Data Engineer Salary in India during 2025
💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in India during 2025 is USD 36,631
✏️ This salary info is based on 11 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 30,052 and USD 62,847 in India. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
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- Data Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- India
- Salary year
- 2025
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- 11
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Data Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and SQL. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Engineering | 13959 jobs Python | 13563 jobs SQL | 13447 jobs Pipelines | 12745 jobs ETL | 9799 jobs Data pipelines | 9682 jobs AWS | 8835 jobs Architecture | 8609 jobs Azure | 7332 jobs Computer Science | 7310 jobs Spark | 7063 jobs Security | 6745 jobs Data quality | 6084 jobs Agile | 5722 jobs Big Data | 5632 jobs Machine Learning | 5335 jobs Databricks | 5072 jobs GCP | 5004 jobs Snowflake | 4898 jobs CI/CD | 4799 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 10544 jobs Health care | 5658 jobs Flex hours | 4176 jobs Competitive pay | 3480 jobs Startup environment | 3262 jobs Team events | 2886 jobs Equity / stock options | 2636 jobs Salary bonus | 2559 jobs Insurance | 2424 jobs Flex vacation | 2258 jobs Parental leave | 1921 jobs Medical leave | 1706 jobs Wellness | 1420 jobs 401(k) matching | 1205 jobs Transparency | 572 jobs Fitness / gym | 557 jobs Relocation support | 502 jobs Gear | 415 jobs Home office stipend | 383 jobs Conferences | 382 jobsRelated salaries
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