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UiPath has the larger share of job postings and enterprise adoption in India, but Automation Anywhere remains widely used at large BFSI and insurance clients, so developers certified in both tend to have the broadest project options.
A common path is moving from bot development into process discovery and solution design, then toward an RPA lead or automation architect role managing bot governance and a portfolio of processes across a client account.