Archive · 27 Aug 2026
India Job Postings Recover as Healthcare Hiring Surges, Tech Slows
More jobs were advertised in India in July 2026 than in the previous month.
This happened after job postings had fallen for three months in a row.
Healthcare and care-related jobs grew the most.
Jobs for medical technicians, childcare workers, physicians, surgeons, and therapists increased strongly.
Technology jobs grew more slowly or declined in several areas.
Even so, technology job postings were still higher than before the pandemic.
Employers are also mentioning artificial intelligence in more job descriptions.
This means AI skills are becoming useful in many ordinary jobs, not only technology jobs.
Indian job postings rose 1.2% in July 2026 after declining for three consecutive months.
Postings were 8.3% higher than a year earlier and 84% above pre-pandemic levels.
Medical technicians, childcare workers, physicians and surgeons, and therapists recorded the strongest gains.
Hiring declined in IT infrastructure, software development, data and analytics, and IT systems and solutions.
AI mentions appeared in 349 Indian job titles, with non-tech roles making up 42% of AI-related titles.
- Who
- Indian employers and job seekers, according to data from Indeed and Indeed Hiring Lab.
- What
- Job postings increased overall, with healthcare hiring strengthening while several technology categories declined.
- When
- The data covers July 2026, with AI-title analysis for the March 2026 quarter; the report was published on August 27, 2026.
- Where
- India.
- Why
- Hiring demand is shifting across sectors, while artificial intelligence is becoming a more common expectation in job descriptions.
- July monthly change
- Indian job postings rose 1.2% in July 2026.
- Year-on-year change
- Postings were 8.3% higher than a year earlier.
- Pre-pandemic comparison
- Postings remained 84% above pre-pandemic levels.
- Healthcare growth
- Medical technician postings increased 30%; childcare and physicians and surgeons each rose 26%; therapy postings rose 25%.
- Technology declines
- IT infrastructure, operations and support fell 24%; software development fell 18%; data and analytics fell 14%; IT systems and solutions fell 11%.
- AI-related titles
- 349 job titles, or about 6.6% of those tracked, included meaningful AI mentions in the March 2026 quarter.
- Non-tech AI roles
- Non-tech occupations represented 42% of AI-related job titles, up from 39% a year earlier and 29% two years earlier.