Industry

Gaming & Entertainment

Section 1 / Overview

Which way this sector's hiring is moving

Streaming, gaming, OTT, and content-platform tech.

Gaming and entertainment covers streaming, real-money and casual gaming, over-the-top video, and the wider content-platform stack. The employers mix gaming studios and platforms with media and entertainment technology firms. It is a consumer-facing sector where product and platform engineering sit close to content and design.

Top companies hiring

Most active employers over the last 4 weeks, by posting volume.

JioStar
Mattel Inc.
Bellurbis
Light & Wonder
Roku
Warner Bros. Discovery
JioHotstar
Prime Video & MGM Studios (Amazon)
Scopely
Electronic Arts (EA)
Scientific Games
Courtside Ventures

Weekly postings28 weeks

Weekly posting counts across the sector.

Weekly active companies28 weeks

Distinct companies with at least one posting each week.

Section 2 / Profile Distribution

The roles this sector actually hires

Backend Development leads at just under a fifth of postings, with Domain-Specific Development next at a bit more than a tenth. No track breaks away, and demand spreads thinly across a long tail of mid-sized roles below the top two.

Share of postingsRest of marketLeading profile

Backend Development+5
Domain-Specific Development+11
DevOps & Platform Engineering+2
Systems & Embedded Engineering−1
Data Engineering+2
Enterprise Platforms−8
Fullstack Development−3
QA & Testing+1
Frontend Development+2
Generalist Software Engineer−1
Mobile Development+2
AI & LLM Applications−2
Data Science & ML+2
Data Analytics & BI−6
Security Engineering−1

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 lead gaming and entertainment hiring, ahead of a mix of established firms, homegrown product companies, and funded startups.

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

01
MNCs & GCCs9 employers hiring
This industry~40%
Rest of market~25%
- Mattel Inc.
- Roku
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Electronic Arts (EA)
- Entain India
02
Established SMEs3 employers hiring
This industry~15%
Rest of market~9%
- Light & Wonder
- Scopely
- Fox Corp.
03
Unicorns & Indian Product4 employers hiring
This industry~15%
Rest of market~6%
- JioHotstar
- Crunchyroll
- Amagi
- Pocket FM
04
Funded Startups1 employer hiring
This industry~10%
Rest of market~3%
- PlaySimple Games
05
MAANG & Tier-1 Tech1 employer hiring
This industry~8%
Rest of market~4%
- Prime Video & MGM Studios (Amazon)
Lala Companies0 employers hiring
This industry~4%
Rest of market~3%
No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.
07
IT Services & BPO1 employer hiring
This industry~3%
Rest of market~45%
- Bellurbis
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 takes around two-thirds of gaming and entertainment hiring. Kolkata is absent entirely. Mumbai Region scrapes a negligible share, well below its usual weight. Hyderabad is the one strong secondary, above its national share at around a fifth.

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%01Bangalore1.18× over~65%

~15%02Hyderabad1.33× over~20%

~10%03Pune0.70× under~7%

~8%04Chennai0.50× under~4%

~9%05Delhi NCR0.33× under~3%

~4%06Mumbai Region0.25× under~1%

~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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