Indeed’s Best Jobs of 2023

Indeed has launched a list of Best Jobs for 2023 in India, which shows that tech jobs are leading the list. Despite the layoffs that were reported in the second half of 2022 technology job roles account for 15 of the top 20 titles in India. Indeed has compiled this list of best jobs based on availability (share of job postings), salary, opportunity growth (% change YoY), and the number of postings offering remote or hybrid working arrangements based on data from its platform. 

With large tech companies undergoing a period of correction, other companies appear to be ready to snatch up prime technology talent. This is largely due to the fact that tech roles have a larger volume of jobs as compared to any other job role. Technology roles are also sector agnostic, meaning that every sector has a requirement for tech roles. 

Sashi Kumar, Head of Sales, Indeed India said, “Overall the year will continue to see tech roles hire the most. India is seeing steady and stable growth and the short-term impact of recession and layoffs are not likely to impact the future of tech roles in India. With increasing investment in IT and adoption of new age emerging technologies, job roles in these areas will also see a rise this year.”

Additionally, technology jobs offer a lot of workplace flexibility as well as competitive salaries, both of which are qualities that jobseekers value highly. The high demand for technical skills both inside and outside of the technology sector is good news for tech employees and a clear indication of where opportunities exist for individuals beginning or changing careers. 

This trend is not only seen in India but also globally. In Indeed’s Global Best Jobs of 2023 list, tech jobs occupy the top three spots - full stack developer, data engineer and cloud engineer. This is an improvement from last year when only one tech job made it to the top ten. 

Top 20 jobs roles for 2023 in India 

Job role	Mean salary	Jobs per 1M for the period ending 1st Jan 2023	% change in job between 1st Jan 2020 & 1st Jan 2023	% containing "remote" in the job description
1. Developer	7,46,327	22,945	33	19
2. Software engineer	5,74,407	22,269	37	11
3. Senior software engineer	12,66,233	14,958	66	11
4. Application Developer	6,60,591	14,554	235	2
5. Full stack developer	10,30,303	12,993	117	16
6. Java Developer	9,04,101	7,628	7	13
7. Software architect	19,12,104	6,656	65	8
8. Front-end developer	8,16,624	6,081	11	19
9. Data Engineer	14,50,872	5,699	353	11
10. Engineer	5,86,218	5,698	16	12
11. Software test engineer	8,80,861	5,328	40	12
12. Business analyst	7,74,749	5,055	31	10
13. Development operations engineer	10,40,826	4,966	110	16
14. Project manager	8,33,183	4,859	34	8
15. Technical lead	16,82,603	3,861	60	7
16. Consultant	7,46,020	3,809	9	7
17. Account manager	6,07,520	3,757	26	8
18. Branch manager	6,64,060	3,401	9	3
19. Senior Developer	9,05,398	3,299	34	16
20. Human resources manager	4,98,772	3,146	29	9

These tech roles see the highest salaries 

Even with instability in the market, the demand for tech workers does not appear to be going anywhere and neither is the industry’s trademark high compensation.

Job roles with the highest salaries in 2023

Job roles	Mean salary
1. Principal software engineer	31,54,395
2. Engineering manager	25,91,267
3. Data scientist	24,62,356
4. Data modeler	20,30,792
5. Software architect	19,12,104

Additionally, the job roles that have seen the highest growth since pre-pandemic (January 2020) are data engineer (353%), site reliability engineer (260%), assistant engineer (254%), application developer (235%), cloud engineer (220%).

Methodology:

Indeed’s list of best jobs has been calculated based on job postings, mean salary, year-on-year job growth as well as the percentage of jobs containing remote in its description on Indeed’s platform between January 2020 and January 2023. The percentage depicted shows the percentage change in jobs share per 1 million jobs