Data Engineer Salary in India during 2025
💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in India during 2025 is USD 38,724
✏️ This salary info is based on 9 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 31,926 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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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 | 12345 jobs Python | 12034 jobs SQL | 11888 jobs Pipelines | 11253 jobs ETL | 8664 jobs Data pipelines | 8557 jobs AWS | 7850 jobs Architecture | 7580 jobs Azure | 6511 jobs Computer Science | 6502 jobs Spark | 6306 jobs Security | 5941 jobs Data quality | 5354 jobs Agile | 5113 jobs Big Data | 5044 jobs Machine Learning | 4719 jobs GCP | 4514 jobs Databricks | 4478 jobs Snowflake | 4339 jobs Airflow | 4218 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 | 9330 jobs Health care | 5024 jobs Flex hours | 3699 jobs Competitive pay | 3040 jobs Startup environment | 2891 jobs Team events | 2548 jobs Equity / stock options | 2352 jobs Salary bonus | 2243 jobs Insurance | 2172 jobs Flex vacation | 1994 jobs Parental leave | 1722 jobs Medical leave | 1533 jobs Wellness | 1264 jobs 401(k) matching | 1069 jobs Fitness / gym | 504 jobs Transparency | 499 jobs Relocation support | 463 jobs Gear | 363 jobs Conferences | 347 jobs Home office stipend | 336 jobsRelated salaries
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