Non-IT drives India's 2025 hiring rebound; AI roles surge: Naukri CBO

• India's hiring activity in 2025 shows consistent 6-7% growth, led by non-IT sectors like travel, hospitality, real estate, and education, according to Naukri's Pawan Goyal.
• Non-IT sectors are powering the uptrend, with hospitality, real estate, education, and insurance seeing double-digit growth, while IT hiring remains broadly flat.
• The Naukri JobSpeak report for November 2025 indicates a 23% year-on-year surge in white-collar hiring, with combined Oct-Nov growth at over 6%.
• There's a rising demand for 'high-value' roles, a surge in fresher hiring in service-led sectors, and increased hiring for senior professionals in Healthcare and IT.
• Roles in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and data engineering are growing significantly, with AI hiring accelerating over 50%.

Why It Matters: India's hiring rebound is led by non-IT sectors and surging AI roles.