MUMBAI, India, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Companies across India are increasingly building teams and capabilities by integrating independent professionals across functions and levels. Skills in high demand include strategy, digital transformation, change management, core technology, sales and marketing.

According to Outsized’s 2025 Talent-on-Demand Report, organisations are integrating independent talent for various reasons; from execution roles to strategic project delivery, with professionals across India earning between INR 10,000 to 30,000 per day, depending on the type of skill and experience level.

India’s evolving talent ecosystem, strengthened by its demographic advantage and growing global integration, continues to meet both domestic and international skill demands, leading to a 44% increase in freelancer registrations. Companies are moving beyond traditional workforce models, blending on-demand specialists with permanent teams to accelerate growth, drive transformation, and scale execution.

Key findings at a glance:

Most in-demand skills: Strategy consulting, business transformation, digital marketing, project management and sales.Sectors driving the shift: Consulting, Financial Services and Tech, leveraging independent professionals to scale capabilities across strategy, execution, and operations.Freelancer growth: Registrations up 44%, showing strong demand for flexible expertise across experience levels.Day rates: Experienced professionals (11–15 years) average INR 19,000/day; top skills exceed INR 26,000.

Additionally, in the field of data and analytics, experts are executing complex data strategies, commanding daily rates between INR 6,800 to 25,000. Similarly, marketing and product management specialists, including digital marketers, UX professionals, and product managers, are securing competitive rates ranging from INR 9,500 to 27,000 per day.

A transforming workforce: Agile talent takes centre stage

Outsized, a leading talent-on-demand platform with over 45,000 independent consultants and professional freelancers globally, has released its fourth annual Talent-on-Demand Report, offering real-time insights into how businesses are leveraging independent professionals. Based on tens of thousands of proprietary data points from actual projects posted by enterprises, consulting firms, and private equity clients, the report provides a comprehensive breakdown of talent costs, hiring trends, and in-demand skills across APAC, MENA, and Africa.

For the first time, the 2025 edition also includes insights from Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), expanding its global workforce intelligence.

“India’s independent talent market is maturing rapidly, fuelled by global integration and a growing appetite for specialised expertise. Traditional firms are moving beyond transactional contracting to a more structured and strategic use of independent professionals, embedding them into core business initiatives. This shift isn’t just about flexibility—it’s about accessing the right skills at the right time to drive competitive advantage in a rapidly evolving market. ” — Azeem Zainulbhai, Managing Director for India & MENA at Outsized

Why this matters for business and HR leaders

The 2025 Talent-on-Demand Report serves as a blueprint for workforce transformation, enabling leaders to:

Benchmark talent costs and optimise external hiring budgets.Identify emerging workforce trends across APAC, MENA, and Africa.Gain exclusive day rate intelligence across a broad range of industries and skill sets.Understand how top firms leverage independent talent to accelerate digital transformation and maintain a competitive edge.

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Staying ahead of workforce trends demands real-time intelligence and actionable market insights. Outsized’s 2025 Talent-on-Demand Report serves as a strategic playbook, providing business leaders with essential benchmarking against industry peers. Armed with these insights, leaders can quickly identify emerging talent shifts, optimise hiring budgets, and build agile workforce strategies. Access the full report to stay ahead of the curve: https://resources.outsized.com/talent-on-demand-report-2025.

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Methodology

The 2025 Talent-on-Demand Report is based on original research and tens of thousands of proprietary data points from real projects on Outsized’s platform.

About Outsized

Outsized is a talent-on-demand platform with over 45,000 top independent professionals, enabling large enterprise clients, consulting firms, and private equity funds in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East to implement flexible workforce models at scale. For more information, please visit www.outsized.com.

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New app delivers in-depth coverage of IPL 2025, providing reliable news, real-time updates, and exclusive insights.

Users can customize their news feed by selecting IPL 2025 topics.An AI model delivers key news topics and links to the original sources.Lemonday is an app that summarizes news from the most credible sources.

PORTO, Portugal, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Lemonday, a groundbreaking mobile application, has officially launched with a mission to guide people to reliable news on topics they care about. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), the app delivers quick, accurate news summaries on selected themes.

With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 fast approaching, Lemonday provides a new way to stay updated on the competition. The app offers quick, objective, and trustworthy IPL 2025 news, ensuring direct access to reliable journalistic sources.

Available for download on the App Store and Google Play, Lemonday is the perfect solution for anyone seeking quick, objective information on IPL or any other area of interest from dependable sources. In doing so, Lemonday also tackles the spread of fake news, offering a safer, more efficient news consumption experience.

“We aim to make IPL news consumption an enjoyable experience, guiding users away from social media, where fact-checking is often lacking. With Lemonday, users can stay informed quickly and reliably, without having to rely on social media for news,” said Tiago Guedes, the app’s lead developer.

Using advanced AI technology, Lemonday summarizes each news story into three key points, allowing users to stay informed quickly. For those who wish to explore more, they can access the full article via direct links to the original source.

Additionally, Lemonday offers high customization, allowing users to select their preferred online newspapers and topics of interest, from technology and sports to politics, culture, and entertainment.

Lemonday is now available for download on the App Store and Google Play, promising to revolutionize how people consume news by offering access to verified, high-quality information.

About Lemonday

Lemonday is revolutionizing the way people consume news by ensuring access to verified, high-quality information. Using advanced AI, the app condenses news stories into three key points and provides links to the original source.

For more information, visit lemonday.app.

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SEOUL, South Korea, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — VINSSEN, maritime decarbonization technology specialist focused on hydrogen fuel cells and supporting systems, has received the Approval in Principle (AIP) certification from the Korean Register for Korea’s first tugboat featuring a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system. This certification marks a significant milestone in the development of eco-friendly technologies, initiated through an MOU with KRE, leader in ship design, retrofit engineering, and maritime infrastructure engineering. The joint-research project between the three organizations represents a major leap in applying decarbonization technology to high-carbon-emitting vessels, such as tugboats, advancing the maritime industry’s shift toward sustainability.

VINSSEN leads the engineering of the eco-friendly hydrogen fuel cell propulsion systems, while KRE handles the tugboat’s base performance and layout engineering. This 2,700 kW hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric tugboat uses hydrogen fuel and stores excess electricity generated by the fuel cells in batteries for low-load operations, allowing for future energy demand preparedness. During high-output scenarios, the stored energy from the batteries supplements the fuel cell’s power to ensure stable and efficient propulsion, enabling peak-load operations.

VINSSEN provides a practical and scalable eco-friendly propulsion system for port operations, optimizing hydrogen energy use based on the tugboat’s operational profile. The system is designed to meet current and future environmental regulations while delivering exceptional performance in harsh and specialized marine environments.

VINSSEN’s eco-friendly propulsion system goes beyond fuel cell technology, offering a comprehensive green solution that integrates battery energy storage systems. With this innovation, VINSSEN will play a pivotal role in the decarbonization of the maritime industry and advance a sustainable future for global maritime operations.

Meanwhile, VINSSEN plans to participate in Sea Asia 2025, scheduled for the last week of March at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, to promote its eco-friendly vessels and propulsion systems.

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VINSSEN Co., Ltd.  is engaged in the development and manufacturing of eco-friendly propulsion systems for vessels using electric propulsion and hydrogen fuel cells. The company holds over 50 patents related to electric propulsion systems for ships, hydrogen fuel cells for ships, and electric propulsion leisure boats. Its goal is to convert vessels powered by diesel engines into eco-friendly vessels powered by electric and hydrogen technologies.

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