Industry

HealthTech & Healthcare

Section 1 / Overview

Which way this sector's hiring is moving

Healthtech, pharma, life sciences, and clinical software.

HealthTech and healthcare covers doctor consultation apps, hospital information systems, diagnostic platforms, and pharmaceutical software tools. Employers range from domestic digital health startups to technology innovation centres of global healthcare and pharmaceutical corporations. Engineering teams build secure patient record systems, medical imaging pipelines, appointment scheduling engines, and compliant clinical data platforms.

Top companies hiring
Most active employers over the last 4 weeks, by posting volume.
  • Optum India
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Carelon Global Solutions
  • HealthEdge
  • Agilent Technologies
  • Amgen
  • GE HealthCare
  • Experity
  • Eurofins
  • IQVIA
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Barco
Weekly postings35 weeks
050100150200Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 12Aug 09Aug 23postings / wk
Weekly posting counts across the sector.
Weekly active companies35 weeks
020406080Dec 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 healthcare technology hiring at roughly a fifth of postings, followed by Backend Development. The remaining demand is distributed across data analytics, mobile healthcare applications, and quality assurance.

Rest of marketLeading profile

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

HealthTech hiring is led by Established SMEs just ahead of MNCs & GCCs. Staffing & Placement Channels also take a notably large share of recruitment.

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

  1. Established SMEs27 employers hiring
    This industry~35%
    Rest of market~8%
    • Eurofins
    • Netsmart
    • Simple (Netsmart)
    • Inovalon
    • ModMed India
  2. MNCs & GCCs20 employers hiring
    This industry~35%
    Rest of market~25%
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific
    • Amgen
    • Carelon Global Solutions
    • GE HealthCare
    • Medtronic
  3. Staffing & Bodyshops1 employer hiring
    This industry~15%
    Rest of market~5%
    • Optum India
  4. Unicorns & Indian Product7 employers hiring
    This industry~10%
    Rest of market~6%
    • HealthEdge
    • Truveta
    • symplr
    • Innovaccer
    • BlinkRx
  5. Funded Startups0 employers hiring
    This industry~4%
    Rest of market~2%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  6. IT Services & BPO2 employers hiring
    This industry~3%
    Rest of market~45%
    • Precision Medicine Group
    • Quanteon Solutions
  7. Lala Companies0 employers hiring
    This industry~1%
    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 leads healthcare technology hiring with just over half of all job postings. Hyderabad over-indexes noticeably as the second largest hub, accounting for around a fifth of sector demand. Pune and Delhi NCR track their national baselines steadily, while Kolkata accounts for a negligible share.

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%01Bangalore1.10× over~55%
~15%02Hyderabad1.33× over~20%
~9%03Delhi NCR1.11× over~10%
~15%04Pune0.60× under~9%
~9%05Chennai0.67× under~6%
~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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