IoT India Jobs Study – 2017

IoT India Jobs Study – 2017
As India is making a fast progress directed towards a digital world, making headlines in initiatives like smart city or a dedicated center of excellence for Internet of Things being announced by PM Narendra Modi, the country is evidently stepping towards a better connected world.

Top Trends in IoT jobs-

• On an average, there are almost 26 new job openings around IoT that are posted each day in the country.
• While, it is difficult to ascertain the exact number of IoT jobs openings; by our estimates, close to 2,500 positions related to IoT are currently available to be filled in India.
• Compared to worldwide estimates, India contributes just 8% of open jobs opening currently. The no. of jobs in India are likely to increase much faster vs. the rest of the world as more IoT projects get outsourced to India due to lack of skills across the world.
• 10 leading organizations with the most number of IoT opening this year are – Cisco, Amazon, Wipro, Happiest Minds, L&T, SAP Labs, Accenture, IBM, Bosch & GE.

IoT jobs by cities-

• In terms of cities, Bengaluru accounts for around 51% of IoT jobs in India.
• Chennai comes a distant second contributing 15% IoT jobs in India.
• Approximately 12% of IoT jobs are from Delhi/NCR.

Experience requirement by IoT jobs- 

• Around 32% of IoT requirements are looking for candidates with less than 5 years experience.
• Only 3% IoT jobs are for freshers.
• 68% IoT job openings are for professionals with more than 5 years job experience.

IoT jobs by salaries-

• The median salaries being offered by advertised IoT jobs in India is INR 6.1 Lakh/ annum. Advertised salaries tend to be lower than actual salaries.
• 34% of all IoT jobs offer a salary range of 3 to 6 Lakh, followed by 33% for less than 3 Lakh.
• Almost 15% of all advertised IoT jobs in India are offering a salary of more than 10 Lakh