Infosys To Continue Campus Recruitment Push With 20,000 Hires In FY26

India’s top IT services companies are taking different approaches to hiring in FY25, with Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) confirming large-scale recruitment of engineering graduates, while Wipro takes a more cautious stance.

This hiring comes amid an environment of subdued revenue growth and increasing automation in the industry.

Hiring Intentions Remain Strong For Infosys, TCS

Infosys announced that it will hire 20,000 fresh engineering graduates this financial year, echoing TCS’s earlier declaration to maintain its annual campus hiring numbers at 42,000.

These commitments reflect the companies’ long-term talent pipeline planning, even though project ramp-ups and deal inflows remain uncertain due to the sluggish global macroeconomic climate.

Despite the optimism, hiring in the IT sector has been on a slow track over the past three years.

Human resource consultancies report a further cooling in hiring demand from IT service companies.

Post-pandemic workforce rationalization and the increasing role of automation and AI in software development have reduced the demand for entry-level engineers.

Infosys ended the last fiscal with a total headcount of 3,23,578, adding 6,338 employees over the year.

Voluntary attrition stood at 14.1% in Q4 FY25, up from 12.6% a year earlier.

TCS added a comparable 6,433 employees during the same period.

In contrast, Wipro only added 732 people and has indicated a more restrained approach to hiring in FY25, with plans to recalibrate based on project demands and market outlook.

Salary Hikes & Performance Metrics

In terms of employee compensation, Infosys CFO Jayesh Sanghrajka confirmed that salary hikes are progressing as scheduled.

“A large part of wage increments were rolled out in January, and the balance is rolled out, effective from April 1,” he said.

The company is offering an average increment of 5% to 8%, which is modest compared to previous years.

Infosys evaluates its employees across four performance categories: Outstanding, Commendable, Met Expectations, and Needs Improvement.

This structured approach will continue to guide compensation and promotions, especially as the company navigates the dual challenges of talent retention and evolving technology landscapes.

As automation continues to reduce the need for human coders in routine software tasks, and AI tools take on more development functions, the long-term outlook for large-scale hiring remains cautious.

However, for now, the decisions by Infosys and TCS to continue hiring in bulk may offer some optimism for engineering graduates entering the job market in 2025.

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