Industry

CleanTech & Climate Tech

Section 1 / Overview

Which way this sector's hiring is moving

Renewable energy, climate-mitigation, and sustainability software.

CleanTech and climate tech brings together renewable energy platforms, sustainability reporting software, and smart grid management systems. Employers include green energy producers, environmental software startups, and engineering teams building emissions tracking tools. The engineering focus combines IoT sensor monitoring, energy grid data management, and compliance dashboard platforms.

Top companies hiring
Most active employers over the last 4 weeks, by posting volume.
  • GE Vernova
  • Trane Technologies
  • Ecolab
  • Enphase Energy
  • Clean Harbors
  • Energy Exemplar
  • ChargePoint
  • General Mills
  • Danfoss
  • Hitachi Energy
  • SLB
  • Copeland
Weekly postings35 weeks
0102030Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 12Aug 09Aug 23postings / wk
Weekly posting counts across the sector.
Weekly active companies35 weeks
05101520Dec 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

Fullstack Development leads hiring in clean technology at just under a quarter of all job postings. Systems and Embedded Engineering and Backend Development follow as key hiring areas, reflecting a balance between hardware-integrated systems and web applications.

Rest of marketLeading profile

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

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 lead clean technology hiring, followed by a solid base of Established SMEs. Unicorns & Indian Product and early-stage ventures make up the remaining share.

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

  1. MNCs & GCCs9 employers hiring
    This industry~60%
    Rest of market~25%
    • GE Vernova
    • Trane Technologies
    • Clean Harbors
    • Hitachi Energy
    • Copeland
  2. Established SMEs7 employers hiring
    This industry~20%
    Rest of market~8%
    • Enphase Energy
    • ChargePoint
    • Danfoss
    • Fluence
    • Itron Inc.
  3. Unicorns & Indian Product2 employers hiring
    This industry~10%
    Rest of market~6%
    • Energy Exemplar
    • Arcadia
  4. Funded Startups0 employers hiring
    This industry~4%
    Rest of market~3%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  5. Lala Companies0 employers hiring
    This industry~4%
    Rest of market~3%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  6. IT Services & BPO0 employers hiring
    This industry~2%
    Rest of market~45%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  7. MAANG & Tier-1 Tech0 employers hiring
    This industrynegligible
    Rest of market~5%

    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 well over half of all hiring in clean technology and climate tech. Pune and Hyderabad both track their national baselines closely, providing steady secondary employment opportunities. Mumbai Region and Kolkata under-index sharply, drawing a negligible share of total sector postings.

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%01Bangalore1.20× over~60%
~15%02Hyderabad1.00× par~15%
~15%03Pune1.00× par~15%
~9%04Delhi NCR0.67× under~6%
~9%05Chennai0.56× under~5%
~4%06Mumbai Region0.50× under~2%
~1%07Kolkata<1%<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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