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Hiring Trends By City, Industry, Functional Area and Experience

NAUKRI JOBSPEAK REPORT

JOBSPEAK

TABLE OFCONTENTS

Overview 3

Sectoral Analysis 4

Functional Area Analysis 5

City Analysis 6

Work Experience Analysis 7

Methodology 8

Annexure 9-11

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Hiring activity on a recovery path after Covid-19 second wave; grows 15% in June’21: Naukri JobSpeak.

Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr-21 May-21 Jun-21

1208 12631413

1755 1759 17271972 1925

2356

INDEX FORJUNE 2021

Substantial recovery of hiring activity in Hotels/Restaurants/Airlines/Travel (87%) and Retail (57%) sectors in June’21. The IT-Soft-ware/Software Services sector also grew 5% last month and achieved an all-time high growth of 52% , as compared to pre-Covid level in June ‘19.

Hiring activity in metro cities and tier-II cities witnessed an average 15% and 23% growth respectively, indicating stronger recovery in the latter.

Hiring across all experience bands increased in June’16, with 0-3 yrs seeing maximum growth of 22%, giving young job seekers a boost.

Overall Hiring Trends

Pawan Goyal, Chief Business Officer, Naukri.com said,“The strong recovery of the hiring sector at 15% in June ‘21, close on the heels of a decline in May ‘21 is encouraging. It is heartening to see sectors such as Hospitality (+87%) and Retail (+57%) responding positively after being impacted by the second Covid-19 wave.” Speaking on the performance of the IT sector, he adds, “Hiring in this sector has seen a 5% sequential month-on-month growth and more than 52% increase from June ‘19.”

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Tech hiring remained relatively insular to the effects of the pandemic, with the IT-Software/Soft-ware Services sector growing by 5% in June ‘21.

There has been a substantial recovery of hiring activity in Hotels/Restaurants/Airlines/Travel (+87%) and Retail (+57%) sectors in June ‘21. Sectors such as Insurance (+38%), Banking/Financial Services (+29%) and Pharma/Biotech (+22%) have also shown recovery from their recent slump.

Other sectors like Medical/Healthcare (+31%), FMCG (+22%), BPO/ITES (+18%) and Educa-tion/Teaching (+15%) saw positive sequential upswing in June’21 vs May’21.

HIRING TRENDS ACROSSINDUSTRIES

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Figures are percentage change in Jun-21 over average of May-21

Banking/Financial

87%

Insurance

57%

Hotels/Restaurant/Travel/Airlines

29%

FMCG

22%

Pharma/Biotech

38%

5%

Teaching/Education

15%

RetailBPO/ITES

14%

IT - Software

22%

IT-Software/Software Services

BPO/ITES/CRM/Transcription

Auto/Auto Ancillary

Banking/Financial Services/Broking

Oil and Gas/Power/Infrastructure/Energy

Telcom/ISP

Insurance

Pharma/Biotech/Clinical Research

Hotels/Restaurants/Airlines/Travel

FMCG/Foods/Beverage

Education/Teaching/Training

IT-Hardware & Networking

Retailing

Medical/Healthcare/Hospital

Industry*

1755

1244

580

1192

300

285

637

1426

430

1103

2711

764

545

4499

Jun-20

2976

1875

934

2182

393

405

1193

1679

858

1627

3640

1024

1158

4788

Jan-21

3944

2184

1040

2544

443

503

1176

1816

1015

1950

4558

1209

1219

6133

Feb-21

4376

2201

1009

2565

475

526

893

1814

932

1751

3984

1258

1406

6275

Mar-21

163%

52%

39%

74%

20%

124%

87%

38%

52%

44%

38%

65%

114%

26%

Y-O-Y Growth

5%

14%

18%

29%

17%

28%

38%

22%

87%

22%

15%

41%

57%

31%

M-O-M Growth

3859

1838

835

1896

411

445

849

1657

597

1487

3040

1073

939

5656

Apr-21

4409

1655

682

1617

306

499

863

1610

350

1300

3244

898

747

4313

May-21

4624

1891

806

2080

360

637

1190

1970

654

1592

3741

1262

1169

5671

Jun-21

Roles in Marketing / Advertising / MR / PR (+39%), Sales / BD (+32%), Production Quality (+22%) and Accounts/Finance (+20%) grew the most in June’21 vs May’21. Roles in HR/Administration and Banking / Insurance also saw a 31% sequential rise in hiring activity in the last one month.

The Naukri JobSpeak index reports a 4% increase in demand for tech professionals as IT giants across hubs continue to bulk-hire talented professionals in 2021.

Hiring for Teaching roles (+9%) also saw growth in June’21 vs May’21.

HIRING TRENDS ACROSSFUNCTIONAL AREAS

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IT-Software

Sales / BD

ITES / BPO / KPO / Customer Service / Operations

Production / Maintenance / Quality

Accounts / Finance / Tax / CS / Audit

HR / Administration / IR

Site Engineering / Project Management

Marketing / Advertising / MR / PR

Banking / Insurance

Purchase / Logistics / Supply Chain

IT- Hardware / Telecom / Technical Staff / Support

Teaching / Education

Pharma / Biotech / Healthcare / Medical / R&D

Hotels / Restaurants

Functional Area*

1674

1147

1679

785

806

747

291

822

648

695

1216

1802

5183

534

Jun-20

2907

2042

2367

979

1272

1576

493

1312

1511

1065

1288

3001

5061

887

Jan-21

3806

2225

2790

1060

1485

2014

518

1576

1810

1262

1494

4464

6517

971

Feb-21

4184

2089

2801

962

1556

2171

468

1738

1906

1247

1624

3555

6590

994

Mar-21

165%

47%

41%

14%

68%

194%

62%

82%

167%

81%

80%

32%

35%

-15%

Y-O-Y Growth

4%

32%

15%

22%

20%

31%

26%

39%

31%

29%

33%

9%

33%

74%

M-O-M Growth

3725

1597

2239

937

1313

1745

452

1280

1487

1136

1346

2427

5994

675

Apr-21

4264

1271

2058

733

1126

1683

375

1080

1318

979

1226

2537

5009

340

May-21

4430

1683

2360

893

1356

2199

472

1501

1729

1261

1628

2755

6673

591

Jun-21

Figures are percentage change in Jun-21 over average of May-21

Marketing/Advertising

39%

32%

31% 31%

22%20%

15%4%

Sales/BDBanking/Insurance

HR/Administration

Production/Maintenance

Accounts/Finance

ITES/BPO IT-Software Hotel andRestaurants

87%

Pune (+10%), Hyderabad (+10%) and Bangalore (+4%) maintained their recent uptrend as they continue to fulfill the demand for skilled personnel in the IT sector.

Other metro cities like Delhi/NCR and Kolkata, which were negatively impacted in May ‘21, have recorded a 26% and 24% growth respectively.

Among the tier-II cities, Jaipur (+50%) and Vadodara (+29%) were the best performers, providing further hope to aspirational job seekers in these areas.

HIRING TRENDS ACROSS CITIES

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Delhi / NCR Pune BengaluruChennai HyderabadMumbai10%26% 4%13% 10%15%

Kolkata24%

Coimbatore

10%Ernakulam

6%Ahmedabad

27%Vadodara

29%Chandigarh

18%Jaipur

50%

Metro Cities

Emerging Cities

Delhi / NCR

Mumbai

Bengaluru / Bangalore

Chennai

Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Pune

Kolkata

Ahmedabad

Chandigarh

Ernakulam / Kochi / Cochin

Vadodara / Baroda

Coimbatore

Jaipur

City*

1068

781

1278

854

1382

1467

1491

1700

1329

2591

1348

1640

2231

Jun-20

1876

1257

2099

1520

2357

2543

2335

2669

2032

3575

2160

2074

3691

Jan-21

2258

1502

2743

1834

3020

3149

2604

3487

2139

3797

2595

2359

3863

Feb-21

2332

1618

3102

1952

3235

3253

2514

3924

2246

3825

2544

2509

3909

Mar-21

102%

99%

149%

135%

155%

145%

96%

164%

63%

40%

84%

32%

61%

Y-O-Y Growth

26%

15%

4%

13%

10%

10%

24%

27%

18%

6%

29%

10%

50%

M-O-M Growth

1913

1289

2783

1765

3097

2907

2525

3469

1739

3652

2115

2071

2951

Apr-21

1708

1355

3043

1767

3217

3252

2356

3532

1835

3416

1933

1962

2390

May-21

2158

1553

3177

2006

3527

3588

2925

4483

2172

3619

2484

2164

3597

Jun-21

Figures are percentage change in Jun-21 over average of May-21

0-3 yrs

15%

4-7 yrs

8%

8-12 yrs

11%

13-16 yrs

10%

>16 yrs

22%

Hiring for all experience bands increased as organisations began to augment their employee base to handle growth. The 0-3 years band saw a growth of 22%, which is cause for cheer for younger job seekers, as against the negative growth in May ‘21.

Similarly, movement of senior professionals was also robust, as the 13-16 years (+11%), 8-12 years (+8%) and 16+ years (+10%) categories witnessed double digit growth.

HIRING TRENDS ACROSS EXPERIENCE LEVELS

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Figures are percentage change in Jun-21 over average of May-21

The Naukri JobSpeak is a monthly Index that calculates and records hiring activity based on the job listings on Naukri.com website month on month. The objective of Naukri JobSpeak is to measure the hiring activities in various industries, cities, functional areas and experience levels. The data is compiled from the website wherein jobs posted by clients on Naukri.com are considered. Thus, the job speak index includes jobs that might be for replacement hiring. July 2008 is taken to be the base with an index value of 1,000 and the subsequent monthly index is compared with the data for July 2008. The jobs analyzed for the monthly Index are qualified based on white-collar, urban, belonging to organized corporate sector jobs with the focus on service industries. The report shows hiring trends across industry sectors, geography, experience level, and functional areas. More than 76,000 clients use Naukri.com, leading to the high reliability of data. The report does not cover gig employment, hyperlocal hiring or campus placement. Over a long period, the Naukri JobSpeak was impacted by the increase in the Naukri traffic share, internet penetration, Naukri pricing strategy and job listing drives.

About Naukri.comNaukri.com, India’s No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge introduced the concept of e-recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen continuous growth while outperforming its competitors in every sphere. Info Edge was the first internet company to be listed in India. The brand enjoys a timeshare of over 96% across Desktop, Mobile and App as per similar web.Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to corporates/recruiters, placement agencies and job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, listings and Response Management Tools. With more than 5,40,000 jobs live at any point and over 69 million CVs, Naukri.com services over 59,500 unique clients. The company operates 77 offices in 47 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Bahrain.

DisclaimerThe 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.

METHODOLOGY

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IT-Software/Software Services

BPO/ITES/CRM/Transcription

Construction/Engineering/Cement/

Auto/Auto Ancillary

Banking/Financial Services/Broking

Oil and Gas/Power/Infrastructure

Telcom/ISP

Insurance

Industrial Products/Heavy Machinery

Pharma/Biotech/Clinical Research

Hotels/Restaurants/Airlines/Travel

FMCG/Foods/Beverage

Chemicals/PetroChemical/Plastic/

Education/Teaching/Training

IT-Hardware & Networking

Retailing

Media/Dotcom/Entertainment

Medical/Healthcare/Hospital

Real Estate/Property

Recruitment/Employment Firm

Consumer Durables

Accounting/Taxation/Finance

Advertising/PR/MR/Events

Textiles/Garments/Accessories

Semiconductors/Electronics

Courier/Transportation/Freight

Architecture/Interior Designing

Export/Import

Printing/Packaging

Shipping/Marine

Agriculture/Dairy

Office Equipment/Automation

Fresher/Trainee

NGO/Social Services

Gems & Jewellery

Paper

Legal

Tyres

Fertilizers/Pesticides

Security/Law Enforcement

Defence/Government

Industry*

4624

1891

658

806

2080

360

637

1190

998

1970

654

1592

1077

3741

1262

1169

269

5671

2105

3839

746

2017

2243

1716

3351

1869

1349

1317

959

682

1923

1170

16

2317

2985

713

3189

4310

1500

3591

Jun-21

1755

1244

374

580

1192

300

285

637

546

1426

430

1103

815

2711

764

545

420

4499

947

1303

595

1668

1366

967

865

1036

818

663

781

387

1537

353

1005

1217

1700

649

2039

475

1380

1669

2770

Jun-20

1749

1315

475

661

1378

347

322

659

695

1316

407

1209

939

2118

835

532

572

4612

1021

1782

671

1834

1481

1093

1012

1395

750

1183

925

360

1931

406

1113

1320

1934

578

2241

519

1751

1796

3172

Jul-20

1986

1527

490

771

1437

313

507

795

773

1243

417

1227

937

2312

829

813

589

5279

1364

2127

641

2036

1707

1236

1245

1505

1151

796

1021

512

1819

411

1365

1242

2612

465

1811

371

1781

1886

2239

Aug-20

2375

1971

583

994

1910

408

470

1017

1041

1794

616

1754

1439

3258

1354

935

816

5091

1963

3122

808

2510

1979

1336

1128

1954

1452

1086

1134

874

2333

624

2040

1870

3750

519

2407

552

1748

1968

2603

Sep-20

2533

1878

583

985

1832

386

349

910

967

1494

818

1591

1246

3234

1055

1051

758

4866

1983

2798

842

2480

2256

1488

1441

1652

1508

1226

1082

920

2243

524

1818

1987

4144

377

2226

460

1855

2322

2845

Oct-20

2779

1791

555

820

1772

332

350

759

835

1477

738

1404

1018

2697

949

981

637

5044

1939

2683

777

2357

2039

1508

1278

1601

1384

1175

943

633

1793

480

1587

1679

3426

493

2116

567

1901

1500

1856

Nov-20

3081

1819

663

1088

2088

431

439

1100

1036

1885

826

1701

1356

3279

1050

1084

596

5736

2068

3012

902

2688

2230

1784

1581

1531

1749

1438

1341

627

2192

673

2604

2129

4445

578

2434

401

1959

2104

1796

Dec-20

2976

1875

651

934

2182

393

405

1193

951

1679

858

1627

1176

3640

1024

1158

712

4788

2345

3364

975

2564

2258

1591

1569

1518

1696

1349

954

690

1940

648

1974

2243

3616

389

2686

564

2567

1560

1399

Jan-21

3944

2184

683

1040

2544

443

503

1176

1081

1816

1015

1950

1260

4558

1209

1219

847

6133

2661

3894

1124

2918

2673

1706

1679

1934

2135

1287

1527

600

2303

794

1832

2475

4421

751

3318

855

2612

2088

1523

Feb-21

4376

2201

647

1009

2565

475

526

893

1128

1814

932

1751

1196

3984

1258

1406

754

6275

2438

4276

930

3093

2725

1678

1571

2118

2202

1229

1456

597

2519

925

1388

2860

4709

540

2909

890

2330

2648

1329

Mar-21

3859

1838

553

835

1896

411

445

849

965

1657

597

1487

1134

3040

1073

939

661

5656

1754

3675

797

2477

2079

1479

1761

1533

1604

938

1164

640

1836

654

1127

1672

3205

377

3068

629

1748

1856

1278

Apr-21

4409

1655

490

682

1617

306

499

863

799

1610

350

1300

892

3244

898

747

338

4313

1322

3137

580

1641

1626

1221

2463

1348

974

831

752

534

1534

1044

349

1803

2888

276

2627

223

2983

1288

1562

May-21

ANNEXURE SECTORAL DATA

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IT-Software

Sales / BD

ITES / BPO / KPO / Customer Service

Production / Maintenance / Quality

Accounts / Finance / Tax / CS / Audit

HR / Administration / IR

Site Engineering / Project Management

Marketing / Advertising / MR / PR

Banking / Insurance

Engineering Design / R&D

Purchase / Logistics / Supply Chain

Secretary / Front Office / Data Entry

IT- Hardware / Telecom / Technical

Teaching / Education

Pharma / Biotech / Healthcare

Hotels / Restaurants

Top Management

Architecture / Interior Design

Export / Import / Merchandising

Corporate Planning / Consulting

Legal

Web / Graphic Design / Visualiser

Content / Journalism

Ticketing / Travel / Airlines

Fashion / Garments / Merchandising

Guards / Security Services

TV / Films / Production

Packaging

Functional*

4430

1683

2360

893

1356

2199

472

1501

1729

839

1261

740

1628

2755

6673

591

767

1796

1318

1921

1729

4149

2811

1099

1115

833

1939

1068

Jun-21

1674

1147

1679

785

806

747

291

822

648

507

695

435

906

2093

4953

697

596

638

762

840

918

2066

1936

517

410

1065

1097

1068

Jun-20

1763

1189

1673

831

835

756

364

858

1027

606

809

505

1216

1802

5183

534

536

687

895

783

917

2373

1726

721

402

857

1567

1161

Jul-20

1969

1280

1986

909

921

892

385

1030

1111

548

937

536

1228

2060

5968

538

581

778

1209

1010

970

3080

2188

732

641

949

865

1106

Aug-20

2416

1731

2452

1168

1169

1260

463

1241

1404

708

1160

773

1843

2683

5648

659

729

985

1000

1265

1265

3241

2394

1203

898

1339

1148

1462

Sep-20

2462

1837

2482

1038

1246

1236

467

1241

1294

718

1095

716

1503

2160

5079

841

575

979

1167

1342

1177

3780

2604

1622

968

1122

1339

1179

Oct-20

2718

1623

2220

866

1104

1292

444

1194

1239

635

959

683

1434

2027

5093

762

942

913

1053

1134

1190

3471

2438

795

952

833

1097

1143

Nov-20

2982

1945

2431

1081

1258

1580

552

1384

1463

802

1177

875

1458

2572

6178

864

738

1066

1264

1502

1400

4047

2604

1164

1463

1326

1094

1215

Dec-20

2907

2042

2367

979

1272

1576

493

1312

1511

722

1065

812

1288

3001

5061

887

659

1138

1134

1496

1519

4260

2686

1053

799

745

1110

834

Jan-21

3806

2225

2790

1060

1485

2014

518

1576

1810

851

1262

966

1494

4464

6517

971

663

1329

1232

1831

1648

4452

3486

1341

1156

960

1229

1264

Feb-21

4184

2089

2801

962

1556

2171

468

1738

1906

787

1247

890

1624

3555

6590

994

657

1212

1309

1817

1683

4530

3001

1280

939

1428

1126

1179

Mar-21

3725

1597

2239

937

1313

1745

452

1280

1487

851

1136

642

1346

2427

5994

675

568

1168

947

1624

1505

3552

2558

1306

1000

1022

1383

974

Apr-21

4264

1271

2058

733

1126

1683

375

1080

1318

725

979

387

1226

2537

5009

340

589

639

1055

1593

1340

2901

2348

627

682

724

669

961

May-21

ANNEXURE FUNCTIONAL AREA

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