§ 01 · Hiring trends

HR Tech

Hiring platforms, HRIS systems, and talent-economy software.

Over the Jan 04 to May 17 window, HR Tech carried 2711 postings from 193 unique companies, with the verdict surging at growth of ~+24% between halves.

OverviewWindow
WindowJan 04May 17
Total postings2,711
Unique companies193
Track summary
First-half count1,211
Second-half count1,500
Growth~+24%
Peak weekApr 05 · 207
Verdictsurging
Fig. 01 · Weekly postings20 weeks · n=2,711
Jan 04Jan 11Jan 18Jan 25Feb 01Feb 08Feb 15Feb 22Mar 01Mar 08Mar 15Mar 22Mar 29Apr 05Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 03May 10May 17
Peak week highlighted in accent. Weekly posting counts, ranked by week.
Key takeaway

Hiring is surging at ~+24% growth between halves of the window, peaking at Apr 05.

§ 02

HR Tech

Backend Development leads at ~24%, followed by Fullstack Development at ~13% and QA & Testing at ~9%. Others account for ~25%.

Profile distribution — share of postings by profile. 7 profiles tracked.
RankProfilePostingsShare
1Backend Development638~24%
2Fullstack Development364~13%
3QA & Testing249~9%
4DevOps & Platform Engineering233~9%
5AI & LLM Applications208~8%
6Generalist Software Engineer195~7%
7Enterprise Platforms158~6%
Others (aggregate of remaining roles)665~25%
Key takeaway

Backend Development is the dominant profile at ~24% of HR Tech postings.

§ 03 · Fresher accessibility

HR Tech

Commentary

HR Tech is more open to freshers than the market average, with about 12% of postings at entry or junior seniority versus a market baseline of about 8%. That makes it a comparatively accessible industry for early-career candidates.

Key takeaway

Modestly more open to freshers than the market: about 12% of postings are entry or junior.

§ 04 · Company class distribution

HR Tech

HR Tech hiring is balanced across growth flavours: More Established at ~53% and Funded Startups at ~26% lead the mix.

#ClassShare of postings 0–100%ShareCompaniesTop companies
01Lala Companies
~9%65 cos.SourcingXPress · AEROCONTACT · Zigsaw
02Early-Stage Startups
~5%11 cos.Weekday AI · Gloroots · Suitable AI
03Funded Startups
~26%13 cos.hackajob · myGwork · PrismHR
04Soonicorns
~3%18 cos.Nexthink · Sense · Keka HR
05Unicorns
~4%3 cos.Rippling · Eightfold · isolved
06More Established
~53%72 cos.
Key takeaway

More Established account for ~53% of HR Tech postings.

§ 05 · City distribution

HR Tech

HR Tech hiring is led by Bangalore at ~46% of postings. Delhi-NCR over-indexes notably relative to its national share at ~18% of the industry's postings.

Key takeaway

Bangalore dominates at ~46%, with Delhi-NCR notably over-indexing.