Infosys to hire over 20,000 freshers in FY26, reveals the company&rsquo;s CFO. Infosys is preparing itself to add more than 20,000 freshers in FY 2026, thus showing indications that there may be an increase in the company's demand and business sentiment. This target comes in the backdrop of the Company having met its FY25 hiring plan to recruit 15,000 freshers, as it continues to build a strong competitive talent portfolio indicative of its tactical efforts to meet the growing need for professional talent in the IT industry. This announcement comes in a battle-ready environment as HCLTech scaled down its fresher hiring from 10,000 to 7,000 reinventing the operational efficiency and productivity under Project Ascend. While most IT firms are developing austere hiring strategies, Infosys is increasing its employees even more dramatically, implying its belief in the renewed discretionary industry demands across sectors. Hiring Performance in Q3 FY25 
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<li>Net Headcount Addition: Infosys successfully added 5,591 employees during Q3 FY25, which made a net addition for the second consecutive quarter after six straight quarters of shrinkage. That is why this expansion shows that the company is coming back to a high level of recruitment activity after some time.</li>
<li>CEO Salil Parekh's Commentary: The CEO said, &ldquo;They are seeing strong hiring activity across various functions, especially in the third quarter. Increased employee capacity by over 5,000 implies that we are well positioned to meet the business needs and the increasing demand for our services. However, this hiring momentum may face some seasonality in a manner that will complement revenue swings.&rdquo; </li>
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This paper explores how a compensation strategy is developed and its likely effect on the margins.
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<li>Wage Hike Cycle: Now, Infosys has delayed wage increase to Q4, FY 2022&ndash; their first part is planned in January, whilst the second one is in April. It will facilitate the coordination of the compensation reviews with business development and maintain uniformity in employee satisfaction and retention rates.</li>
<li>India: Workers in India will be given wage increases of between 6-8%</li>
<li>Overseas: It will follow previous compensation cycles to preserve the company&rsquo;s competitiveness in the international market.</li>
<li>Impact on Margins: CFO Jayesh Sanghrajka said there might be some margin pressures on account of wage increases, particularly in the first and fourth quarters, but the company was very strategic in dealing with it while keeping the churn rate in check.</li>
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 Rival Hiring Trends 
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<li>TCS: Continuing from the previous two quarters which saw TCS add more employees, Q3 FY25 saw the Indian IT behemoth lose 5,370 employees net. &hellip;.The hiring in the current financial year is slow with the company looking to optimize cost and bring down underutilized headcount in a stiff economic environment.</li>
<li>HCLTech: By comparison, HCLTech had recorded a reduction in its headcount from the previous quarter in Q2 FY25, but in Q3 FY25, it recruited 2,134 people. </li>
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Q3 FY25 Financial Performance Infosys continued to demonstrate strong financial performance, beating market expectations for net profit and revenue:
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<li>Net Profit: Net profit during the period was ₹6,806 crore, with a YoY growth rate of 11.4%, a little higher than the estimates of ₹6,734 crore posted by the analysts.</li>
<li>Revenue Growth: Total Income up by 7.5% YoY to ₹41,764 crore from ₹ ₹38,821 crore in Q3 FY24. This is good and robust growth the result of the company&rsquo;s focus on digital services, cloud computing solutions and introduced AI solutions.</li>
<li>Constant Currency Revenue Guidance: Infosys has raised its CC revenue growth for the full year 25 for the third consecutive quarter to 4.5-5%. This is an upward revision compared to the previous guidance of the operating revenue of close to 3.75% to 4.5%, which is indicative of promising revenues in the future.</li>
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Sectoral Growth and Outlook Infosys management still sees buoyant growth across various sectors incorporating banking and finance, health care and telecommunication. The company&rsquo;s activities have been receiving a rising interest in the various cloud services it offers, the AI solutions, and the various digital transformation projects hence the hiring and revue trajectories. Discretionary Spending: Mr Salil Parekh added that there has been higher demand than expected for discretionary services, which will further support hiring in the next quarters. Enterprise Value and Strategic Sales Large Deal Bookings: Infosys won a lot of big first-year renewals of accounts in Q3 FY25 with a deal value of $1.6 billion. These were agreements with amounts of multiple millions over multiple years across multiple categories, including financial services, media and health care. Notable Wins: A large transaction was about healthcare change, where the firm joined with a top US healthcare firm to create an AI-based platform to improve the customer experience and business processes. The other large-scale success story revolved around redesigning a basic banking platform for a leading Indian private bank again marking Infosys&rsquo;s strengths in the Financial Services business line definitively. Strategic Planning through Sustainable Development and Future Outlook The advancement of the fresher's hiring program and continued focus on human capital as the strategic integral of the company provides Infosys with the right set-up to tap into the increasing enthusiastically over the next years in outsourcing IT services. The prescription of cost savings, digital business services, and artificial intelligence solutions continued into 2020 and are expected to help the company grow and become profitable. Infosys is gearing up for one more year of hiring and innovation and the strong financials and the large deal wins along with the latest revenue guide add to the strength and prove that Infosys will continue to grow despite the issues in other various IT markets.

Infosys is targeting to recruit more than 20k freshers in FY26; Throughout Q3 FY25, the net profit increased to 11.4% YoY to ₹6,806 crore.

Infosys will recruit more than 20k freshers in FY26.