New Delhi, February 11 (IANS). Postings for white-collar jobs in India’s quick-commerce sector have increased by 21 percent year-on-year. This information was given in a report released on Wednesday.
According to the report of job portal FoundIt, the share of white-collar jobs in the total jobs posted by the quick-commerce sector has now increased to 14 percent. The reason for this is the companies giving priority to data analytics, product technology and supply-side strategy.
The report said that the sector is now moving away from rapid expansion and focusing more on predictability and operations.
“India’s quick-commerce sector is moving from scale-based growth to efficiency and intelligence-based expansion,” said Anupama Bhimrajka, vice president of marketing, FoundIt.
He further said that the demand for professionals in the fields of “data analytics, product technology and supply chain strategy” is strong, as companies focus on increasing forecasting accuracy, optimizing inventory movements and reinventing the customer experience.
The report said total white-collar hiring across industries declined by 2 percent month-on-month in January 2026, but increased by 9 percent year-on-year.
According to the report, delivery and dark-store roles remain dominant in the total headcount in quick-commerce platforms, while white-collar roles are emerging as the strategic core of the sector.
According to the report, data and analytics based roles are the fastest growing segment of white-collar jobs, accounting for 26 per cent of white-collar jobs and postings for these roles have seen a growth of 28 per cent year-on-year. After this, the share of Product and Ops Tech has been 21 percent and a growth of 24 percent has been recorded in the posting of these roles.
Supply chain and network planning accounted for 18 percent respectively and registered a growth of 22 percent.
Demand forecasting analyst, product manager and network planning manager were also among the fastest growing roles.
The report cited Bengaluru as the leading hub, accounting for one in four white-collar jobs in the quick-commerce sector, while Hyderabad showed above-average growth, driven by ops-tech and scalable planning roles.
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