Tech hiring boom: IT recruitment jumps 25%, but what’s driving this surge?

India’s IT hiring landscape in the first half of this fiscal (H1 FY26) reflects a period of steady recalibration as technology firms’ campus intake has improved by 25% compared to H1 FY25, with major IT players resuming engagements across key engineering and technical institutes, data from a report showed on Wednesday.

Demand for engineering, technical and AI profiles has risen by 27% during the period, with compensation levels improving by 5% compared to H1 FY25.