India’s Semiconductor Design GCC Talent Ecosystem – CY 2025

How did talent demand shift across India’s semiconductor design GCCs in CY 2025?

This report offers an overview of India’s semiconductor design GCC talent landscape, with a deep dive into active roles across the top 50 semiconductor design GCCs.

At a market level, Q4 signaled renewed confidence in job openings, with November and December recording the strongest month-on-month uptick, though hiring volumes remained below early-2025 levels.

Within this broader hiring trend, chip design (fabless/design-only) formed the backbone of GCC hiring, with the strongest year-end rebound.

The talent mix further highlights these shifts: core VLSI (44%) and systems and application software roles (40%) dominate demand. Within VLSI, verification (28%) and front-end (26%) led hiring.