City ProfileBengaluru · Karnataka · IN

Bengaluru

India's dominant engineering hiring market on HN and among the deepest engineering talent pools globally. Bengaluru roles skew toward backend systems, enterprise software, and data engineering — product and design roles are underrepresented relative to its volume.

Postings · Sep 20260%3-mo momentum
3
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
2 low3-mo avg · 611.3333 high
Rank · IN
#2of 5 IN cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+33 pts vs IN
Share of IN postings
33.3%3 of 12
3-Mo momentum
Flat0% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Top non-US market by volume; grew substantially through the 2021–2022 global hiring peak.

Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.

Full yearPartial yearAll-time peak
All-time postings
1,707since 2011 · 186 months
+12% YoY2025 vs 2024
152
'22
64
'23
66
'24
74
'25
40
'26
All-time total
1,707186 months
↑ Best year
2016231
↓ Worst full year
201222
Latest full year
2025+12% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Bengaluru.

Median bands from the 10 Bengaluru postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=2 · need 10
Senior— n=2
Staff+— n=5

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick on Senior = median. Senior & Staff+ shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

§ 02Work Model

11 points more remote-friendly than the India baseline.

Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
68%
+11 ptsvs IN · 57%
Remote
23%
Hybrid
45%
Onsite-only
32%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
0% rem.
'12
0% rem.
'13
100% rem.
'14
50% rem.
'15
51% rem.
'16
45% rem.
'17
30% rem.
'18
40% rem.
'19
40% rem.
'20
64% rem.
'21
77% rem.
'22
80% rem.
'23
81% rem.
'24
85% rem.
'25
42% rem.
'26
80% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Bengaluru vs IN
Bengaluru68% remote-friendly
IN average57% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Engineering depth — backend, data, and enterprise systems dominate.

Keywords counted across 74 Bengaluru hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
51mentions↑ 12%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '2569% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+12%51
02Go+77%39
03Kubernetes+542%25
04TypeScript−40%25
05Amazon Web Services (AWS)+224%21
06Google Cloud—17
07PostgreSQL+555%17
08React−13%17
09UX/UI—15
10JavaScript−2%14
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Redis+978%
  • 02PostgreSQL+555%
  • 03Kubernetes+542%
  • 04Amazon Web Services (AWS)+224%
Cooling↘
  • 01Node.js−78%
  • 02Next.js−69%
  • 03Docker−42%
  • 04TypeScript−40%

95% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)

Role mix · Bengaluru vs INShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
BengaluruIN baseline
Data Ml
match
11%
12%
−1 pts0.9×
Design
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.7×
Engineering
match
76%
73%
+2 pts1.0×
Executive
match
1%
2%
−0 pts0.9×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
1%
0 pts0.9×
Healthcare
match
0%
0%
+1 pts—
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
1%
2%
−0 pts0.7×
Operations
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.9×
Other
match
4%
2%
+1 pts1.6×
Product
match
3%
4%
−1 pts0.8×
Sales
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×