Talent Intelligence · Powered by Vantage

India's talent market —
from the inside.

We receive 500+ job applications every day. Every one parsed, scored and stored. No other recruitment firm publishes what we see. Salary expectations, demand signals, passive pool composition — updated continuously from live data.

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500+ Applications received daily Parsed in under 2 minutes each
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10L+ Total scored profiles 4.5L active · 5.5L passive
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5 Premium portals monitored LinkedIn · Naukri · Instahyre · IIMJOBS · Hirist
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40% Offer dropout rate · India Counter-offers · competing processes
Database Composition · Vantage DB

10L profiles.
Here's what's inside.

Not a static snapshot. A continuously updated intelligence asset — growing by 500+ daily and rescored against every new mandate. Here's the composition of what Vantage has access to right now.

Active profiles — applied in last 24 months4.5L
Freshly scored. Verified contact details. Currently available or open to opportunities.
Passive pool — previously engaged, not applying5.5L
Not on any job board. Open to the right opportunity. Approached via Vantage Brief on mandate match.
IIT / IIM / NIT / BITS alumni1L+
Top-institute profiles — scored by institute tier, batch year and degree. Most are passive.
Product company alumni50K+
From funded startups and product companies. Highest-quality passive segment. Not actively looking.
VP+ senior leaders6,500+
CXO, VP, Director level. Confidential mandates only. Relationship-led outreach.
Tech
Largest vertical
Engineering, DevOps, Data, Cloud — 40% of total DB. Deepest passive pool.
Pan-India
Geographic reach
BLR · MUM · DEL · HYD · PUN · CHN. Strong in Tier 1. Growing in Tier 2.
2 min
Parse to scored
Every new application absorbed, parsed and scored within 2 minutes. DB always current.
5 dims
Scoring depth
Technical, Trajectory, Pedigree, Reachability, Risk — mandate-specific every time.
4 flags
AI due diligence
Skill inflation, resume padding, frequent job changing, unverified skills — flagged per profile.
DPDP
Compliance
Full DPDP Act 2023 compliance. PII masking, consent tracking, opt-out honoured.
Salary Intelligence · From Live Data

What candidates are
actually asking for.

Not survey data. Not LinkedIn polls. Real CTC expectations from 500+ applications received weekly — by role, by city, by experience band. Updated continuously from Vantage intake.

Backend Engineering · Bangalore
Senior Backend Engineer
3–5 yrs₹18L — ₹28L
5–8 yrs₹28L — ₹42L
8–12 yrs₹40L — ₹65L
Market signal: Node.js and Go candidates commanding 15–20% premium over Java profiles this quarter. AWS certification adds ~12% to expectations.
Product Management · Pan-India
Product Manager
2–4 yrs₹20L — ₹35L
4–7 yrs₹35L — ₹55L
7–12 yrs₹55L — ₹90L
Market signal: IIM/ISB candidates command 22–28% pedigree premium at senior PM level. Non-IIM product candidates with unicorn experience close the gap significantly.
DevOps / Cloud · Bangalore + Delhi NCR
DevOps Engineer
3–5 yrs₹16L — ₹26L
5–8 yrs₹26L — ₹42L
8+ yrs₹40L — ₹70L
Market signal: Kubernetes + Terraform combination commands highest premium. Supply significantly below demand — candidates with both skills receive 3–4 competing offers simultaneously.
Data / AI / ML · Pan-India
Data Scientist / ML Engineer
2–4 yrs₹18L — ₹32L
4–7 yrs₹32L — ₹55L
7+ yrs₹55L — ₹100L+
Market signal: LLM and GenAI experience commands 30–40% premium over traditional ML. Most undersupplied segment in our DB — active candidates receive offers within days of applying.
Enterprise Sales · Delhi NCR + Mumbai
Enterprise Account Executive
4–6 yrs₹18L — ₹30L
6–10 yrs₹30L — ₹50L
10+ yrs₹50L — ₹90L
Market signal: SaaS AE profiles command 25–35% premium over FMCG or services sales backgrounds. Variable pay structure expectations have risen significantly in 2026.
Executive Search · Pan-India
VP Engineering / CTO
VP Engineering₹60L — ₹120L
CTO (Series A-B)₹80L — ₹150L+
CTO (Series C+)₹1.5Cr — ₹3Cr+
Market signal: Equity component increasingly critical at this level — candidates rejecting cash-only offers. ESOPs at pre-Series C stage accepted in lieu of 20–30% cash premium.
Demand Signals · This Quarter

What's hot. What's not.
What our data shows.

Demand and supply signals from our live application intake — updated weekly. No survey methodology. Real applications from real candidates to real mandates.

High demand rolesSupply scarce
GenAI / LLM Engineers
95
DevOps / Kubernetes
88
Product Managers (Senior)
82
Backend Engineers (Node/Go)
78
Data Engineers
74
Enterprise Sales (SaaS)
68
Well supplied rolesCandidate surplus
Java Backend Engineers
82
QA / Manual Testing
88
Business Analysts
75
React Frontend (junior)
70
Inside Sales
65
IT Project Managers
60
The Passive Pool · What Nobody Else Has

5-6L candidates.
Not applying anywhere.

70% of the best talent in India isn't actively looking. They're working somewhere good, not updating their Naukri profile, but quietly open to the right conversation. Here's who's in our passive pool — and why it matters.

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1L+
IIT/IIM/NIT/BITS alumni
Top-institute profiles pre-scored and tiered. Approached only when fitment crosses threshold. Most have never applied on Naukri.
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50K+
Product company alumni
From funded startups and product-first companies. Highest-quality passive segment. Strong pedigree, not actively looking.
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6,500+
VP+ senior leaders
CXO, VP, Director. Confidential mandates only. Relationship-led outreach via personalised Vantage Brief.
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500+
Added to passive pool daily
Every application received is parsed, scored and absorbed. Candidates who aren't active mandates enter the passive pool automatically.
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