IT services & SaaS
Attrition, bench and skills data for IT services and SaaS.
Tech talent data for India's largest employer of tech talent: IT attrition rates, bench strength and tech-stack demand, so you can plan for hyper-growth and high attrition at the same time.
The sector at a glance
- Average SDE attrition
- 22.3%
- Average tenure
- 2.1 yrs
- Bench ratio
- 8.4%
- SDE-II median pay
- ₹24.5L
Down 1.4 points this year
Down 0.2 years
Down 2.1 points
Bangalore, total compensation
- Companies adopting GenAI
- 67%
- Roles that are remote
- 34%
- Fresher CTC
- ₹8.5L
- Kubernetes demand, QoQ
- +24%
Illustrative data · Sep 2026
Tech-stack demand
Which skills are gaining value, and which are commoditising
Track the rise of GenAI against older stacks, so training budgets and hiring plans follow the market.
Fastest-growing skill. Supply is severely limited.
Plenty of supply is pushing premiums down.
Steady growth as DevOps practices mature.
Bench management
Turn bench time into billable time
For IT services firms, bench management decides whether margins grow or cash burns. Kynoa tracks bench ratio, idle time and how fast people are redeployed, alongside attrition prediction for the people you can't afford to lose.
- Bench ratio by skill cluster and location
- Idle-time tracking with redeployment likelihood
- Reskilling ROI: what it takes to move bench to billable
- Competitor hiring as a signal of where demand is heading
Frequently asked questions
What is a typical attrition rate in Indian IT services?
It varies by company size, role and city, and moves with the hiring cycle. Kynoa tracks attrition by role and location so you can compare against direct peers rather than a single industry average. See how to calculate attrition rate to make sure your definition matches.
What is bench ratio?
The share of billable staff who are not currently assigned to a client project. A high bench ratio protects delivery flexibility but costs margin; Kynoa tracks it by skill cluster and location.
Which skills does the demand index cover?
Common IT and SaaS stacks, including GenAI and LLM engineering, data engineering, cloud and Kubernetes, frontend frameworks and Java. The index updates weekly from job postings, pay premiums and supply.
Design partner programme
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We're onboarding a small group of Indian enterprises as design partners. You get early access and direct input into the roadmap. We get feedback grounded in IT services and SaaS workforce planning.
- Early access to new modules as they ship
- Regular working sessions with the product team
- A direct say in what we build next
Intelligence for IT & SaaS teams
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