IT hiring declines in August, but AI-ML jobs outlier with 14% rise: Report

While hiring across India’s IT sector remained stagnant with just 1 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in August 2024, jobs in the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) domain witnessed a sharp 14 per cent increase on a yearly basis during the month, according to data from job portal Naukri.com released on Monday.

The overall white-collar hiring activity during the month witnessed a dip of 3 per cent on a yearly basis in August this year, said the report.