Key points:

  • Indian job postings fell sharply in October, continuing the downward trend throughout 2025. 
  • Postings in cleaning & sanitation, community & social service and dental rose the most over the past three months. 
  • The remote posting share in India is higher than a year ago, increasing in 84% of occupations.

In October, Indian job postings on Indeed fell 5.6%, the second consecutive monthly decline, to be 19.8% lower than a year ago. Indian job postings are 60% above pre-pandemic levels, but have fallen 25% since their peak in January 2023. 

Line and bar graph titled “Change in Indian job postings on Indeed”. With a vertical axis ranging from -30 to 60%, Indian job postings fell 5.6% in October and by 19.8 over the past year. 
Line and bar graph titled “Change in Indian job postings on Indeed”. With a vertical axis ranging from -30 to 60%, Indian job postings fell 5.6% in October and by 19.8 over the past year. 

Indeed’s data captures recruitment by companies and organisations – the formal economy – rather than the informal work arrangements that are common throughout India. Consequently, Indeed’s data is not representative of the overall labour market – it skews towards tech, management and sales – but does provide useful insights into India’s ongoing economic transition. 

Every month, the Indian workforce gradually transitions towards more formal work arrangements. As the nation transitions, job creation across the formal sector will outpace overall employment growth nationwide. This transition is also why job postings in India have been stronger than other Indeed markets, both during the post-pandemic job boom and the subsequent slowdown. 

Bar graph titled “Global job postings growth”. With a horizontal axis ranging from -30 to 90%, India job postings were 60% above pre-pandemic levels on 30 September 2025, comparing favourably to other Indeed markets. 
Bar graph titled “Global job postings growth”. With a horizontal axis ranging from -30 to 90%, India job postings were 60% above pre-pandemic levels on 30 September 2025, comparing favourably to other Indeed markets. 

Recent posting growth mixed across occupations

Over the past three months, job postings declined in almost three-quarters of occupations. Yet even in a softening job market, there will still be some strong performers, and the past three months have been no exception. 

Job postings in cleaning & sanitation rose around 20% over the past three months, ahead of community & social service (+17.4%), dental (+13.1%), nursing (+11.2%) and food preparation & service (+10.3%). Another positive was postings for human resources climbing 2.3%. 

However, these gains were more than offset by weakness in banking & finance where postings fell 25.6%, along with  legal (-22.4%), retail (-16.7%) and loading & stocking (-15.0%). 

Table titled “Change in Indian job postings”. Indeed’s data shows that Indian job postings for cleaning & sanitation, community & social service and dental were the fastest growing over the past three months, while banking & finance, legal and retail fell the most.
Table titled “Change in Indian job postings”. Indeed’s data shows that Indian job postings for cleaning & sanitation, community & social service and dental were the fastest growing over the past three months, while banking & finance, legal and retail fell the most.

India’s latest remote work trends

In October, 9.1% of Indian job postings explicitly mentioned phrases such as ‘work from home’ or ‘work remotely’ in their job descriptions. That’s up from 7.6% a year ago.

Remote opportunities are most common in IT infrastructure, operations & support at 18.2% of postings in the October quarter 2025, ahead of community & social service (15.1%) and industrial engineering (14.0%). 

The remote share can also vary considerably from year to year. Over the past year, the share has increased the most in IT infrastructure, operations & support (+4.4 percentage points) and installation & maintenance (+3.4 percentage points). By comparison, large declines were observed for veterinary (-2.5 percentage points) and community & social service (-1.9 percentage points). In the October quarter, the remote posting share was higher in 84% of occupational categories, compared to a year ago.

Changes in remote share can reflect changing attitudes among employers, particularly with regards to work-from-the-office mandates. It may also reflect attempts by employers to attract more candidates. 

Scatterplot titled “India remote postings in 2024 and 2025”. With vertical and horizontal axes ranging from 0 to 20%, we find that the share of postings mentioning remote work increased considerably in IT infrastructure, operations & support and installation & maintenance. But have fallen sharply in community & social service and veterinary. 

Conclusion

Job creation continues to soften, but Indeed job postings continue to track well above pre-pandemic levels. India appears to be creating more than enough jobs to support their ongoing economic transition, with the unemployment rate stable at 5.2%.

India’s larger challenge is ensuring that the skills of its workforce match the skills demanded by employers. Many employers across India are looking for highly skilled workers in tech and management, and that doesn’t always align with what jobseekers have to offer. Consequently, India’s unemployment rate tends to be higher on average than other countries throughout Asia.