Hiring for AI, ML roles in India continued to grow in Mar: Report

Hiring for artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) job roles in India continued to witness momentum, with a 12% increase in new job creation reported in March this year when compared to the same month of the previous year, a new report showed today. 

According to the Naukri JobSpeak Index, hiring for roles such as machine learning engineer jumped a staggering 82% in Mar 2024.

Full stack data scientist role also registered 20% growth in hiring activity compared to last year.

“With the baseline correction behind us and a few bright spots visible in Mar, positive trends in coming quarters seem quite plausible. Demand for seasoned professionals & Indian AI/ML talent should give everyone lots to cheer for,” said Dr Pawan Goyal, chief business officer of Naukri.com.

Moreover, the report mentioned that hiring in the oil & gas sector increased by 22% in Mar 2024 compared to last year, with maximum demand for MEP engineers & electrical engineers.

Hiring in this sector was particularly high in the cities of Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

Hiring in the pharma sector was marginally positive at 2% growth compared to last year.

Senior professionals with over 16 years of experience continued to witness maximum hiring activity. Hiring for this experience segment increased by 11% in March this year, according to the report.

City-wise, Jodhpur led the hiring trends with a 13% growth in new job creation compared to last year, followed by Rajkot, Raipur and Guwahati with 12%, 7%, and 6% boost in new job creation respectively.

(Soure: IANS)

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