PLACEMENT of women in contractual or flexible roles in the IT and IT-enabled services sector has reached 40 per cent in FY26, reflecting the growing adoption of the workforce model, a report said on Saturday.

Women’s placements increased by 10 percentage points from FY22 to FY26, reaching 40 per cent in FY26, said talent solutions provider Careernet's report - Women in IT/ITeS:

 

Trends in Contractual/Flexi Roles. The preferred roles tilt toward finance and accounting (43 pc), followed by data science and analytics (34 pc), UX, design and architecture (31 per cent), IT and information security (29 pc) and engineering - software and QA (27 pc), it said. Consulting (20 pc) continues to lag, pointing to areas that have greater headroom for inclusion. Careernet’s report is based on an annual sample of 3,000 placements in contractual positions in FY26 and was compared with data from the last four fiscal years.