Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR account for more than half of all artificial intelligence-related job openings in India, underlining their position as the country’s primary AI talent hubs, according to new research from CBRE.
The property consulting firm’s analysis of more than 64,500 active AI-tagged job listings on Naukri.com as of December 2025 shows that Bengaluru holds a 25.4% share of total AI job postings, followed closely by Delhi-NCR at 24.8%. Together, the two regions make up just over 50% of national AI hiring demand.
Mumbai ranks third with a 19.2% share, meaning the top three cities together account for nearly 70% of all AI-related openings. Other key markets include Hyderabad (12.5%), Pune (9.6%), Chennai (6.4%) and Kolkata (2.1%).
CBRE said the geographic concentration reflects both the maturity of India’s AI ecosystem and the growing strategic importance of established technology and business hubs in driving enterprise AI adoption.
The surge in AI hiring is also aligning with strong growth in India’s commercial office market. According to CBRE India Office Figures 2025, total office leasing reached a record 82.6 million square feet last year. Bengaluru led office absorption with a 26% share, followed by Mumbai at 18% and Delhi-NCR at 17%, indicating that AI and digital roles are contributing to demand for premium workspace across major cities.
Anshuman Magazine, Chairman and CEO – India, South-East Asia and MEA at CBRE, said AI hiring momentum signals a structural shift in how global companies view India.
“AI has transitioned from a buzzword to a crucial peg in India’s broader economic and infrastructure growth story,” he said. “The rising demand for AI professionals is not just a job trend but a fundamental shift in how global enterprises view India — as a hub for end-to-end innovation rather than just service delivery. This evolution is set to redefine the country’s economic landscape and its position in the global digital value chain.”
Bengaluru’s lead in AI jobs is closely tied to its role as India’s largest Global Capability Centre (GCC) hub. CBRE noted that the city accounted for more than one-third of total GCC leasing activity in 2025, reinforcing its role as a base for multinational R&D, engineering and AI teams.
Delhi-NCR’s AI demand, meanwhile, is more diversified, spanning consulting, fintech, healthcare and public-sector digital initiatives, rather than being concentrated only in core IT services.
By function, AI hiring is currently dominated by three domains: engineering (software and quality assurance), data science and analytics, and customer success and operations. Engineering and QA roles form the foundation, focused on building and validating AI-native platforms. Data science and analytics roles center on model training and extracting business insights from large datasets. Meanwhile, customer success and operations roles point to increasing deployment of AI in front-end and real-time business processes.
CBRE said the rise in operational and customer-facing AI roles — especially in Bengaluru and Mumbai — indicates that AI adoption is moving beyond experimentation into scaled, business-facing implementation. This shift is expected to further increase demand for high-quality, sustainable and experience-focused office environments designed to support advanced digital workloads.
In Delhi-NCR, AI hiring is currently most concentrated in data science and analytics, though CBRE expects future growth in AI-linked roles across marketing, communications and consulting as enterprise use cases broaden.
The firm noted that its findings are based specifically on AI-tagged open listings on Naukri.com and do not represent the entire universe of AI jobs in India.
