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A Report on
Hiring Activity
in India
by: Location, Industry and Experience

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REP
May 2013

A Report on Hiring Activitiy in India

May

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

A Report on Hiring Activitiy in India

Hiring up by 10%
in May13 over May12- says
Naukri Job Speak Index

May

-11%
4%

Oil & Gas

Banking

4% dip witnessed in hiring in May when compared to Apr13

2%
Auto

Hiring trends across

top industry sectors

12%

figures are percentage share compared between May-13 over Apr-13

BPO

2%
Telecom

Hiring trends
across functional areas

-4%
1%

10%

IT Software

Pharma

Banking

Sales

Marketing

IT

Stable
Production

ITES

-5%
-7%

-6%

-14%
figures are percentage share compared between May-13 over Apr-13

Hiring trends
across top cities
-6%

-10%

2%

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Delhi

-5%

-9%

-6%

Chennai

Pune

kolkata

figures are percentage share compared between May-13 over Apr-13

A Report on Hiring Activitiy in India

May

OVERALL
JOB INDEX
The Naukri Job speak index at 1317 in May13 is up10.3% when compared
to May12 at 1194, however the index is 4% down in May 13 in comparison
to April 13. Among the metros, most of the cities have seen a similar trend
barring Pune, Mumbai and Chennai. While Delhi-NCR has seen an impressive 26% increase in hiring, Mumbai has seen a decline by 10% in May13
over May12. Among the top 10 sectors, sectors like Pharma, IT, ITES have
seen an increase by 25%, 8% and 56% in May13 while a few other sectors
like Auto, Insurance, Oil & Gas have seen a dip over the same period.
Mr. Ambarish Raghuvanshi, CFO Info Edge (India) Ltd said A holistic
view over the year shows us that jobs continue to be created as there is a
10% upswing in hiring y-o-y. Overall it is a positive sign; however, employers seem to be following a cautious approach now and are keeping a close
watch on the macroeconomic environment.Given the weak ecnomic
environment in 2012-13, any job creation is a positive sign. From this point
onwards, job creation will track macro-economic indicators.

13

1368

May

13

13
Mar

12

11
May

10
May

May

09

708

May

913

1089

1194

1304

Apr

Hiring trends
across
top industry
sectors

Total no. of new jobs posted in July 2008 was scaled to 1000. Index for subsequent months is relative to Jul 08.

1317

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SECTORAL
ANALYSIS
Hiring trends across
top industry sectors
12%

ITES and healthcare have emerged as strong sectors registering a growth

of 56% and 47% in May13 in comparison to May12. IT, Banking and
financial services, Real Estate and Pharma have also seen an increase in
hiring numbers over the year by 7%, 23%, 42% and 25% respectively.
Oil & gas has suffered the highest dip of 21% on a year on year comparison. Auto and Insurance sectors are showing similar trends and have
recorded a dip of 11% and 8% respectively in May-13 over May12.

IT
Software

BPO

4%
2%

Auto

Banking

-4%

1%

2%

Oil & Gas

Telecom

Pharma

figures are percentage share compared between May-13 over Apr-13

-11%
Jul 08

Industry
1000

IT- Software

1000

Apr 09
698

Apr-10 Apr-11
1033

1185

Apr-12

Jan-13

Feb-13

Mar-13

Apr-13

May-13

1400

1455

1531

1464

1551

1494

1000

BPO and ITeS

1000

681

979

853

861

986

1008

1075

1156

1292

1000

Construction and Engineering

1000

659

730

830

722

755

725

784

777

724

1000

Auto and Auto Ancillary

1000

582

825

1100

1185

1143

1140

1079

1082

1100

1000

Banking and Financial Services

1000

590

987

907

1196

1588

1386

1378

1519

1581

1000

Oil and Gas

1000

778

942

1001

1015

1117

1018

890

953

845

1000

Telecom

1000

875

791

650

842

689

644

648

744

760

1000

Insurance

1000

586

1069

514

575

597

540

495

627

591

1000

Capital Goods

1000

794

996

987

1022

868

942

923

877

902

1000

Pharma & Biotech

1000

1041

1062

1027

1255

1381

1455

1657

1559

1581

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

A Report on Hiring Activitiy in India

May

FUNCTIONAL
AREA ANALYSIS
Hiring of ITES professionals saw the maximum increase with a 63% rise in
their Job index value in May 13 over May12. Sales and business development saw 24% more hiring this month in comparison to May12. There was
an increase in hiring of Pharma professionals by 38% in May 13 over May
12.

Job Trends Across

Top Functional Areas

10%

Banking

Sales

Marketing

IT

ITES

Stable
Production

-5%

-7% -6%
figures are percentage share compared between May-13 over Apr-13

-14%
Functional Area

Jul 08

1000

IT-Software

1000

683

1011

1141

1355

1362

1000

Sales and Business Development 1000

825

1064

1071

1362

1518

1000

ITES and BPO

767

1149

1002

1059

1349

1000

Production and Maintenance

1000

784

1039

1131

1163

1286

1000

Accounts and Finance

1000

732

866

899

954

882

948

1378

985

963

1000

HR & Administration

1000

611

1126

1177

1230

1223

1338

890

1327

1196

1000

Project Management

1000

607

892

964

790

804

788

648

773

688

1000

Marketing and Advertising

1000

712

961

887

870

868

939

495

1007

934

1000

Banking and Insurance

1000

573

974

769

817

1086

1001

923

842

727

1000

Engineering Design

1000

600

821

927

966

1190

1126

1657

1062

984

1000

Apr 09

Apr-10 Apr-11

Apr-12

Jan-13

Feb-13

Mar-13

Apr-13

May-13

1473

1464

1470

1375

1568

1075

1757

1669

1284

784

1497

1654

1280

1079

1168

1180

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

2%

Delhi

-6%

Kolkata

-10%

Mumbai

Stable

Hyderabad

-6%

Metro cities like Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Kolkata & Hyderabad

have seen an upswing in hiring over the year. Delhi-NCR has
emerged as the strongest city with a 26% rise in hiring in
May13 in comparison to May12. Bangalore, Hyderabad and
Kolkata also saw an increase in hiring activity in the range of
11-12%. Mumbai, Chennai and Pune, however witnessed a
decline in hiring in the range of 3%, 4% and 6% in May 13
over May 12.

Bengaluru

-5%

Chennai

figures are percentage share compared between May-13 over Apr-13

City*

Jul 08

Apr 09

Apr-10 Apr-11

Apr-12

Jan-13

Feb-13

Mar-13

1000

Delhi-NCR

1000

759

1086

1000

Mumbai

1000

613

1000

Bangalore

1000

1000

Chennai

1000

Hyderabad

Apr-13

May-13

1144

1253

1307

1362

1300

1490

1524

891

1001

1061

1183

1219

1161

1174

1057

724

1048

962

1315

1404

1450

1475

1531

1445

1000

641

867

905

1055

1157

1230

1092

1156

1103

1000

747

1015

1017

1216

1276

1273

1334

1387

1378

1000

Pune

1000

664

1082

1178

1358

1296

1413

1441

1370

1245

1000

Kolkata

1000

775

981

1041

1203

1168

1268

1250

1388

1299

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

A Report on Hiring Activitiy in India

May

WORKEX BASED SCENARIO

In May 13, Hiring activity dipped across all experience levels.
Barring 0-3 yrs experience levels which saw steady hiring
activity , professionals across all the other experience levels
saw between 4 to 12% dip in the hiring levels in May,13 over
april,13

Experience Buckets
Percentage share of jobs across experience levels

6%

3%

0-3 yrs

21%

33%

4-7 yrs
8-12 yrs
13-16 yrs
>16 yrs

37%
figures are percentage share compared between May-13 over Apr-13

A Report on Hiring Activitiy in India

May

METHODOLOGY
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 of the entire job postings on
Naukri, addition of the same to the index gives a more holistic picture of the
Indian job market. Therefore, the Job index which was till now based on the
July 2008, has been realigned to take care of the effect of the Jobs added by
the tele-sales team.
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 42000 clients using Naukri.com
leads to high reliability of the data.
Naukri Job Speak not only talks about sectors or cities but also about the
total job movement on site. The total jobs on site are defined as:

Total Jobs: Jobs Added + Jobs Refreshed

Where a refreshed job is any job that was posted earlier, however has been
refreshed during the month and therefore indicates that the position is still
open.
Disclaimer
The data is only representative of the listings on Naukri.com. Our analytics
team has used statistical techniques to derive insights which might be useful
for our users/stake holders/ audiences. There may be a statistical margin of
error

A Report on Hiring Activitiy in India

May

ANNEXURE

SECTORAL DATA
Industry*
IT-Software/Software Services
BPO/ITES/CRM/Transcription
Construction and Engineering
Auto and Auto Ancillary
Banking and Financial Services
Oil and Gas
Telecom
Insurance
Capital Goods
Pharma & Biotech
Hospitality
FMCG,Foods and Beverage
Chemicals
Education
IT-Hardware & Networking
Retailing
Media and Entertainment
Healthcare
Real Estate
Employment Firms
Consumer Durables
Accounting & Taxation
Advertising
Textiles
Semiconductors & Electronics
Courier & Transportation
Architecture & Interior Designing
Export & Import
Printing & Packaging
Marine
Agriculture
Office Equipment/Automation
Fresher & Trainee
Social Services
Gems & Jewellery
Paper
Legal
Tyres
Fertilizers & Pesticides
Security & Law Enforcement
Defence & Government

Jul-08 Oct-12
1000
1302
1000
873
1000
692
1000
1113
1000
1282
1000
978
1000
825
1000
675
1000
834
1000
1150
1000
1530
1000
1136
1000
961
1000
1873
1000
748
1000
968
1000
911
1000
2162
1000
1548
1000
2242
1000
981
1000
1078
1000
937
1000
1496
1000
1024
1000
1052
1000
993
1000
914
1000
1120
1000
623
1000
1031
1000
648
1000
1054
1000
2576
1000
3177
1000
703
1000
2211
1000
697
1000
2449
1000
1451
1000
1073

Nov-12
1259
874
698
1005
1209
933
656
611
816
1233
1541
1173
912
2030
939
860
966
1980
1567
2004
911
957
1067
1300
771
1145
1049
954
1059
564
1021
722
1150
2399
2373
628
2167
831
1662
1469
1259

Dec-12
1235
860
748
1148
1389
899
733
648
850
1333
1536
1157
896
1623
909
842
903
2021
1757
2849
892
1057
1127
1477
779
1138
872
1008
1021
538
937
628
1143
2683
2411
578
1885
1054
1662
1179
1376

Jan-13
1455
986
755
1143
1588
1117
689
597
868
1381
1600
1350
1007
1848
793
899
1031
2032
1665
3603
944
1195
1167
1427
982
1010
895
885
963
909
1171
831
898
1852
2311
527
2048
668
1766
1796
490

Feb-13
1531
1008
725
1140
1386
1018
644
540
942
1455
1598
1330
1099
2166
881
974
894
2251
1803
4299
984
1213
1173
1642
1545
1247
949
1183
1328
868
1511
866
1098
1073
3240
515
2434
1425
2285
1179
816

Mar-13
1464
1075
784
1079
1378
890
648
495
923
1657
1603
1327
934
2605
968
907
964
2274
1903
3795
864
1184
1183
1541
1410
1011
1143
1105
1207
727
1287
1054
935
1909
2398
540
2122
1054
2167
1687
1143

Apr-13
1551
1156
777
1082
1519
953
744
627
877
1559
1615
1351
1056
2585
882
983
1022
2269
2140
3674
1098
1099
1245
1667
1577
1274
1359
1260
1252
538
1269
920
764
2498
3215
452
2226
1291
2256
1614
886

May-13
1494
1292
724
1100
1581
845
760
591
902
1581
1521
1215
1021
2402
893
1045
876
2507
1926
3331
888
1210
1076
1636
1318
1255
1190
951
1168
575
1217
742
890
2172
2800
879
1840
1128
1944
2068
910

*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*
IT-Software
Sales and Business Development
ITES and BPO
Production and Maintenance
Accounts and Finance
HR & Administration
Project Management
Marketing and Advertising
Banking and Insurance
Engineering Design - R&D
Supply Chain
Front Office and Data Entry
IT- Hardware & Telecom
Teaching & Education
Pharma and Biotech
Hotels and Restaurants
Top Management
Architecture & Interior Design
Merchandising
Consulting
Legal
Web Designing
Journalism
Travel & Airlines
Fashion and Garments
Security Services
Media
Packaging

Jul-08 Oct-12
1000
1225
1000
1382
1000
1164
1000
1163
1000
868
1000
1086
1000
793
1000
892
1000
933
1000
1075
1000
1032
1000
804
1000
1120
1000
1860
1000
2072
1000
1916
1000
705
1000
975
1000
961
1000
1022
1000
1271
1000
1356
1000
1434
1000
1906
1000
985
1000
1020
1000
686
1000
1215

Nov-12
1208
1336
1157
1077
815
1082
706
812
913
889
862
829
1106
2077
1909
2129
737
946
1149
1524
1366
1347
1368
1848
1149
990
686
1197

Dec-12
1187
1378
1142
1170
821
1156
780
893
1031
1049
993
839
1022
1693
2059
2206
682
905
1128
901
1119
1344
1399
1780
1318
867
555
834

Jan 13
1362
1518
1349
1286
882
1223
804
868
1086
1190
965
949
1271
1879
2018
2111
587
960
1076
599
1256
1570
1333
2206
1172
1163
930
943

Feb-13
1473
1568
1284
1280
948
1338
788
939
1001
1126
980
996
1308
2432
2276
2210
674
898
1335
840
1375
1692
1481
1494
1335
1122
359
1524

Mar-13
1404
1607
1392
1171
920
1244
729
919
871
1075
939
942
1137
3344
2343
2139
612
1133
1191
958
1344
1698
1426
2012
1358
1081
849
1270

Apr-13
1470
1757
1497
1168
985
1327
773
1007
842
1062
997
1027
1380
2697
2185
2246
873
1138
1149
859
1303
1840
1524
1896
1140
1224
669
1306

May-13
1375
1669
1654
1180
963
1196
688
934
727
984
991
1010
1232
2830
2454
1990
709
1162
1174
753
1240
1661
1442
2054
1253
939
669
1070

*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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May

ANNEXURE

CITIES

City*
Delhi / NCR
Mumbai
Bengaluru / Bangalore
Chennai
Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Pune
Kolkata
Ahmedabad
Chandigarh
Ernakulam
Vadodara / Baroda
Coimbatore
Jaipur

Jul-08 Oct-12
1000
1144
1000
1054
1000
1264
1000
1014
1000
1141
1000
1304
1000
998
1000
1143
1000
991
1000
1410
1000
1145
1000
989
1000
1858

Nov-12
1108
960
1270
1000
1196
1225
1153
1116
1158
1655
1054
897
2188

Dec-12
1185
1037
1221
1034
1104
1320
1098
1329
967
1639
1414
1017
1623

Jan-13
1307
1183
1404
1157
1276
1296
1168
1393
1088
1623
1259
1039
1733

Feb-13
1362
1219
1450
1230
1273
1413
1268
1493
1131
1603
1464
1001
1880

Mar-13
1300
1161
1475
1092
1334
1441
1250
1682
1670
1887
1375
994
2530

Apr-13
1490
1174
1531
1156
1387
1370
1388
1678
1308
1897
1458
944
2449

May-13
1524
1057
1445
1103
1378
1245
1299
1519
1198
1926
1090
1046
2339

*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