New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- India's mid-sized tech services companies, which have grown business at a steady trot quarter after quarter while their bigger peers get buffeted by AI headwinds, are expected to hire more and also end with more people on rolls this fiscal, continuing a two-year trend into its third.

Hiring experts expect the second-tier information technology, or IT, services companies to achieve this feat on the back of shorter projects, agile operations, and better-paced overall growth amid uncertain demand.

To be sure, this projection is based on trends of the past few years and current growth trajectory holding out for the remaining four-five months of this fiscal year.

The mid-sized IT firms under consideration by experts in...