Indeed Spotlight: Trends in IT jobs
Hard to fill roles. Top cities. Top postings and Top paying jobs
Indeed’s recent analyses of IT jobs indicate a steady increase in job postings over the last year. In fact, job posting for IT jobs on Indeed doubled between September 2019 and September 2021. While job postings recorded a 13% increase in September 2021 as compared to September 2021, comparison to pre-pandemic time indicates that job postings saw a 26% jump between September 2019 and September 2021.
Data on Indeed indicated that job postings for ‘software engineer’ saw a 9% jump followed by ‘developer’ (7%), ‘senior software engineer’ (5%), ‘application developer’ (5%), and ‘full-stack developer’ (4%) in September 2020 as compared to September 2021.
While there seems to be a war for talent in the sector, it is still not easy to fill in several roles. To identify the hardest-to-fill IT roles, we compiled a list based on the percentage of jobs unfilled after two months (Job postings can be open for longer than 60 days for different reasons; in this case Indeed uses this measure as a proxy for hiring difficulty.) The table below shows the hardest-to-fill roles in the sector. For all the jobs listed here, over half of the posted positions are open after 60 days. And the top four hardest-to-fill jobs had a whopping two-thirds of roles still open after 60 days.
Hard to fill jobs
| Title | % Open after 60 days |
| Support escalation engineer | 69.6% |
| Business objects developer | 63.4% |
| Microsoft server engineer | 60.8% |
| Application security engineer | 60.0% |
| Technology solutions professional | 53.7% |
| Deep learning engineer | 51.9% |
| Software development intern | 50.9% |
| Programmer analyst | 50.7% |
| Technical program manager | 49.9% |
| Principal product manager | 49.6% |
Indeed also looked at the top high paying jobs and the cities that drove hiring for IT jobs:
Top high paying roles:
| Title | Median yearly salary (INR) |
| Software architect | 1300000 |
| Technical lead | 1150000 |
| Data engineer | 1050000 |
| Sap consultant | 1000000 |
| Salesforce developer | 970000 |
Cities that drove hiring in the sector:
| City | % of tech postings nationally |
| Bengaluru | 32 % |
| Pune | 11% |
| Hyderabad | 10% |
| Chennai | 6% |
| Mumbai | 6% |
Sashi Kumar, Head of Sales, Indeed says “ The relevance of tech jobs continues to remain consistent both pre and post-pandemic. The resilience of the IT sector in the challenging job environment shows India Inc’s inclination towards moving to a digital future in the post-pandemic world. The continued reliance on technological solutions to meet the needs for shopping, remote working and learning has amplified the importance of tech jobs across industries and cities.”
