In the last two weeks of May India saw a significant spike in white collar IT sector hiring, reports the Economic Times, citing a statement from Kamal Karanth, Co-Founder, staffing firm Xpheno. According to Karanth, it is clear that the IT sector is going to be driving the job growth this year as it is showing "huge bullishness" in terms of hiring. "We see close to 30,000 active jobs getting recruited by the IT sector every month for the next 12 months," he said. “The critical reason for recruiting recovery has hinged on the fact that industries are more prepared this time around.”

"The critical part to note is that enterprises now know how the recovery happens compared to last year,” Karanth said. “There is a bit of a pattern that enterprises have recognised and even though we went into a lockdown there was a surge.”

Big cities are still contributing the most to white collar IT jobs. Bangalore, Hyderabad, Bombay, Pune and Delhi are seeing the most hiring in that order, Karanth added.