While lay-off announcements from IT companies continue to cause concern among employees, the demand outlook for tech roles in August seems to be dull, as per a report by specialist staffing firm Xpheno.

“August’s demand outlook in Tech is a notable 10% drop over openings in July 2025. The overall dip in tech hiring activity continues, with August 2025’s outlook being 16% lower than last year’s (August 2024) tech demand volume,” notes the Active Tech Job Outlook Report for the month of August 2025.

The Active Jobs Outlook Report is a monthly job market monitoring publication from Xpheno. According to the report, the tech sector’s current contribution to India’s total active talent demand has dropped to 47%. Non-tech sector collective continues to hold the majority contributor status at 53%, after taking over from the Tech sector in October 2022.

GCCs remain steady

According to the report, demand from the IT Services companies looks at a 13% drop over the previous month’s volume. The current demand is also lower by 21% compared to the demand a year ago in August 2024.

“The sustained headwinds and the rise of Global Capability Centres (GCCs) as a popular format of talent consumption continue to keep the IT Services cohort under pressure,” reads the outlook.

The GCCs continue to hold firm, maintaining a steady 14,000 active openings for the month of August 2025. The active talent demand from GCCs has remained stable compared to the previous month.

“This underscores their growing dominance as a preferred model for talent deployment and capability building,” notes the report.

Mid-senior openings account for 56% of all active openings and have registered a 6% drop in volume compared to the previous month. Opportunities for entry-level tech talent has also shown a month-on-month drop of 6%.