Healthcare GCCs in India are paying up to 2.5 times the median salary to hire AI and machine learning experts. Staffing firm Quess Corp said the sector faces a talent shortage, with only 1.6 professionals for every opening. Companies now wait 90 days to fill these critical senior roles.
The premium reflects a widening gap between demand for specialised skills and the supply of professionals who possess them. Data, analytics and AI have just 1.6 professionals for every projected opening in India's healthcare GCCs, compared with 4.8 across roles overall.
Global capability centres (GCCs) in India's healthcare sector are struggling to find specialised artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) talent, forcing them to pay up to 2.5 times the overall median salary and wait for as long as 90 days to fill senior AI vacancies, according to staffing firm Quess Corp.The premium reflects a widening gap between demand for specialised skills and the supply of professionals who possess them.