In India, there is demand for tech talent in the areas of network engineering, user experience designers and testers, cloud computing experts, data scientists, cybersecurity experts etc. These roles command better pay scales. The salary for an AI professional having four years experience ranges between Rs.5-20 lac per annum. AI professionals with eight years experience can draw up to Rs.35 to Rs.50 lac per annum. Those seniors with 10-plus years of experience in AI earn over Rs.1 crore per annum.

UI/UX designers too earn handsome salaries — Rs.5.5 lac per annum. Cloud specialists on an average earn Rs.15 lac per annum. Cybersecurity professionals earn Rs.10.5 lac per annum.

On account of 5G, there is demand from industries such as manufacturing, healthcare and automobiles.

There is a higher demand for experienced candidates.

There are opportunities in video content, network upgradation and migration, private 5G for enterprises, IoT, network infrastructure and network security.

There is a demand for technical content writers and data science and data analytics experts.