More Than 14 Lakh IT Jobs To Be Created In India By 2027, Says Report

Driven by demand for a skilled workforce in emerging technologies such as cyber security, Internet of things (IoT) and Big Data, more than 14 lakh new information technology (IT) jobs will be generated in India by 2027, a Cisco-led study said on Thursday. This represents a whopping 46 per cent growth in jobs primarily driven by essential digital transformation skills that organisations are seeking today, said global networking major Cisco, which commissioned International Data Corporation (IDC) to conduct this study.

According to the findings, jobs like social media administrator, machine learning (ML) designer and IoT designer are among the most in-demand job roles in the country in the coming years.

"Nearly 89 per cent of hiring managers reported a higher level of trust on candidates having certifications, while 88 per cent of customers experienced an improvement in the level of service and support to end users," the study found.

"Witnessing the growing importance in a rapidly changing technological landscape, nearly a fifth of employees self-funded their certification courses while about 50 per cent of them underwent some training in 2017."

According to the study, as skill sets required in this digital age change for most industries, it's also transforming how and where people work.

As a result, IT organisations might find it difficult to fill these niche roles, which calls for upskilling the employee skill sets through certification programmes.

"Cisco, being a leader in certification courses, offers some of the most sought-after IT courses which were one of the pre-requisites for the 5.9 million new job postings in 2017," according to the IDC study.

A report by IT industry body Nasscom had highlighted in July that nearly 1.4 lakh jobs are vacant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Analytics segment across various sectors in the country, out of the total demand of 5.1 lakh employees.

Of the total demand, 3.7 lakh jobs are filled, it said. By 2021, the employee deficit would increase to 2.3 lakh, as the total demand goes up to around 8 lakh employees, according to the report.