Online hiring in India rose by 19% year-on-year in May, registering the highest growth since February last year, a survey says.

According to job portal Monster.com, online recruitment has registered consistent improvement as compared to the year ago period since the start of this year.

"There is a great deal of overall sanguinity around the new government to revive the economic momentum and constructing an investment friendly environment enabling creation of new jobs," Monster.com managing director (India, Middle-East, South East Asia) Sanjay Modi said.

However, on a month-on-month basis, the index remained unchanged in May over April.

The Monster.com employment index rose by 24 points (19%) to 151 in May, from 127 in the same period last year, signalling that employers are optimistic about their hiring plans.

"With a 19% growth in the overall hiring activity which has been the highest since February 2013, Monster Employment Index reflects business optimism," Modi said.

Year-on-year, online recruitment activity exceeded in 16 of the 27 industry sectors monitored by the index, and media and entertainment industry registered the highest growth (59%).

Meanwhile, online demand expanded all 13 occupation groups monitored by the index, and the demand for senior management continued to chart dramatic annual growth.

The group witnessed 61% growth in opportunities between May 2013 and 2014 to lead all occupation groups year-on-year, the report said.

A city-wise analysis shows that, online opportunities exceeded the year-ago level in all 13 cities monitored by the index and Bangalore (up 37%) once again led all monitored cities by the way of long-term growth.

Bangalore was followed by Mumbai which registered a 27% growth in opportunities between May 2013 and 2014.

Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad and Chennai recorded 20%, 19% and 17% growth respectively. Chennai exhibited a double-digit growth for the first time since April 2013.