12,413 of the 7,07,237 profiles in HyrEzy's database (1.76%) list at least one generative-AI skill. By role, the share is highest for AI Engineer (24.4%), ML Engineer (23.6%) and Data Scientist (16.0%). The most listed GenAI skills are Generative AI, LLM, RAG and LangChain.
- Profiles with a GenAI skill
- 12,413
- 1.76% of all profiles
- AI engineers with one
- 24.4%
- Highest city share
- 2.7%
- Bangalore
- Top GenAI skill
- Generative AI
- 4,606 profiles
Most listed GenAI skills
Profiles listing each skill. A profile can list several.
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| Profiles | |
|---|---|
| Generative AI | 4,606 |
| LLM | 4,385 |
| RAG | 3,479 |
| LangChain | 3,239 |
| Prompt engineering | 2,601 |
| OpenAI | 2,445 |
| Fine-tuning | 1,665 |
| GPT | 1,639 |
| Hugging Face | 1,430 |
| Agentic AI | 1,237 |
| LangGraph | 962 |
| Vector databases | 371 |
GenAI skills by role
Share of profiles in each role listing at least one GenAI skill.
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| Share | Profiles | |
|---|---|---|
| AI Engineer | 24% | 856 |
| ML Engineer | 24% | 698 |
| Data Scientist | 16% | 960 |
| Product Manager | 4.4% | 590 |
| Engineering Manager | 3.7% | 63 |
| Data Engineer | 3.2% | 229 |
| CXO & Leadership | 2.5% | 176 |
| Full-stack Developer | 2.3% | 349 |
| Data Analyst | 1.9% | 445 |
| Backend Engineer | 1.6% | 271 |
| Marketing | 1.2% | 130 |
| Customer Success | 1.1% | 50 |
| DevOps & SRE | 0.7% | 219 |
| Sales & BD | 0.6% | 150 |
| HR & Talent | 0.6% | 70 |
| Frontend Engineer | 0.6% | 103 |
| UI/UX Designer | 0.5% | 59 |
| QA & SDET | 0.3% | 135 |
| Mobile Developer | 0.2% | 16 |
GenAI skills by city
Share of profiles in each city listing at least one GenAI skill.
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| Share | Profiles | |
|---|---|---|
| Bangalore | 2.7% | 3,335 |
| Hyderabad | 2.2% | 1,307 |
| Chennai | 2.1% | 614 |
| Mumbai | 1.7% | 872 |
| Gurugram | 1.4% | 432 |
| Pune | 1.4% | 924 |
| Noida | 1.1% | 409 |
| Delhi NCR | 1.1% | 1,502 |
Listed is not the same as shipped
Only 24.4% of profiles with an AI engineer title list a GenAI skill, and a listed skill says nothing about depth. Many profiles mention LLMs after a course or a weekend project; far fewer show a system running in production with evaluation, cost control and monitoring.
That gap is why HyrEzy scores GenAI claims against evidence (repositories, shipped projects, interview answers) rather than keywords. See how the evaluation works on the How it works page.
Frequently asked questions
How many Indian professionals have GenAI skills?
In HyrEzy's database, 1.76% of profiles (12,413 of 7,07,237) list at least one generative-AI skill such as LLMs, RAG, LangChain or prompt engineering.
Which GenAI skills are most common?
Generative AI (4,606 profiles), LLM (4,385 profiles), RAG (3,479 profiles), LangChain (3,239 profiles), Prompt engineering (2,601 profiles) and OpenAI (2,445 profiles).
Which city has the most GenAI talent?
By share of profiles, Bangalore leads at 2.7%, followed by Hyderabad at 2.2%.
About this data
- Source: HyrEzy's candidate database, snapshot taken 20 September 2026. 7,07,237 profiles were considered; 1,26,358 of them record a current CTC.
- Pay is the current CTC a candidate recorded, in ₹ lakh per annum. It is not offer data. Values below ₹1.5 LPA or above ₹250 LPA are excluded as entry errors.
- Roles are matched on current job title, so "Data Engineer" means people whose current title says so. The pool covers product companies, services companies and enterprises.
- Expected hike compares expected with current CTC, counting only expectations between 0.8 and 3 times current pay.
- Privacy: we publish only aggregates. Any group with fewer than 30 CTC records is not shown for pay, and fewer than 10 profiles is not shown at all. No individual can be identified.
- Notice periods are not reported: imported profiles often store a default value when notice is missing, which makes the field unreliable in aggregate.
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