The median tech salary in Hyderabad is ₹20L in 2026, across 93 roles in software, data, cybersecurity, product, and design. See every role's salary, its year-on-year change, and how it stacks up against the India national median below.
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93
Roles covered
2026 salary guide
₹20L
Median salary
City benchmark midpoint
₹7.7L – ₹64.3L
Salary range
Lowest to highest tracked
Software Engineer
Highest-paying role
₹59L median
Software Engineering
Most represented category
Most tracked roles
+2%
vs. national median
₹30K higher
Moderate Confidence
Confidence
How much we trust this number
Market snapshot
City overview
Hyderabad tracks 93 distinct tech roles across 17 categories in India's salary data, rated moderate confidence for how much we trust the numbers.
Local hiring market
Software Engineering is Hyderabad's most represented category, accounting for roughly 20% of tracked roles, ahead of Cybersecurity and Data & Analytics.
How it compares
Hyderabad's median tracked salary of ₹20L sits 2% above the India national median (₹0.3L higher). Software Engineer is the highest-paying role tracked here, at ₹59L.
93 roles, each linked to its full country-wide salary page. Sort by any column or search for a specific title.
Showing 93 of 93 tracked roles
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| Software Engineer Software Engineering | ₹59L | +8.0% | ₹32000/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Engineering Manager Software Engineering | ₹30.8L | +9.5% | ₹19376/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Software Architect Software Engineering | ₹30.7L | +12.0% | ₹20200/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| AI Product Manager AI & Machine Learning | ₹29L | +11.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| AI Strategy & Solutions Architect Emerging & Specialist Tech | ₹29L | +13.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Algorithmic Trading Systems Engineer FinTech & Quant | ₹29L | +10.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Cybersecurity | ₹29L | +9.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cloud Security Specialist Cybersecurity | ₹29L | +11.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Center Facilities Manager / Architect Emerging & Specialist Tech | ₹29L | +11.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Enterprise Architect Software Engineering | ₹29L | +7.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Principal Software Engineer Software Engineering | ₹29L | +8.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Quantitative Developer (C++ / Python) FinTech & Quant | ₹29L | +11.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Lead Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹29L | +10.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Web3 Security Engineer Web3 & Blockchain | ₹29L | +11.0% | ₹17652/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Architect Data & Analytics | ₹27L | +11.5% | ₹16976/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cybersecurity Specialist / Architect Cybersecurity | ₹26.9L | +15.5% | ₹17126/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| AI Research Scientist AI & Machine Learning | ₹25.1L | +16.0% | ₹16526/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Generative AI / LLM Engineer AI & Machine Learning | ₹24.1L | +20.0% | ₹16026/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| API & Integration Architect Architecture | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Application Security (AppSec) Engineer Cybersecurity | ₹24L | +10.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Business Intelligence (BI) Lead Data & Analytics | ₹24L | +6.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Core Banking Systems Specialist (Temenos / Mambu) FinTech & Quant | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Governance & Privacy Lead Data & Analytics | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Product Manager Data & Analytics | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| FinOps Specialist Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| GRC Lead Cybersecurity | ₹24L | +9.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Incident Response Specialist Cybersecurity | ₹24L | +9.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Network Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| NLP Specialist AI & Machine Learning | ₹24L | +11.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Payments Platform Engineer FinTech & Quant | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Salesforce / CRM Architect Enterprise Applications & ERP | ₹24L | +7.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Security Operations Center (SOC) Lead Cybersecurity | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Smart Contract / Solidity Developer Web3 & Blockchain | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Solutions Architect Software Engineering | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Technical Pre-Sales / Solutions Consultant Architecture | ₹24L | +7.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Virtual Asset Payment / API Engineer Web3 & Blockchain | ₹24L | +8.0% | ₹14609/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Technical Product Manager Product & Design | ₹23L | +11.0% | ₹14609/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| MLOps Engineer Data & Analytics | ₹22.7L | +16.0% | ₹14826/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| SAP S/4HANA Lead Enterprise Applications & ERP | ₹22.7L | +10.5% | ₹14576/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Platform / Internal Developer Tooling Engineer Software Engineering | ₹22.2L | +13.0% | ₹14326/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Software Engineering | ₹21.7L | +13.0% | ₹14126/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cloud Architect (AWS / Azure / GCP) Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹21.1L | +13.0% | ₹14400/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Engineer Data & Analytics | ₹21.1L | +12.5% | ₹13555/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Scientist (Risk & Compliance) Data & Analytics | ₹20.6L | +12.5% | ₹13505/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cloud Security Engineer Cybersecurity | ₹20.2L | +19.0% | ₹13900/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Delivery Manager Project & Delivery | ₹20.2L | +10.0% | ₹13400/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| IT Program / Project Manager Product & Design | ₹19.7L | +7.5% | ₹12605/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Agile Coach Project & Delivery | ₹19.2L | +9.0% | ₹13000/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer Cybersecurity | ₹19.1L | +13.0% | ₹12305/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Business Systems Analyst Enterprise Applications & ERP | ₹19L | +5.0% | ₹11565/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| CRM Platform Developer Software Engineering | ₹19L | +7.0% | ₹11565/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Database Administrator (Oracle / PostgreSQL / NoSQL) Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹19L | +5.0% | ₹11565/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Digital Business Analyst Product & Design | ₹19L | +6.0% | ₹11565/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Front-Office / Trading Floor Application Support FinTech & Quant | ₹19L | +6.0% | ₹11565/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Network & Cloud Connectivity Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹19L | +6.0% | ₹11565/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| QA Automation Lead Software Engineering | ₹19L | +5.0% | ₹11565/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| UI/UX & Product Designer Product & Design | ₹19L | +6.0% | ₹11565/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Workday / HCM Systems Specialist Enterprise Applications & ERP | ₹19L | +6.0% | ₹11565/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Back-End Developer (Java / Go / Node.js) Software Engineering | ₹18.7L | +9.0% | ₹11605/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Penetration Tester / Ethical Hacker Cybersecurity | ₹18.7L | +13.0% | ₹12055/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| GCP Cloud Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹18.2L | +17.0% | ₹12500/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Analytics Engineer (dbt / SQL) Data & Analytics | ₹17.7L | +12.0% | ₹11533/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cloud Solutions Engineer (multi-cloud) Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹17.3L | +14.0% | ₹12000/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| AI Product Engineer (Applied AI) AI/ML | ₹16.3L | +21.0% | ₹12000/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| AI / ML Engineer AI & Machine Learning | ₹15.4L | +15.5% | ₹11500/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Big Data Engineer (Hadoop/Spark) Data | ₹15.4L | +10.0% | ₹10600/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cloud FinOps Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹15.4L | +15.0% | ₹10600/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Workday Consultant (HRIS) Enterprise Applications & ERP | ₹15.4L | +11.0% | ₹11000/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| IoT & Embedded Systems Engineer Emerging & Specialist Tech | ₹15.3L | +8.0% | ₹9633/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Kubernetes / Container Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹14.9L | +15.0% | ₹10600/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Salesforce Developer Enterprise Applications & ERP | ₹14.9L | +13.0% | ₹10600/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| ERP/CRM Specialist Enterprise Applications & ERP | ₹14.8L | +9.5% | ₹9733/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Blockchain Developer Specialist Roles | ₹14.4L | +10.0% | ₹10100/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| ERP Consultant (Oracle/Dynamics) Specialist Roles | ₹14.4L | +9.0% | ₹10100/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Security Engineer Cybersecurity | ₹14.4L | +19.0% | ₹10100/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| SAP / Oracle ERP Cloud Consultant Enterprise Applications & ERP | ₹14.3L | +8.0% | ₹10000/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Full-Stack Engineer (React / Next.js / TypeScript) Software Engineering | ₹13.9L | +9.5% | ₹9100/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| DevOps & CI/CD Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | ₹13.4L | +11.0% | ₹9600/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Terraform) DevOps & Platform | ₹13L | +14.0% | ₹9100/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Mobile Engineer (iOS / Android) Software Engineering | ₹13L | +8.5% | ₹8600/day | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Conversational AI / Chatbot Developer AI/ML | ₹12.5L | +18.0% | ₹9600/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Python Developer Software Engineering | ₹12.5L | +12.0% | ₹8400/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Scrum Master Project & Delivery | ₹12.5L | +8.0% | ₹8400/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Java Developer Software Engineering | ₹12L | +9.0% | ₹7900/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| RPA Developer (UiPath/Automation Anywhere) Specialist Roles | ₹11L | +9.0% | ₹7700/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| .NET Developer Software Engineering | ₹10.9L | +8.0% | ₹7400/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| QA / Test Automation Engineer Software Engineering | ₹10.6L | +10.0% | ₹7200/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Salesforce Administrator Enterprise Applications & ERP | ₹10.6L | +10.0% | ₹7500/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| GRC / Compliance Analyst (Cyber) Cybersecurity | ₹10.5L | +13.0% | ₹7400/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| BI Developer Data & Analytics | ₹10L | +12.0% | ₹7100/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Analyst Data & Analytics | ₹9L | +12.0% | ₹6700/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| ServiceNow Administrator ServiceNow | ₹8.6L | +9.0% | ₹6500/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| SOC Analyst Cybersecurity | ₹7.7L | +14.0% | ₹5600/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
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Mid
₹19.7L
Range ₹7.7L – ₹32.6L
Lead
₹59L
Range ₹53.1L – ₹64.3L
The median tech salary in Hyderabad is ₹20L, while the average is ₹20.5L. The median is less skewed by a small number of very high or very low outlier salaries, which is why it's usually the more reliable figure to benchmark your own offer against.
The benchmark median salary in Hyderabad is ₹20L in 2026, based on published market compensation data.
Hyderabad is currently aligned with the national benchmark by ₹0.3L (+2%).
Software Engineer is the highest-paying tech role tracked in Hyderabad, with a median salary of ₹59L. See the full role table on this page for salary ranges across every tracked discipline.
Software Engineering has more tracked roles in Hyderabad than any other category, ahead of the other disciplines tracked on this page.
This city benchmark is marked Moderate Confidence. High Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only.
A city's tech salaries move with its own mix of employers, its cost of living, and which specific roles are actually being hired there, plus how much data we've been able to collect for that city. All of that can pull a city's numbers away from the national average, in either direction.
Yes. Contract and day-rate pay in Hyderabad is tracked separately from permanent salaries and doesn't convert to an annual figure on a simple pro-rata basis, it reflects contractor market rates directly. Check the contract/day rate column in the role table on this page for the roles where both figures are tracked.
Meaningfully. See the salary by seniority breakdown on this page for how median pay in Hyderabad moves from entry-level through to senior and lead roles.