LinkedIn CEO: AI Engineering Jobs in India Growing 51% Year-on-Year

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LinkedIn CEO Dan Shapero, during his first India visit in the role, said AI engineering jobs on the platform are growing 51% annually, citing LinkedIn's own hiring data. He highlighted healthcare, education, startups, robotics, and data-centre operations as the sectors driving demand, with data-centre hiring having tripled over the past decade. India's share of overseas R&D hiring by US companies rose sharply from 27% in 2019 to 41% in 2025, underscoring the country's growing importance as a global talent hub. Shapero also noted that skills listed in Indian job postings change at roughly 12% per year, signalling rapid shifts in what employers require. He attributed the global hiring slowdown more to elevated interest rates than to AI-driven job displacement.

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