Indian Job Postings Fall but Remain Stronger Than Global Trends, Says Indeed Economist

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 the same quarter a year ago.