India Fresher Job Market Report (October 2026): Asuraa Data

Last updated: 8 October 2026 · By the Asuraa Team

Quick answer: Fresher hiring on Asuraa is strong but concentrated. On 8 October 2026, 72% of the 289 open jobs on asuraa.in were entry-level and 19% were internships. Bengaluru alone had 43.6% of openings, 84.8% of roles were fully onsite, and only 3.1% of listings stated a salary. Python was the most-mentioned technical skill, appearing in 35.3% of job descriptions.

Key takeaways

• On 8 October 2026, 208 of the 289 open jobs on asuraa.in (72%) were entry-level and 55 (19%) were internships.
• Bengaluru had 43.6% of open jobs, followed by Delhi NCR (13.8%), Hyderabad (9.7%), Pune (8.7%) and Chennai (7.6%).
• Only 13 of 289 open jobs (4.5%) were fully remote, while 84.8% were onsite and 10.7% hybrid.
• Just 9 of 289 listings (3.1%) stated a salary, so most freshers must research pay before the offer stage.
• Python was named in 35.3% of job descriptions and SQL in 20.1%, while generative AI or LLMs appeared in 14.9%.

What does this report cover?

This report uses Asuraa's own platform data to show what the fresher and early-career job market looked like on 8 October 2026. It covers every job open on asuraa.in that day (289 listings from 183 companies), all-time platform totals and anonymous, aggregate activity from Asuraa's AI resume reviewer. No personal data about any user is included.

Asuraa at a glance (8 October 2026):

How much of the market is open to freshers?

Most of it. 72% of open jobs (208 of 289) were entry-level, and the remaining 28% (81) were mid-level. Across all 1,912 jobs ever posted on Asuraa, 49.5% were entry-level, 36.1% mid-level, 13.4% senior and about 1% lead or executive.

Internships were a large slice of current openings: 55 of 289 (19.0%). Full-time roles made up 79.9%, with a handful of contract and part-time roles. If you are still studying, an internship at a large company is one of the most direct routes into a full-time offer; see fresher jobs and internships in India for how to approach both.

Which cities have the most openings?

Bengaluru dominates. 43.6% of open jobs were in Bengaluru, more than the next three regions combined.

The practical takeaway: if you are open to relocating, Bengaluru gives you the widest choice, and Delhi NCR, Hyderabad and Pune are the strongest alternatives. Our city-by-city jobs guide covers what each city's job market looks like.

How many jobs are remote or hybrid?

Very few are fully remote. Only 4.5% of open jobs (13 of 289) were remote, 10.7% (31) were hybrid and 84.8% (245) were onsite.

This matters because many freshers filter only for remote work. Doing so hides about 95% of real openings. It also matters for safety: genuine remote fresher roles are scarce, so a remote job that is easy to get and asks for a registration fee, a deposit or task payments is a classic scam pattern. Our job scams guide explains how to check.

What kinds of roles are being hired for?

Software engineering is the biggest category, followed by AI, machine learning and data science. We grouped each open job by its title:

About one in seven openings sat in AI, ML or data science, and roughly one in four was in an AI, data or analyst role combined. That is a real share, but software engineering still has nearly three times as many openings as AI and ML.

Which skills appear most in job descriptions?

We counted how many of the 289 open job descriptions mention each skill. A job counts once per skill, however many times the skill appears.

Three things stand out:

1. Communication is asked for as often as Python. More than a third of descriptions name it, so interview answers and project explanations matter as much as code.
2. Python and SQL together cover the most ground. Python leads every technical skill, and SQL is the second most common, across both software and data roles.
3. Generative AI has arrived in job descriptions. LLM or generative AI skills already appear in about 15% of openings, roughly as often as classic machine learning.

For learning paths for each of these, see how to learn in-demand tech skills.

Do job postings tell you the salary?

Almost never. Only 9 of 289 open jobs (3.1%) stated a salary or salary range. For the other 97%, pay is revealed only at offer stage.

That puts the burden on the candidate. Before you interview, research the typical range for the role and city, decide your minimum and learn how CTC differs from in-hand pay. Our salary guide for tech jobs in India brings those pieces together.

Who is hiring?

Open jobs on 8 October 2026 came from 183 different companies, so hiring is spread widely rather than concentrated in a few names. The companies with the most open roles that day were Amazon (10), Qualcomm (9) and Google (6), followed by GE Vernova, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Citi, American Express, Deloitte, Cisco and Kaleris (5 each).

Across all 1,912 jobs ever posted on Asuraa, the most active employers were Amazon (26), Microsoft (21), Qualcomm (21), American Express (20), Optum (20), Honeywell (18) and Citi (17). Many of these hire in India through global capability centres, which is a large and growing source of fresher roles.

How are job seekers using Asuraa?

Asuraa had 20,239 registered users on 8 October 2026, of whom 16,069 (79.4%) had verified their email. Among the 7,960 registrations with tracked device data, 67.3% signed up on a mobile phone, which tells us most Indian job seekers search and apply from their phones.

The AI resume reviewer had analysed 4,104 resumes against target job descriptions, with an average match score of 75 out of 100. In practice, the typical resume is close but not fully aligned with the job it targets, which usually means missing keywords or skills that the job description asks for. The resume and ATS guide explains how to close that gap.

What do most reports on the fresher job market get wrong?

They treat all openings as equally reachable. In reality, location and work mode filter the market more than any skill gap. A fresher in Bengaluru who accepts onsite work sees the full 289; a fresher who only wants remote work sees 13. Before blaming a weak resume, check whether your filters are hiding most of the market.

They also tend to quote skills from surveys of what employers say they want. This report counts what job descriptions actually ask for, which is what applicant tracking systems and recruiters screen against.

How was this data collected?

• Open jobs: every job open on asuraa.in on 8 October 2026 (289 listings), read from the platform's public job listings. Cities were grouped from each listing's location field. Role groups were assigned from job titles. Skills were counted when named in the job title, description or requirements.
• All-time and user figures: read from the Asuraa admin dashboard on 8 October 2026.
• Privacy: only totals and percentages are shown. No individual user's data is included.
• Limits: jobs listed on Asuraa lean towards technology roles and larger employers, so these figures describe Asuraa's market rather than every job in India. Percentages may not total exactly 100 because of rounding.

We plan to publish this snapshot regularly with the same method so the numbers can be compared over time.

How to cite this report: Asuraa, India Fresher Job Market Report (October 2026), asuraa.in, data as of 8 October 2026.

FAQ

Which Indian city has the most fresher and entry-level tech jobs in 2026?

In Asuraa's October 2026 snapshot, Bengaluru led clearly with 43.6% of the 289 open jobs on the platform. Delhi NCR (Gurugram, Noida and Delhi) was second at 13.8%, then Hyderabad at 9.7%, Pune at 8.7%, Chennai at 7.6% and Mumbai at 5.2%. Freshers open to Bengaluru see roughly three times as many openings as in any other single region.

How many fresher jobs in India are remote?

Very few. On 8 October 2026, only 13 of the 289 open jobs on asuraa.in (4.5%) were fully remote. Another 10.7% were hybrid and 84.8% required working onsite. Freshers who search only for remote roles are competing for a small slice of openings, and any 'remote job' that asks for a fee should be treated as a likely scam.

What skills do employers ask freshers for most in 2026?

Across 289 open job descriptions on asuraa.in, communication skills were mentioned in 36.0%, Python in 35.3%, SQL in 20.1%, Java in 18.7% and JavaScript-family skills such as React or Node.js in 17.0%. Git (15.2%), generative AI or LLMs (14.9%) and machine learning (14.5%) followed. Python plus SQL plus clear communication covers the most openings.

Do Indian job postings show salary?

Mostly not. Only 9 of the 289 open jobs on asuraa.in on 8 October 2026 (3.1%) stated a salary or salary range. That means most freshers will learn the pay only at offer stage, so it is worth researching typical pay for the role and city beforehand and comparing CTC with expected in-hand pay.

Are internships a big share of fresher openings?

Yes. Internships made up 55 of the 289 open jobs (19.0%) on asuraa.in in the October 2026 snapshot, and full-time roles made up 79.9%. Large employers increasingly use internships as a hiring route, so students in their final or pre-final year should treat internships as a direct path to full-time offers, not just experience.

Where does this data come from?

From asuraa.in itself. Job figures cover every job open on the platform on 8 October 2026 (289 listings from 183 companies) plus all-time totals from the admin dashboard. User figures are platform totals. No personal data was used. The listings lean towards technology and large employers, so they describe Asuraa's market, not every job in India.

Final thoughts

The fresher market in October 2026 rewards three things: willingness to work onsite in a major hub, solid Python and SQL backed by clear communication, and doing your own salary homework because postings rarely show pay. To see the current openings behind these numbers, browse jobs on Asuraa, and check how your resume matches a role with the AI resume reviewer.