01CLASSICAL ML
← THE STATS COREFA share31.7%of fresher postings
Entry pay₹4to ₹11LPA · min to typical · profile-wide
On top of the floorTensorFlowStatisticsFeature EngineeringModel Evaluation
MNC and GCC led, with services firms, product companies and a smaller-employer tail.
02GENAI / LLM
← THE EMERGING TRACKFA share24.2%of fresher postings
Entry pay₹4to ₹11LPA · min to typical · profile-wide
On top of the floorAWSLangChainAzure
MNC-led, with established mid-size firms, services shops and a little elite tech.
Thin, fast-moving sample, so the GenAI picture will keep shifting.
03COMPUTER VISION
← THE VISION NICHEFA share21.1%of fresher postings
Entry pay₹4to ₹11LPA · min to typical · profile-wide
On top of the floorComputer Vision AlgorithmsImage ProcessingOpenCVTensorFlowVideo Analytics
Broadly spread across MNCs, startups, mid-size firms and services, with no clear leader.
Small sample, so the vision niche's numbers are indicative only.
04NLP
← THE PREMIUM OUTLIERFA share14.3%of fresher postings
Entry pay₹4to ₹11LPA · min to typical · profile-wide
On top of the floorDistributed SystemsSystem DesignInformation Retrieval
The most MAANG-weighted DS track, though on very few postings, with domestic and MNC roles behind.
Very thin sample, so the high pay rests on few postings.
05SPEECH / AUDIO
← THE AUDIO NICHEFA share5.6%of fresher postings
Entry pay₹4to ₹11LPA · min to typical · profile-wide
On top of the floorSpeech ProcessingTransformersModel EvaluationC/C++Reinforcement Learning
MAANG-weighted with MNC support, on a handful of specialist postings.
A handful of postings, so every figure is illustrative only.