GCCs are already seen as better paymasters than local IT firms.They are also hiring at a faster pace.

In the ongoing financial year, they are paying 15-20% higher salaries to freshers hired for roles in artificial intelligence/machine learning and cloud, said Teamlease Digital chief executive Neeti Sharma.

While the junior and mid level roles see a wide range of salary difference, in the senior roles with over eight years of experience, the salary increase in GCCs largely remains in the range of 27-29%, similar to IT services.

The salary difference between GCCs and IT is the least for cloud engineers across all levels signalling the high demand for this role, Sharma said.

For roles such as robotic process automation developer, internet of things engineer and full-stack developer, salaries are higher in GCCs by about 12-15%, she said.

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