Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer in India during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer in India during 2025 is USD 54,778

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The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 36,953 and USD 61,589 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.

Job title
Developer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
India
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 79,947
Top 25%
$ 61,589
Median
$ 54,778
Bottom 25%
$ 36,953
Bottom 10%
$ 36,953

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 Senior-level / Expert Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Developer job listings are Python, Engineering 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:

Python | 1847 jobs Engineering | 1540 jobs SQL | 1359 jobs Machine Learning | 1281 jobs Computer Science | 1248 jobs Architecture | 1162 jobs Security | 1028 jobs AWS | 1025 jobs Testing | 965 jobs Azure | 957 jobs Agile | 947 jobs Pipelines | 947 jobs APIs | 925 jobs CI/CD | 735 jobs Java | 692 jobs ETL | 597 jobs Research | 586 jobs DevOps | 581 jobs Power BI | 561 jobs Docker | 547 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Developer 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 | 1935 jobs Health care | 853 jobs Flex hours | 686 jobs Competitive pay | 511 jobs Startup environment | 464 jobs Equity / stock options | 384 jobs Insurance | 384 jobs Team events | 379 jobs Flex vacation | 350 jobs Salary bonus | 283 jobs Parental leave | 273 jobs Medical leave | 256 jobs Wellness | 227 jobs 401(k) matching | 213 jobs Fitness / gym | 108 jobs Transparency | 93 jobs Conferences | 83 jobs Flexible spending account | 72 jobs Relocation support | 71 jobs Home office stipend | 51 jobs

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