India Software Hiring Index (StackCV) — Week of Mar 02, 2026
by Anupam Bhatt
· March 2, 2026
Snapshot (StackCV)
- Total open software jobs: 3675 across 111 companies.
- Top cities this week: Bengaluru (1939), Hyderabad (389), Pune (340), Multiple (287), Chennai (256), Remote (139).
- Top hiring companies: Walmart Labs (275), Capgemini (189), nVIDIA (166), Mastercard (165), Cadence (162), Visa (132).
Key deltas vs last weekly snapshot
- SDE -61 (790→729)
- Principal Engineer -57 (562→505)
- SSE -53 (999→946)
- SDET/SSET -34 (264→230)
- Bengaluru -129 (2068→1939)
- Chennai -39 (295→256)
- Pune -29 (369→340)
- Noida +9 (124→133)
Takeaway: Hiring volume cooled this week, with broad declines across core engineering roles; Bengaluru still dominates demand.
Source: StackCV live aggregates at publish time.