Salary of Software Engineer in India


₹ 10,92,642 / Annual
Based on 28 job listings

Minimum
₹ 2,00,000
Average salary
₹ 10,92,642
Maximum
₹ 25,00,000

Salary data updated: February 2026

Salary distribution

P10
₹ 4,00,000
P25
₹ 5,00,000
P50
₹ 11,50,000
P75
₹ 17,50,000
P90
₹ 20,00,000

Based on 21 job listings with salary

Salary by city

City Median / Annual Listings vs. national
Bengaluru ₹ 22,50,000 3 +95.7%
Hyderabad ₹ 15,75,000 4 +37%
Bangalore ₹ 15,00,000 4 +30.4%

About this role

Software developers implement or program all kinds of software systems based on specifications and designs by using programming languages, tools, and platforms.

Typical duties
  • Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.
  • Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
  • Confer with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects.
  • Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
  • Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance.
  • Coordinate installation of software system.
  • Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design.
  • Determine system performance standards.
Key skills
engineering processes use technical drawing software define technical requirements perform scientific research develop automated migration methods interpret technical requirements use software libraries tools for software configuration management identify customer requirements develop software prototype ICT debugging tools use an application-specific interface use software design patterns integrated development environment software debug software
In-demand technologies
AJAX Adobe Acrobat Adobe After Effects Adobe Creative Cloud software Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Alteryx software Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
Education requirements: Bachelor's Degree

Career progression

Software developers

ESCO (EU Open Data) | O*NET (U.S. DOL)

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FAQ - Software Engineer

The average salary for Software Engineer is INR 10,92,642 per year in India. Salary estimates are based on 28 salaries shared anonymously with Trabajo.org by employees with the position of Software Engineer in India.

The lowest salary of Software Engineer per year in India is INR 2,00,000

The highest salary for Software Engineer per year in India is INR 25,00,000

Data updated: February 2026

Career guide: How to become a Software Engineer
Duties, skills, education and opportunities

Methodology

  • Sample: 21 job listings with published salary
  • Period:
  • Calculation: P10, P25, P50 (median), P75, P90 percentiles from salary ranges
  • Outliers removed: salaries below P1 and above P99
  • City data: minimum 5 listings for inclusion