India’s Global Capability Centres (GCC) are redefining how enterprises hire, pay and build leadership talent as their mandates expand into product ownership and strategic functions. Hiring demand for mid to senior professionals has risen sharply from 63% in 2023 to 77% in 2025. To attract the right talent, GCCs are offering compensation premiums of up to 30% compared to traditional IT services firms, especially for critical roles.
The premium is even higher for specialised skills in AI, cloud, cybersecurity and advanced data engineering. This reflects both talent scarcity and the growing strategic importance of these roles. As global enterprises focus on digital transformation, risk management and modernisation, GCCs are no longer operating as cost centres. They now drive engineering excellence, digital trust, AI led productivity and end to end business ownership.
Hyderabad, recognised as India’s fastest growing GCC hub, is emerging as the centre of this transformation. The city is supporting new operating models, evolving talent structures and advanced innovation across industries. The 2026 edition of the Growth Summit will bring GCC leaders together to examine how this backbone is being rebuilt to become more intelligent, resilient, secure and globally integrated. Enterprises are using such platforms to rethink capabilities and prepare for the next decade of global business.
Beyond the numbers, a deeper shift is underway. GCCs are moving away from scale driven hiring and focusing on skill density. Compensation models are evolving with higher fixed pay, clearer career paths and stronger ownership roles. For professionals, the attraction lies in greater impact and proximity to enterprise decision making. As AI improves efficiency while increasing complexity, the competition for talent is shifting from volume hiring to capability driven recruitment.
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