Tech, STEM jobs on rise, Hyd in top five cities: Indeed

Hyderabad Technology and Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) job postings in India have seen a steady increase since 2015. Growing over 38 per cent and 37 per cent respectively, the prominence of technology and STEM roles have significantly increased since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, according to research data from Indeed, the job site.

Bangalore with the highest number of job postings (32.5 per cent) and as well as job seeker interest (16 per cent) across both tech and STEM fields, followed by Pune with 11 per cent in job postings across tech and STEM and 9.6 per cent and 9.5 per cent for postings and clicks in STEM respectively. Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai are the next three in the the top five cities for tech and STEM jobs. The top job role is software engineer, with the share of jobs in tech at 8.6 per cent and in STEM at 8.4 per cent. This is followed by application developer at 6.8 per cent in tech and 6.7 per cent in STEM and full stack developer (4 per cent).

"There is no denying that we are seeing an unprecedented growth in digitisation and this was evident even before the pandemic. However, the pandemic has quickened the pace of technology adoption creating a huge demand for skilled talent. Interestingly our data shows that both Tech and STEM jobs are increasing; highlighting the fact that the companies have already set the base for the workforce of the future. The time for tech and STEM jobs has never been more ripe as witnessed by competitive packages and benefits offered by companies to hire the best talent," Sashi Kumar, Head of Sales for Indeed India, said.

"These digital-savvy workforce will only empower Indian enterprises, SMBs and startups in bringing a radical change in the Indian technology ecosystem," he added.

However, the research data also indicates that the job clicks for tech and STEM roles have decreased in the last one year. From February 2021 to February 2022, clicks on tech and STEM jobs have decreased by 15 per cent and 13 per cent respectively. This indicates that while demand for these roles continues to soar, there exists a gap in terms of the supply for these jobs.