Industry

Media & Publishing

Section 1 / Overview

Which way this sector's hiring is moving

News, digital media, and publishing tech.

Media and publishing covers digital news portals, content management systems, online publications, and digital advertising delivery tools. Employers include major media conglomerates, digital-first newsrooms, and content technology providers. Engineering work centers on high-traffic content distribution, automated publishing pipelines, search indexing, and real-time digital advertising integration.

Top companies hiring

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

JioStar
Pearson
Warner Bros. Discovery
Thomson Reuters
RELX
Elsevier
Crunchyroll
JoVE
Bloomberg
Comcast
DAZN
FOX Tech

Weekly postings35 weeks

Weekly posting counts across the sector.

Weekly active companies35 weeks

Distinct companies with at least one posting each week.

Section 2 / Profile Distribution

The roles this sector actually hires

Fullstack Development and Backend Development lead media and publishing hiring, together accounting for roughly two-fifths of job postings. The remaining demand is divided across frontend development, content platforms, and data engineering.

Share of postingsRest of marketLeading profile

Backend Development+5
Fullstack Development+10
AI & LLM Applications+2
QA & Testing+3
Enterprise Platforms−13
Frontend Development+3
Data Engineering+1
DevOps & Platform Engineering−1
Generalist Software Engineer−1
Domain-Specific Development±0
Mobile Development+2
Data Analytics & BI−5
Systems & Embedded Engineering−6
Security Engineering±0
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

Media and publishing hiring is concentrated among MNCs & GCCs. Established SMEs form the only other company class carrying significant recruitment volume.

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

01
MNCs & GCCs5 employers hiring
This industry~65%
Rest of market~25%
- Pearson
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Thomson Reuters
- Elsevier
- Dow Jones
02
Established SMEs3 employers hiring
This industry~25%
Rest of market~8%
- RELX
- Eyeline
- Harmonic
Lala Companies0 employers hiring
This industry~3%
Rest of market~3%
No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.
04
Unicorns & Indian Product1 employer hiring
This industry~3%
Rest of market~6%
- Crunchyroll
05
IT Services & BPO1 employer hiring
This industry~3%
Rest of market~45%
- Deluxe
06
Staffing & Bodyshops1 employer hiring
This industry~1%
Rest of market~5%
- CXO Inc.
Funded Startups0 employers hiring
This industrynegligible
Rest of market~3%
No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.
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 accounts for just over half of media and publishing technology hiring. Chennai over-indexes significantly to claim around a fifth of postings, driven by regional digital media production. Mumbai Region also performs above its usual baseline, while Pune captures only 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%

~8%02Chennai2.50× over~20%

~15%03Hyderabad0.67× under~10%

~9%04Delhi NCR1.00× par~9%

~4%05Mumbai Region1.75× over~7%

~15%06Pune0.13× 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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