People Operations Analyst Salary in India 2026

Strong — India's GCC expansion (2,000+ GCCs as of 2025, adding 200-300 new centres per year through 2027) is the primary demand driver: every new GCC site needs People Ops infrastructure from Day 1. HRIS migration projects (SAP HR to SuccessFactors, Keka to Workday, manual payroll to integrated HRIS) are a sustained source of project-based demand even through hiring freezes. The function is also being redefined upward: 'People Operations' at tech-forward companies now means workforce analytics, HRIS configuration ownership, and compliance automation — roles that attract significantly better compensation than the traditional 'HR executive' label they replaced. Automation pressure exists for pure transaction-processing work (offer letter generation, routine data entry), but HRIS configuration, analytics, and compliance management remain human-intensive and are growing in complexity as Indian statutory obligations expand.