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Automotive & Mobility

Section 1 / Overview

Which way this sector's hiring is moving

Auto, mobility, and connected-vehicle tech.

Automotive and mobility spans traditional vehicle manufacturers, connected vehicle technology, electric mobility, and on-demand transit platforms. Employers in India include global automotive engineering centres, component suppliers, and domestic mobility companies. The work brings together embedded device firmware, telematics pipelines, and customer-facing navigation and booking applications.

Top companies hiring
Most active employers over the last 4 weeks, by posting volume.
  • HARMAN
  • Solera Holdings
  • Tekion Corp.
  • Ford Motor Co
  • Aptiv
  • Volvo Cars
  • ChargePoint
  • S&P Global Mobility
  • ACV Auctions
  • Sasken Technologies Ltd
  • Visteon Corp.
  • Volvo Group
Weekly postings35 weeks
020406080100120Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 12Aug 09Aug 23postings / wk
Weekly posting counts across the sector.
Weekly active companies35 weeks
0102030Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 12Aug 09Aug 23companies / wk
Distinct companies with at least one posting each week.
Section 2 / Profile Distribution

The roles this sector actually hires

Systems and Embedded Engineering leads this sector with roughly a quarter of all job postings. Backend Development and Fullstack Development follow as the next largest hiring areas, while the remaining roles are spread across specialized technical disciplines.

Rest of marketLeading profile

  1. Systems & Embedded Engineering+18
  2. Backend Development±0
  3. Fullstack Development±0
  4. QA & Testing+2
  5. Mobile Development+6
  6. DevOps & Platform Engineering−1
  7. AI & LLM Applications−2
  8. Data Engineering±0
  9. Frontend Development+1
  10. Enterprise Platforms−17
  11. Generalist Software Engineer−2
  12. Domain-Specific Development−2
  13. Data Science & ML±0
  14. Data Analytics & BI−6
  15. Security Engineering±0

Sorted by share of postings · gap = share − rest of market, in points

Section 3 / Company-Class Distribution

The kinds of companies behind the sector

MNCs & GCCs dominate automotive and mobility hiring across India. Established SMEs and Unicorns & Indian Product follow as the next largest employer segments.

This industryRest of markettop employers by openings in the last 2 weeks

  1. MNCs & GCCs8 employers hiring
    This industry~45%
    Rest of market~25%
    • HARMAN
    • Aptiv
    • S&P Global Mobility
    • Ford Motor Co
    • Volvo Group
  2. Established SMEs6 employers hiring
    This industry~20%
    Rest of market~8%
    • Solera Holdings
    • Volvo Cars
    • ChargePoint
    • Cubic Transportation Systems
    • PHINIA
  3. Unicorns & Indian Product3 employers hiring
    This industry~15%
    Rest of market~6%
    • Tekion Corp.
    • ACV Auctions
    • Cambridge Mobile Telematics
  4. MAANG & Tier-1 Tech0 employers hiring
    This industry~10%
    Rest of market~5%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  5. IT Services & BPO1 employer hiring
    This industry~4%
    Rest of market~45%
    • Embitel Technologies
  6. Funded Startups0 employers hiring
    This industry~2%
    Rest of market~3%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  7. Lala Companies0 employers hiring
    This industry~2%
    Rest of market~3%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  8. Staffing & Bodyshops0 employers hiring
    This industrynegligible
    Rest of market~5%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

Section 4 / City Distribution

Where in India this sector hires

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Bangalore accounts for nearly seven in ten job postings in automotive and mobility tech. Chennai stands out as the primary secondary hub with just under a tenth of postings, supported by its established automotive manufacturing base. Delhi NCR and Pune under-index notably in this sector, each holding only a negligible share of total recruitment.

City distribution — share of this industry's postings by city (the seven city-page cities), with each city's share of the rest of the market and the over/under index.

Mkt %Rest of marketCityShare of sectorSec %
~50%01Bangalore1.40× over~70%
~8%02Chennai1.25× over~10%
~15%03Hyderabad0.47× under~7%
~4%04Mumbai Region1.00× par~4%
~15%05Pune0.20× under~3%
~9%06Delhi NCR0.22× under~2%
~1%07Kolkata1.00× par~1%

Share of this sector's postings by city vs the rest of the market. A longer sector wing than market wing means the city over-indexes for this sector here.

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