India job postings rise 1.2% in July after three-month slide; Healthcare roles lead gains as AI reshapes job descriptions across sectors

New Delhi: India’s month-on-month job postings rose 1.2% in July, ending three consecutive months of decline in March, April and June, while postings were up 8.3% year on year, according to an Indeed report.

The report said while postings have been volatile recently, hiring intensity across India remains elevated, with postings still 84% above pre-pandemic levels.

“Indian job postings staged a modest recovery in July, ending three consecutive months of decline,” Callam Pickering, senior economist, Indeed APAC, said in a statement.
“While the rebound was gradual, postings remain well above pre-pandemic levels and continue to outpace other markets Indeed tracks, a sign that India’s formal economy is still expanding at a healthy clip.”

Healthcare is emerging as one of the biggest bright spots, according to Indeed. The latest Indeed Hiring Lab data showed job postings for medical technicians rose 30%, while those for childcare, physicians and surgeons, and therapy roles increased 26%, 26% and 25%, respectively.

“Healthcare and care-economy roles like medical technicians and childcare are seeing sharp gains, while tech hiring, especially in IT infrastructure and software development, continues to soften,” Pickering said.
AI is also reshaping a large share of job postings, according to Indeed.“This is not just in the roles that build AI tools, but in how employers describe jobs that have existed for decades,” it said.

Indeed’s analysis of normalised job titles found that 349 distinct job titles in India, or about 6.6% of all titles tracked, featured meaningful AI mentions in the March 2026 quarter. That figure has doubled over the past year and nearly quadrupled over two years.

Non-tech occupations now account for 42% of these AI-touched job titles, up from 39% a year earlier and 29% two years ago. The trend suggests AI is moving from a specialist skill set into a mainstream expectation, reshaping long-standing roles rather than simply creating new ones.