The October-December quarter marked the strongest quarter at 9 per cent growth, according to the Nakuri Jobspeak index report for December 2025.
The Naukri JobSpeak is a monthly Index representing the state of the Indian job market and hiring activities based on new job listings and job-related searches by recruiters on the resume database of Naukri.com and captures hiring activity across multiple dimensions, including industries, cities, functional areas, and experience bands.
Examining hiring trends by industry, the insurance sector experienced a 57 percent surge in hiring fresh graduates and recorded an overall 34 per cent growth in 2025.
In terms of experience level hiring, 18 per cent growth is recorded at the fresher level hiring in the non-IT sectors, like insurance and hospitality.
15 per cent of the growth is shown in hiring professionals, above 16 years of experience, which is driven by the Real estate sector and the oil and gas sector.
After insurance, the hospitality sector showed a 29 per cent growth in hiring, led by metros like Mumbai and Delhi NCR.
While there was a 7 per cent decrease in the year-over-year growth in the Banking Sector hiring.
In terms of geography, Kolkata saw an overall 13 per cent growth in hiring, with a notable 73 per cent growth in Global Capacity Centres hiring. And Chennai saw an overall 18 per cent growth in hiring.
While non-metros like Kochi and Jaipur emerged as a freshers hiring spot with a 24 per cent and 21 per cent year-over-year growth, respectively.
A significant increase was shown by the Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning sector and experienced growth by 53 per cent in hiring.
