Data Engineer Salary in India during 2025
💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in India during 2025 is USD 62,847
✏️ This salary info is based on 5 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 38,724 and USD 177,367 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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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 | 9044 jobs Python | 8803 jobs SQL | 8644 jobs Pipelines | 8225 jobs ETL | 6328 jobs Data pipelines | 6284 jobs AWS | 5817 jobs Architecture | 5496 jobs Azure | 4765 jobs Computer Science | 4702 jobs Spark | 4653 jobs Security | 4349 jobs Data quality | 3907 jobs Agile | 3764 jobs Big Data | 3753 jobs Machine Learning | 3473 jobs GCP | 3360 jobs Databricks | 3274 jobs Snowflake | 3141 jobs Airflow | 3025 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 | 6853 jobs Health care | 3707 jobs Flex hours | 2726 jobs Competitive pay | 2219 jobs Startup environment | 2149 jobs Team events | 1909 jobs Equity / stock options | 1773 jobs Salary bonus | 1656 jobs Insurance | 1650 jobs Flex vacation | 1508 jobs Parental leave | 1251 jobs Medical leave | 1153 jobs Wellness | 941 jobs 401(k) matching | 770 jobs Fitness / gym | 386 jobs Transparency | 366 jobs Relocation support | 349 jobs Gear | 271 jobs Conferences | 263 jobs Home office stipend | 250 jobsRelated salaries
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