IT hiring set to stay on growth track in FY21

Bengaluru: India’s technology sector will increase its hiring by nearly 10% in the next financial year, according to recruitment professionals tracking the sustained uptick in entry-level jobs across the industry. This includes hiring by the in-house technology centres of global corporations as well as the country’s software exporters.

The $177 billion information technology and business process management sector will close FY20 having hired nearly 180,000 and is forecast to hire 200,000 engineers and graduates in the next financial year, industry experts said.