How many years of experience do Indian postings ask for?
Counted 2026-10-08
“Asks for 5+ years” is on a lot of postings. We counted what the middle posting actually asks, role by role.
The middle of the middles
Across 63 roles, the middle role’s middle posting asks for 5 years.
The most experience
Category Manager, HR Manager, Procurement Manager, Service Delivery Manager and Solutions Architect all have a middle posting that asks for 8 years. For Solutions Architect that rests on 155 postings; for Backend Engineer, 7 years on 199.
The least
Performance Marketing asks for 1 year (28 postings). Business Development Executive, Content Marketing and Field Sales ask for 2 (41, 15 and 161). Relationship Manager and Technical Support Engineer ask for 3 (101 and 45).
What to do with it
If a posting asks for more than you have, the number alone is not a verdict — many postings ask for more than they hire. Jobinko shows these roles scored honestly with the reason, never hidden.