Press Release
March 1 2015
Hiring in Hyderabad up by 24% in Feb&rsquo15 over Feb&rsquo 14: Naukri Jobspeak
- Hiring in IT sector increased by 23% in February&rsquo15 over February&rsquo14
- Hiring of IT and BPO professionals saw an upsurge of 32% and 9% respectively in February&rsquo15 over February&rsquo14
 
Hyderabad, February 2015:
A year on year analysis for Hyderabad revealed that hiring picked up by 24% in Feb&rsquo15 over Feb&rsquo 14. The Naukri Job Speak index for the city was at 1846 in the same period. Among the key sectors of the city, IT and Pharma registered a growth of 23% and 12% growth respectively over the year. 
Industry Sector Analysis:
An in-depth analysis of the city revealed that the IT sector saw an increase of 23% in hiring over the year. Banking emerged as an extremely strong sector registering a growth of 77% in February&rsquo15 over February&rsquo 14. Telecom and Pharma also saw hiring going upwards by 14% and 12% respectively in the month of February&rsquo15 over February&rsquo 14&rsquo.
Among the leading sectors in the city, Construction & Engineering saw a dip of 4% over the year.
Functional Area Analysis:
Hiring of ITES professionals saw the maximum increase with a 9% rise in their Job index value in February 15 over February 14&rsquo. IT- Hardware & Telecom saw 12% more hiring this year in comparison to last year. There was an increase in hiring of Pharma professionals by 5% in Feb 15 over Feb 14&rsquo.
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Naukri.com, India&rsquos No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge introduced the concept of e-recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen continued growth while outperforming its competitors in every sphere. Info Edge was the first internet Company to be listed in India. The site enjoys a traffic share consistently over 60% as per the Comscore data. Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to corporates/ recruiters, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, listings and Response Management Tools. With 230000 jobs live at any point 32 million CV&rsquos, Naukri.com serviced over 46500 corporate clients in 2011-2012. The company has over 2400 people operating through 53 offices in 34 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain.