2026 Data Report
The State of IT Jobs & Salaries in India
We analysed 25,101 live technology & IT jobs across 910 companies hiring in India — here's what the data says about where the roles are, and what they pay.
25,101live tech jobs
910companies hiring
8+major cities
12%remote roles
💰 What tech roles pay in India
Median annual CTC by role, aggregated from crowdsourced salary data (AmbitionBox) across hundreds of companies.
Engineering Manager
₹65.1L
Senior Software Engineer
₹33.2L
💡 A Software Engineer in India earns a median ₹19.1L, rising to ₹33.2L at senior level and ₹65.1L for Engineering Managers. Data & Product roles command a strong premium over QA and analytics.
🏆 Highest-paying tech employers
Top reported average CTC for a role at each company (min. 100 salary reports).
Linkedin Technology Information Pvt Ltd
₹62L
📍 Where the jobs are
Top hiring cities by live tech job count.
Bengaluru alone accounts for 26% of all live tech roles — more than the next two cities combined. Delhi NCR and Hyderabad round out the top three.
🧑💻 Jobs by function
Live openings across the main tech functions.
🔥 Who's hiring the most
Companies with the most live tech openings right now.
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Every one of these 25,101 jobs — plotted across India by city, filterable by role, with real salary bands and company ratings.
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Methodology. Figures are computed from 25,101 live technology & IT job listings aggregated on HireHire (updated every 8 hours), across 910 companies hiring in India. Only roles posted within the last 90 days are counted. Salary figures are median annual CTC estimates from crowdsourced employee-reported data (AmbitionBox) and are indicative, not guarantees. Last updated: July 2026.
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