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India Hiring Index November 2026: which cities and fields are hiring
Highlisted counted 2,33,754 open jobs in India on the career sites of 33,574 employers on 11 November 2026, counting repeat posts of the same job once.
Bengaluru has 45,383 open jobs, more than Mumbai (19,984) and Hyderabad (18,250) combined.
Of the open jobs that say how much experience they want, 9.7% take freshers, while the most common ask is 3–7 years (42%).
Only 6.7% of full-time jobs state the pay; where a fresher job does, the median is ₹2.4 lakh a year.
Leaving out apprenticeships and internships, software engineering has the most openings, 26,843, ahead of finance, audit & banking (23,337) and sales (19,937).
About the index
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