Software development, sales, business management and marketing related jobs are currently the most desirable jobs in the Indian job market, as per the employee assessment report by Aspiring Minds.
Aspiring Minds, the global leader in employability assessments, recently released the Skill Map – India, showcasing demand for different job roles and skill sets in India.
Aspiring Minds analyzed more than 10 lakh jobs openings spread across the country and matched them with 90 job skill sets, spanning cognitive and soft skills.
Commenting on the report, Himanshu Aggarwal, CEO &co-Founder, Aspiring Minds said, “Skill Map – India is a system that reports current job and skill demand. As India transitions its demographic dividend to a 21st century workforce, skill mapping is a key in determining where to invest our efforts and capital. The government skill ecosystem including NSDC, state skill missions and rural development efforts, can use this alarming information to choose the right areas to invest their capital and efforts.”
Top skills in demand
Top skills in demand
The analysis unveils that top eight enviable skills and traits include 1 soft skill, 4 cognitive skills and 3 personality traits. English Comprehension has topped the chart with 18.71 percent demand. This signifies that English language communication is a much-needed skill across job sectors. A fairly high demand is observed for deductive (11.66%) and inductive (8.56%) reasoning. Out of the personality traits, Agreeableness tops with a demand of 6.42 percent.
Demand share of job roles – State wise
On ranking states on the basis ofavailable open positions, Maharashtra bags the top position with 19.72 percent of total open positions in India. Delhi NCR comes in 2nd at 16.99 percent followed by Karnataka at 16.03 percent. Jobs in Maharashtra, Delhi NCR, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu put together form close to 65 percent of open positions across India.