Uptick in IT jobs post Covid second wave

Hyderabad: Technology-based jobs are becoming the need of the hour in the post-pandemic world and the Information Technology (IT) sector has been seeing an uptick in hiring. A new study has found that the IT-based job postings from Hyderabad – which is considered a tech hub – have seen an increase in the last one […]

Hyderabad: Technology-based jobs are becoming the need of the hour in the post-pandemic world and the Information Technology (IT) sector has been seeing an uptick in hiring. A new study has found that the IT-based job postings from Hyderabad – which is considered a tech hub – have seen an increase in the last one year. Trends analysed by Indeed showed that between September 2020 and September 2021, the job postings from the city saw a rise of 10 per cent and it is among the top cities for IT-based job postings.

On an overall country basis, the job postings recorded a 13 per cent increase in the same period and when compared to the pre-pandemic times i.e. from September 2019 to September 2021, the job postings saw a 26 per cent jump. Bengaluru saw an almost 32 per cent increase in job posting in the last one-year period and Pune was in the second spot with 11 per cent increase.

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The analysis also showed that in terms of different job profiles, the postings for software engineer saw a 9 per cent jump, while developer saw 7 per cent, senior software engineer saw 5 per cent, application developer saw 5 per cent, and full-stack developer saw 4 per cent jump in September 2020 as compared with September 2021.

“There was a war for talent in the IT sector, yet there were some roles which were the hardest-to-fill which included roles like support escalation engineer, business objects developer, application security engineer, and technology solutions professional among other roles,” Indeed said in a release.

Indeed head of sales Sashi Kumar says, “The relevance of tech jobs continues to remain consistent both pre and post-pandemic. The resilience of the IT sector in the challenging job environment shows India Inc’s inclination towards moving to a digital future in the post-pandemic world. The continued reliance on technological solutions to meet the needs for shopping, remote working and learning has amplified the importance of tech jobs across industries and cities.”

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