§ 01 · Hiring trends

Industrial & Manufacturing Tech

Manufacturing, industrial automation, and engineering services.

Over the Jan 04 to May 17 window, Industrial & Manufacturing Tech carried 1891 postings from 212 unique companies, with the verdict steady at growth of ~+2% between halves.

OverviewWindow
WindowJan 04May 17
Total postings1,891
Unique companies212
Track summary
First-half count935
Second-half count956
Growth~+2%
Peak weekJan 11 · 186
Verdictsteady
Fig. 01 · Weekly postings20 weeks · n=1,891
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 steady at ~+2% between halves, peaking at Jan 11.

§ 02

Industrial & Manufacturing Tech

Systems & Embedded Engineering leads at ~24%, followed by QA & Testing at ~15% and Fullstack Development at ~12%. Others account for ~20%.

Profile distribution — share of postings by profile. 7 profiles tracked.
RankProfilePostingsShare
1Systems & Embedded Engineering449~24%
2QA & Testing275~15%
3Fullstack Development224~12%
4Enterprise Platforms178~9%
5Backend Development177~9%
6Domain-Specific Development113~6%
7Generalist Software Engineer95~5%
Others (aggregate of remaining roles)374~20%
Key takeaway

Systems & Embedded Engineering is the dominant profile at ~24% of Industrial & Manufacturing Tech postings.

§ 03 · Fresher accessibility

Industrial & Manufacturing Tech

Commentary

Industrial & Manufacturing Tech runs roughly in line with the market average, with about 11% of postings at entry or junior seniority. The market baseline sits at about 8%, so the fresher pipeline on this industry mirrors broader hiring.

Key takeaway

Roughly in line with the market at about 11% entry or junior postings.

§ 04 · Company class distribution

Industrial & Manufacturing Tech

Industrial & Manufacturing Tech hiring is established-firm-dominated: More Established at ~92% and Unicorns at ~4% lead the mix.

#ClassShare of postings 0–100%ShareCompaniesTop companies
01Lala Companies
~3%21 cos.AEROCONTACT · Sisha Greentech · Vir Innovations
02Early-Stage Startups
negligible1 cos.Sarla Aviation
03Funded Startups
~1%8 cos.Constelli · Botsync · NewSpace Research and Technologies
04Soonicorns
negligible2 cos.Fictiv · Shield AI
05Unicorns
~4%1 cos.Quest Global
06More Established
~92%172 cos.
Key takeaway

More Established account for ~92% of Industrial & Manufacturing Tech postings.

§ 05 · City distribution

Industrial & Manufacturing Tech

Industrial & Manufacturing Tech hiring is led by Bangalore at ~45% of postings. Chennai over-indexes notably relative to its national share at ~18% of the industry's postings.

Key takeaway

Bangalore dominates at ~45%, with Chennai notably over-indexing.