mumbai organizations are expecting to increase salaries by 10 across industries and career levels in 2018 according to mercers latest india total remuneration surveyas per the survey 55 of these companies are expecting to increase their headcount the comprehensive survey represents 791 organizations across various industry sectors among different industries surveyed the projected salary increase ranges from 9 to 10 overallshanthi naresh india business leader talent consulting and information solutions mercer said indian industry continues to project low double digit increases driven by a combination of an optimistic economic environment and a scarcity of the right talent though cross industry ranges have narrowed down to within a 1 point we are witnessing more pronounced subsegment differences within industriesmercer said in 2018 one in two companies are planning to increase headcount with shared services and hitech leading the pack similar to what was seen in the past two yearsthe indian high tech market is undergoing a tremendous change and disruption due to changing nature of jobs new technologies like artificial intelligence machine learning automation robotics iot have changed the skills required to perform the job and there is a constant upskilling and reskilling in the market it employers are increasingly hiring for newer skill sets in the shared services sector there is an influx of captive organizations across retail fmcg manufacturing and pharmaceuticals organizations newer roles are emerging in supply chain planning analytics demand planning computer imagery store design merchandising etc with the evolution in value chain of work and the advent of such transformational roles companies are looking at increasing headcount said shanthi naresh