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Section 1 / Overview

Which way this sector's hiring is moving

Security product companies and the network-defense stack.

Cybersecurity pairs security product companies with the network and infrastructure-defense stack that protects enterprise systems. The employers are a mix of global security vendors, their India research centres, and homegrown product firms. It is a specialisation-heavy sector where deep domain expertise carries more weight than breadth.

Top companies hiring
Most active employers over the last 4 weeks, by posting volume.
  • Cisco
  • Okta
  • Zscaler
  • Palo Alto Networks
  • Akamai Technologies
  • Qualys
  • AQM Technologies
  • Highbrow Technology Inc
  • SonicWall
  • Abnormal Security
  • JumpCloud
  • Noventiq
Weekly postings28 weeks
050100150200Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 05postings / wk
Weekly posting counts across the sector.
Weekly active companies28 weeks
0204060Dec 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 leads at around a fifth of postings, with Backend Development close behind at just under a fifth. QA and Testing and DevOps and Platform Engineering hold the next rungs, and dedicated Security Engineering accounts for just under a tenth.

Rest of marketLeading profile

  1. Systems & Embedded Engineering+13
  2. Backend Development+5
  3. QA & Testing+4
  4. DevOps & Platform Engineering+3
  5. Security Engineering+8
  6. Fullstack Development−3
  7. AI & LLM Applications−1
  8. Enterprise Platforms−16
  9. Frontend Development+1
  10. Generalist Software Engineer−3
  11. Data Engineering−3
  12. Data Analytics & BI−6
  13. Mobile Development−1
  14. Domain-Specific Development−3
  15. Data Science & ML±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 anchor cybersecurity hiring, with homegrown product companies the clear second force ahead of established firms.

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

  1. MNCs & GCCs15 employers hiring
    This industry~55%
    Rest of market~25%
    • Cisco
    • Zscaler
    • Okta
    • Akamai Technologies
    • Palo Alto Networks
  2. Unicorns & Indian Product14 employers hiring
    This industry~20%
    Rest of market~6%
    • JumpCloud
    • Abnormal Security
    • Black Duck
    • Sonatype
    • IDfy
  3. Established SMEs11 employers hiring
    This industry~10%
    Rest of market~9%
    • Saviynt
    • CES
    • Clari5 (Perfios)
    • SonicWall
    • Clearwater
  4. IT Services & BPO6 employers hiring
    This industry~5%
    Rest of market~45%
    • AQM Technologies
    • Noventiq
    • GBIT (Global Bridge InfoTech Inc)
    • Navitas Business Consulting
    • Resillion
  5. Funded Startups3 employers hiring
    This industry~3%
    Rest of market~3%
    • Securly
    • Archer Integrated Risk Management
    • Nightfall AI
  6. Staffing & Bodyshops1 employer hiring
    This industry~2%
    Rest of market~6%
    • AgileEngine
  7. Lala Companies0 employers hiring
    This industry~2%
    Rest of market~3%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  8. MAANG & Tier-1 Tech0 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 commands around seven in ten of cybersecurity hiring. Delhi NCR sits well below its national weight, at a very small share. Hyderabad also runs under its usual mark, at well under a tenth. Pune is the one secondary city that keeps pace, tracking its national share at a bit more than 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%
~10%02Pune1.00× par~10%
~15%03Hyderabad0.47× under~7%
~9%04Delhi NCR0.44× under~4%
~8%05Chennai0.50× under~4%
~4%06Mumbai Region0.75× under~3%
~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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