Feb-16 over average of Feb-15

Industry Jul 08 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
IT- Software 1000 2204 2171 2338 2184 2568 2927 2172 2416 2347 2175 2366 2393 2812
BPO and ITeS 1000 1405 1365 1470 1415 1374 1448 1500 1657 1637 1460 1454 1500 1636
Construction and Engineering 1000 724 699 729 657 791 807 745 702 721 616 814 676 643
Auto and Auto Ancillary 1000 990 889 1055 950 951 991 949 1106 918 991 984 967 1059
Banking and Financial Services 1000 2529 2294 2681 2220 2298 2524 1979 2063 2073 1766 2118 2098 2404
Oil and Gas 1000 1027 1038 835 824 705 629 853 860 810 759 890 796 895
Telecom 1000 875 744 861 797 840 1027 897 993 831 1389 868 822 925
Insurance 1000 628 543 669 617 753 776 644 708 592 572 626 659 806
Capital Goods 1000 876 835 882 704 963 990 850 864 825 722 893 777 755
Pharma & Biotech 1000 1786 1722 1998 1580 1901 1972 1818 1758 1792 1554 1755 1760 2001

No. of new jobs posted in July '08 for each industry was scaled to 1000; all months have been compared with previous column

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FUNCTIONAL AREA ANALYSIS

Functional Area Analysis:

Demand for Top Management professionals

witnessed an impressive 51% Y-o-Y growth

Marketing and Accounts professionals also

witnessed growth in demand by 39% and
27% respectively

Banking professionals also recorded 15% growth

in their jobs in the Feb16 index

ITES 26% Demand for Project Management professionals

continues to decline with -16% decrease in
Marketing 39% the Feb16 index

HR 18%
Finance 27% Hiring trends
Banking 15%
across functional
Sales 15%
areas
IT 21%

figures are percentage change in Feb-16 over average of Feb-15

Functional Area Jul 08 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
IT-Software 1000 2186 2178 2259 2054 2442 2691 2071 2336 2283 2104 2300 2294 2655
Sales and Business Development 1000 1780 1754 1920 1742 1944 2026 1913 2029 1859 1749 1948 1907 2046
ITES and BPO 1000 1891 1784 1968 1907 1876 1900 2061 2195 2233 1962 2089 2107 2373
Production and Maintenance 1000 1129 1047 1170 995 1093 1129 1122 1191 1014 997 1202 1074 1144
Accounts and Finance 1000 1184 1197 1279 1151 1356 1451 1238 1319 1239 1183 1304 1315 1505
HR & Administration 1000 1614 1661 1701 1594 1720 1825 1638 1816 1600 1610 1788 1767 1906
Project Management 1000 695 674 674 690 690 683 712 667 637 493 751 607 582
Marketing and Advertising 1000 1111 1131 1262 1055 1245 1393 1353 1398 1433 1362 1431 1488 1540
Banking and Insurance 1000 1022 964 1245 921 966 1057 835 976 962 941 1009 982 1171
Engineering Design 1000 926 923 922 815 913 962 883 871 736 762 851 766 828

No. of new jobs posted in July '08 for each F-Area was scaled to 1000; all months have been compared with previous column

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CITY BASED HIRING SCENARIO

Job Trends
Across Top Cities
23%

Delhi

21%
24%

13% Kolkata
15%
City Wise Analysis
Mumbai All metro cities registered an increase in hiring
Hyderabad
Pune activity in February 2016 over February 2015
22% 12%
Mumbai leads the race with 24% growth

Delhi/NCR and Bangalore are at 23% and

Bengaluru Chennai 22% respectively

Kolkata records a growth of 21%

Hyderabad, Pune and Chennai witness a growth

of 15%, 13% and 12% respectively
figures are percentage change in Feb-16 over average of Feb-15

City* Jul 08 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
Delhi-NCR 1000 1707 1813 1848 1664 1745 1861 1843 2078 1932 1685 2012 2002 2108
Mumbai 1000 1350 1365 1546 1354 1512 1593 1470 1528 1488 1348 1571 1535 1680
Bangalore 1000 2005 1967 2172 2006 2278 2412 2035 2094 2031 1903 2152 2124 2447
Chennai 1000 1496 1354 1500 1396 1523 1671 1468 1513 1433 1372 1270 1438 1683
Hyderabad 1000 1846 1709 1914 1694 1987 2157 1814 1917 1870 1999 1846 1928 2119
Pune 1000 1995 1997 2188 1860 2185 2281 1881 1961 1962 1738 1991 1947 2248
Kolkata 1000 1407 1632 1699 1260 1510 1546 1408 1543 1295 1338 1435 1498 1704

No. of new jobs posted in July '08 for each city was scaled to 1000; all months have been compared with previous column

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WORK- EX BASED SCENARIO

In Feb16, hiring activity revived across all experience levels.

Professional across all experience levels saw an increase of
almost 20% in Feb2016 over Feb2015.

Experience Buckets
Percentage share of jobs across experience levels in Feb16

8% 5%
0-3 yrs
13%
25% 4-7 yrs
8-12 yrs
13-16 yrs
>16 yrs

20%

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METHODOLOGY

Naukri.com, Indias No. 1 job site and the flagship of the entire job postings on Naukri, addition of the
brand of Info Edge introduced the concept of same to the index gives a more holistic picture of the
e-recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Indian job market. Therefore, the Job index which
was till now based on the July 2008, has been
Naukri.com has seen continued growth while
realigned to take care of the effect of the Jobs
outperforming its competitors in every sphere. Info
added by the tele-sales team.
Edge was the first internet Company to be listed in
India. The site enjoys a traffic share of 71% as per Naukri Job Speak not only talks about sectors or
recent ComScore data. Naukri.com is a recruitment cities but also about the job movement on site.
platform that provides hiring-related services to
corporates/ recruiters, placement agencies and to Disclaimer
The data is only representative of the listings on
job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple
Naukri.com. Our analytics team has used statistical
products like Resume Database Access, listings and
techniques to derive insights which might be useful
Response Management Tools. With more than for our users/stake holders/ audiences. There may
2,50,000 jobs live at any point and over 44.5 million be a statistical margin of error
CVs, Naukri.com serviced over 57,500 corporate
clients in 2014-2015. The company employs over
4000 people and operates through 65 offices in 44
cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh,
Abu Dhabi and Bahrain catering to the Middle East
market.

On the basis of job listings added to the site every

month, the data shows an increase or decrease in
the index. To calculate the index, job listings added
to the site in July 2008 have been taken as 1000. The
subsequent months have been indexed with data of
July 2008. The monthly report shows hiring trends
across industry sectors, geography and functional
areas. There might be high volatility for certain fringe
cases like smaller cities, niche industries etc. owing
to a small base, but more than 48000 clients using
Naukri.com leads to high reliability of the data.

The Naukri Job Speak index from Feb10 includes

both online jobs as wells as jobs acquired from
existing clients by our tele-calling team. Although
the tele-calling data is a relatively small component

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ANNEXURE SECTORAL DATA

Industry* Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
IT-Software/Software Services 2204 2171 2338 2184 2568 2927 2172 2416 2347 2175 2366 2393 2812
BPO/ITES/CRM/Transcription 1405 1365 1470 1415 1374 1448 1500 1657 1637 1460 1454 1500 1636
Construction and Engineering 724 699 729 657 791 807 745 702 721 616 814 676 643
Auto and Auto Ancillary 990 889 1055 950 951 991 949 1106 918 991 984 967 1059
Banking and Financial Services 2529 2294 2681 2220 2298 2524 1979 2063 2073 1766 2118 2098 2404
Oil and Gas 1027 1038 835 824 705 629 853 860 810 759 890 796 895
Telecom 875 744 861 797 840 1027 897 993 831 1389 868 822 925
Insurance 628 543 669 617 753 776 644 708 592 572 626 659 806
Capital Goods 876 835 882 704 963 990 850 864 825 722 893 777 755
Pharma & Biotech 1786 1722 1998 1580 1901 1972 1818 1758 1792 1554 1755 1760 2001
Hospitality 1656 1757 1858 1526 1643 1576 1659 1786 1811 1801 1996 1985 2194
FMCG,Foods and Beverage 1221 1257 1418 1300 1389 1633 1505 1576 1435 1433 1482 1481 1570
Chemicals 930 739 912 970 875 865 914 938 850 710 857 892 971
Education 2275 2356 2619 2135 1952 1974 2239 2249 2104 1921 2248 2318 2561
IT-Hardware & Networking 1473 1132 1262 1081 1278 1304 1095 1242 1144 815 1158 1127 1146
Retailing 1103 1050 1158 1006 1158 1285 1245 1367 1357 1351 1437 1288 1317
Media and Entertainment 1048 1073 1110 1095 1207 1228 1089 1253 1103 930 986 947 1074
Healthcare 2918 2702 3137 2765 3061 2839 3259 3510 3160 2676 3330 3116 3241
Real Estate 2074 1901 2110 2015 2045 2175 2580 2254 2105 1862 2237 1955 2192
Employment Firms 2759 3871 3504 3245 3427 3507 3344 4014 3326 2968 4346 3823 3306
Consumer Durables 1095 1027 1150 1012 1155 1085 924 957 971 821 1005 922 1165
Accounting & Taxation 1659 1617 1675 1658 2007 2297 2558 2350 2594 2668 2774 2550 3221
Advertising 1523 1799 1801 1618 2064 2148 1799 2053 2129 1966 2103 2006 2201
Textiles 2101 1913 2156 1887 1858 2107 1986 2224 1784 1858 2149 1885 2177
Semiconductors & Electronics 1147 1102 1104 1022 1281 1570 906 1449 1051 1048 1116 1175 1385
Courier & Transportation 1989 2807 1688 1382 1382 1435 1304 1625 1367 1413 1501 1327 1435
Architecture & Interior Designing 1107 1148 1204 1004 1331 1425 1237 1358 1228 1049 1159 1361 1337
Export & Import 1105 1060 1229 1100 1171 1122 1011 1166 1045 935 1240 1025 1142
Printing & Packaging 954 1117 1364 1069 1184 1415 1021 896 1043 866 1159 1242 1437
Marine 790 627 1031 813 1117 1372 805 935 764 813 794 731 853
Agriculture 1320 1390 1399 1138 1315 1507 1077 1277 1021 954 1208 1315 1361
Office Equipment/Automation 702 683 970 816 826 758 752 997 915 900 752 960 814
Fresher & Trainee 1232 1083 1328 1009 1291 1448 1558 1465 1232 1296 1469 1336 1206
Social Services 1689 1838 1561 1852 1739 1745 2101 2273 2285 1951 2087 2399 1851
Gems & Jewellery 2386 2198 3190 2750 2675 2675 3240 3802 3365 3426 3478 3566 3369
Paper 502 540 565 440 490 490 816 610 502 416 502 465 658
Legal 2107 2167 2567 2226 2122 2287 2404 2576 2567 2269 2731 1929 2585
Tyres 1187 697 519 950 876 1003 638 859 816 629 801 801 856
Fertilizers & Pesticides 2182 1543 1454 1380 1736 1640 1618 1641 1558 951 1944 1217 2236
Security & Law Enforcement 1669 1832 1905 2195 3356 3430 2703 1986 1977 2362 2013 2322 1707
Defence & Government 910 746 420 1609 933 1253 863 2481 979 795 490 956 1073

*No. of new jobs posted in July '08 for each city was scaled to 1000; all months have been compared with July '08

Upward movement of the index as compared to the previous month

Dip in the index

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ANNEXURE FUNCTIONAL AREA

Functional Area* Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
IT-Software 2186 2178 2259 2054 2442 2691 2071 2336 2283 2104 2300 2294 2655
Sales and Business Development 1780 1754 1920 1742 1944 2026 1913 2029 1859 1749 1948 1907 2046
ITES and BPO 1891 1784 1968 1907 1876 1900 2061 2195 2233 1962 2089 2107 2373
Production and Maintenance 1129 1047 1170 995 1093 1129 1122 1191 1014 997 1202 1074 1144
Accounts and Finance 1184 1197 1279 1151 1356 1451 1238 1319 1239 1183 1304 1315 1505
HR & Administration 1614 1661 1701 1594 1720 1825 1638 1816 1600 1610 1788 1767 1906
Project Management 695 674 674 690 690 683 712 667 637 493 751 607 582
Marketing and Advertising 1111 1131 1262 1055 1245 1393 1353 1398 1433 1362 1431 1488 1540
Banking and Insurance 1022 964 1245 921 966 1057 835 976 962 941 1009 982 1171
Engineering Design - R&D 926 923 922 815 913 962 883 871 736 762 851 766 828
Supply Chain 946 858 998 933 1080 1174 927 1063 920 895 974 924 1015
Front Office and Data Entry 825 854 1035 876 833 866 940 956 918 856 991 927 1009
IT- Hardware & Telecom 1565 1463 1607 1494 1441 1620 1617 1496 1339 1387 1524 1401 1619
Teaching & Education 2473 2419 2714 2120 1994 2008 2125 2176 1962 1781 2164 2399 2634
Pharma and Biotech 3058 2924 3212 2867 3166 3465 3052 3374 3190 2878 3369 3086 3331
Hotels and Restaurants 2112 2083 2249 1931 1979 2132 2101 2278 2355 2256 2435 2678 2542
Top Management 585 752 764 721 836 946 803 878 787 857 933 785 881
Architecture & Interior Design 1085 1008 999 831 1119 1166 1008 1114 1145 871 1109 1186 1006
Merchandising 1088 982 1345 1802 1813 1066 982 1099 1155 1234 1366 1179 1225
Consulting 973 1052 1037 1022 1100 1279 1155 1159 1357 1375 1227 1324 1493
Legal 1535 1482 1689 1466 1626 1613 1654 1544 1582 1330 1711 1557 1822
Web Designing 2455 2436 2505 2455 2540 2590 2741 3069 2998 2673 2926 3139 3440
Journalism 1920 1889 2083 2052 1776 1799 2274 2293 2659 2233 2460 2740 2879
Travel & Airlines 1912 1927 2359 2127 2780 2967 1806 2215 2438 2291 3439 2854 3164
Fashion and Garments 2105 1761 2157 1802 1813 1998 2145 2350 1947 1759 2029 1732 2269
Security Services 1143 898 898 918 1316 1256 1122 1265 1071 801 1530 1071 1265
Media 1159 947 1094 1143 1241 1377 996 1113 1388 927 1110 1273 1309
Packaging 1524 1451 2285 1560 1905 1809 1560 1631 1850 994 1469 1106 1047

*No. of new jobs posted in July '08 for each city was scaled to 1000; all months have been compared with July '08

Upward movement of the index as compared to the previous month

Dip in the index

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ANNEXURE CITIES

City* Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
Delhi / NCR 1707 1813 1848 1664 1745 1861 1843 2078 1932 1685 2012 2002 2108
Mumbai 1350 1365 1546 1354 1512 1593 1470 1528 1488 1348 1571 1535 1680
Bengaluru / Bangalore 2005 1967 2172 2006 2278 2412 2035 2094 2031 1903 2152 2124 2447
Chennai 1496 1354 1500 1396 1523 1671 1468 1513 1433 1372 1270 1438 1683
Hyderabad / Secunderabad 1846 1709 1914 1694 1987 2157 1814 1917 1870 1999 1846 1928 2119
Pune 1995 1997 2188 1860 2185 2281 1881 1961 1962 1738 1991 1947 2248
Kolkata 1407 1632 1699 1260 1510 1546 1408 1543 1295 1338 1435 1498 1704
Ahmedabad 1682 1709 1939 1735 1938 1957 1585 1892 1784 1705 1881 1833 2221
Chandigarh 1124 1256 1421 1260 1289 1392 1399 1580 1370 1089 1318 1296 1606
Ernakulam 2468 2285 2703 2494 3294 3169 3066 2921 3103 2968 2858 2919 2798
Vadodara / Baroda 1439 1356 1295 1187 1513 1426 1508 1750 1362 1336 1532 1396 1929
Coimbatore 1367 1420 1479 1344 1490 1510 1462 1424 1497 1534 1310 1434 1916
Jaipur 2216 1997 2590 2292 1993 2609 2665 2446 2235 2541 2921 2806 3024

*No. of new jobs posted in July '08 for each city was scaled to 1000; all months have been compared with July '08

Upward movement of the index as compared to the previous month

Dip in the index

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