Professionals with super-niche skills high in demand as India Inc. fights rising attrition: Quess Report
Professionals with super-niche skills high in demand as India Inc. fights rising attrition: Quess
• Data Analytics, Java, Cloud, Full Stack and UI/UX are most sought after digital skills in demand
• Metro cities lead hiring demand with Hyderabad and Bangalore among top cities
• Junior & Entry level hiring requirements outpaces other categories as organizations look to
optimize costs
Bengaluru, 01 August 2022: With the rapid rise in adoption of digital technologies shaping India’s
techade across domains, the demand for skilled talent continues to rise across segments in the current
employment scenario in the country. Data from Quess, India’s leading business solutions provider,
reveals that the top digital skills with highest intent to hire across sectors and geographies were Data
Analytics, Java Technologies, Cloud Infra Technologies, Full Stack Technologies and UI & UX for the time
period April-June 2022.
The Indian tech industry clocked double digit growth across sub-sectors adding $30 billion in revenues
and nearly 450,000 jobs in FY 2022, as reported by NASSCOM. India’s massive digital infrastructure
played a key role in driving the country’s tech adoption with public digital platforms becoming the
bedrock of India’s digital advantage. This led to a spike in digital talent hiring and activities undertaken
by companies around skilling soared.
Vijay Sivaram, CEO, Quess IT Staffing commented, “While there are seeming headwinds in the tech
hiring market, certain skills continue to be high in demand such as Full Stack roles and Data Analytics
roles. As organizations continue in their digital and cloud transformation journeys, we are witnessing a
hiring uptick in the same. Startup hiring is in moderation, however, on the other hand India continues to
see growth in captives particularly in tech & R&D.”
Top Digital Skills in Demand
With the rapid rise in the adoption of digital technology across industry segments, the need for trained
talent adept in digital skills continues to soar. The top five digital skills in demand are namely Data
Analytics, Java Technologies, Cloud Infra Technologies, Full Stack Technologies and UI & UX. Data
Analytics led the pie with the highest demand in Bengaluru (40%) and Hyderabad (30%), while Java
Technologies witnessed maximum demand in Pune (40%) and Bengaluru (25%). Cloud Infra
Technologies most popular in Bengaluru (60%) and Chennai (15%) was also among the top digital skills,
followed by Full Stack Technologies across Bengaluru (72%) and Pune (14%), and UI & UX across Pune
(52%) and Bengaluru (24%).
Top Cities
As per the Quess report, hiring activity across geographical locations for the top digital skills was
primarily dominated by IT metro hubs in India. Hyderabad noted the lion’s share of demand (34%)
followed by Bengaluru (33%), Mumbai (12%), Pune (9%) and Chennai (5%). With companies today
expanding their presence beyond metros, cities such as NCR, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar and
Jaipur among others have also noted increased demand for digital skills.
Sector specific trends
Growth in digital applications across the globe have resulted in a huge surge in the need for talent
across sectors. Quess data indicates that the top five industries reflecting voluminous demand curves
include Products (22%), Automotive & Engineering (11%), BFSI (11%), Telecom (11%), and Consulting
(9%). More and more companies today are developing cutting-edge digital products to enhance their
businesses and gain competitive advantage in the market. Large tech transformations, adoption of
virtualization and connectivity, and clean technologies have altered the course of the digital industry in
the country, and the demand for newer tech infused roles is estimated to ascend.
For India, upskilling continues to be the need of the hour given the emergence of present-day tech
assets such as the metaverse and Web 3.0. Given this trend, the number of courses available for skilling
across numerous domains have also grown multifold in India.
Methodology
The data is derived from the algorithm build into the company’s application tracking system which maps
and matches all candidates to the positions. The data is for the time period April-June ‘22.
