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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 makers, their in-house software and engineering arms, and the newer players building connected-vehicle, electric, and shared-mobility technology. Much of the Indian hiring comes from global automotive engineering centres and domestic mobility platforms, blending deep embedded and hardware work with consumer-facing application development.

Top companies hiring
Most active employers over the last 4 weeks, by posting volume.
  • HARMAN
  • Aptiv
  • Tekion Corp.
  • Ford Motor Co
  • HERE Technologies
  • Cubic Transportation Systems
  • S&P Global Mobility
  • ChargePoint
  • Solera Holdings
  • ACV Auctions
  • CDK Global
  • SIXT (R&D)
Weekly postings28 weeks
020406080100120Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 05postings / wk
Weekly posting counts across the sector.
Weekly active companies28 weeks
0102030Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 05companies / wk
Distinct companies with at least one posting each week.
Section 2 / Profile Distribution

The roles this sector actually hires

Systems and Embedded Engineering owns this industry, drawing around a quarter of postings. Backend Development and Fullstack Development follow at well over a tenth each, and the rest of demand thins out quickly into smaller specialist tracks.

Rest of marketLeading profile

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

Multinationals and their captive centres dominate automotive and mobility hiring, backed by a broad base of established firms and a smaller layer of homegrown product companies.

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

  1. MNCs & GCCs7 employers hiring
    This industry~45%
    Rest of market~25%
    • HARMAN
    • HERE Technologies
    • Ford Motor Co
    • Aptiv
    • S&P Global Mobility
  2. Established SMEs5 employers hiring
    This industry~20%
    Rest of market~9%
    • Cubic Transportation Systems
    • Solera Holdings
    • ChargePoint
    • DealerOn
    • SIXT (R&D)
  3. Unicorns & Indian Product2 employers hiring
    This industry~10%
    Rest of market~6%
    • Tekion Corp.
    • ACV Auctions
  4. MAANG & Tier-1 Tech1 employer hiring
    This industry~10%
    Rest of market~4%
    • Uber
  5. IT Services & BPO1 employer hiring
    This industry~4%
    Rest of market~45%
    • Sasken Technologies Ltd
  6. Funded Startups0 employers hiring
    This industry~2%
    Rest of market~3%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  7. Lala Companies1 employer hiring
    This industry~2%
    Rest of market~3%
    • requisimus, India
  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 holds around seven in ten of automotive and mobility hiring. Delhi NCR falls far short of its national footprint, sitting at a negligible share. Pune runs well below its usual weight too, at a very small share. Chennai is the one bright spot beyond the lead, carrying just under a tenth.

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 %
~55%01Bangalore1.27× over~70%
~8%02Chennai1.25× over~10%
~15%03Hyderabad0.53× under~8%
~4%04Mumbai Region1.25× over~5%
~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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