The employment platform made the analysis using the data available with it on job postings, mean salary, year-on-year job growth and the percentage of jobs containing remote in its description. Indeed used the data on its platform between January 2021 and January 2024.
Setting the context, Sashi Kumar, Head of Sales, Indeed India, said, “Within the past year, we’ve witnessed unprecedented technological advancements and economic conditions that have left a lasting impact on the jobs market. Our data shows that there seems to be a cautious approach to hiring for tech jobs, indicating that other areas such as finance, operations, digital marketing and accounting are sunrise sectors for jobseekers to explore.”
Areas in demand
The list included only five jobs in the technology sector, which is a decline from 15 such jobs in the previous year’s list. The reason could be the rapid transformation due to changes in underlying technologies for such jobs.
Some of the other top jobs connoted the changing nature of work with roles such as social media manager, digital marketer and therapists emerging on the list. This mirrored a global trend: The top jobs in the US, according to its data, included profiles critical for wellbeing, such as mental health professionals.
Top 20 job roles for 2024 in India
Note: The percentage depicted in the table below shows the percentage change in jobs share per 1 million jobs
Source: Indeed
Salary trends for the roles
The highest salaried roles at the mid-management level included accounting manager, assistant leader, senior engineer, cluster manager, supply chain manager and finance manager. The average salaries for these roles ranged from Rs 8 lakh per annum to Rs 9.7 lakh per annum.
Jobs with the highest growth in the past three years included operations lead, performance manager, senior electrical engineer, senior engineer and freight handler.
On an interesting note, as the debate around work-from-office and remote work still continues, some of the roles seemed more amenable for remote work. There were performance manager, social media manager and content manager.
