India Tech Salary Guides
Real salary data for Indian tech professionals — broken down by years of experience, city, and company type. No paywalls, no sign-up required. Updated monthly.
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Software Engineer Salary in India
India's largest tech role — with a 25× salary spread
Product Manager Salary in India
Highest-paying non-engineering role in Indian tech
Data Engineer Salary in India
Fastest-growing demand; supply still catching up
Data Scientist Salary in India
Fastest-growing ML demand; premium for production-grade skills
DevOps Engineer Salary in India
Platform & SRE roles commanding 35–55% premium over traditional ops
Frontend Developer Salary in India
React + TypeScript dominates; Core Web Vitals expertise is the new differentiator
Senior Software Engineer Salary in India
SDE-2, SDE-3, and Staff — the most active hiring band in Indian tech
Full Stack Developer Salary in India
Versatile and in-demand — owning both frontend and backend layers
Backend Developer Salary in India
Largest single engineering category — distributed systems drives the premium
ML Engineer Salary in India
Fastest-growing role in 2026; LLM and MLOps skills command 35–50% premium
Business Analyst Salary in India
Data-driven BAs earn 25–40% more than documentation-only BAs
QA Engineer Salary in India
Automation QA earns 40–70% more than manual testers at the same experience level
UX Designer Salary in India
User research skills command 35–50% premium over UI-only designers
Scrum Master Salary in India
Agile coaching and SAFe certification drive the salary premium
Senior Product Manager Salary in India
₹48L median — 70% premium over PM; AI specialisation adds 30–50% more
About this data
Aggregated from job offer benchmarks, community salary threads on r/developersIndia, LinkedIn salary insights, and Pathvio user data — anonymised and aggregated.
All figures are annual Cost to Company (CTC), which includes fixed salary, variable pay, and employer PF contributions — but excludes ESOPs unless stated. Take-home is typically 65–75% of CTC.
P25 = bottom quarter, Median = middle, P75 = top quarter, P90 = top 10%. Most professionals fall between P25 and P75. P90 represents elite compensation — typically FAANG or exceptional product companies.
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