Remote Software Engineer Salaries in India

How much do remote developers in India expect to make? $48,918 per year on average (based on self-reported data).

This estimated average salary is based on the expected salaries of Arc Developers in that location. Remote software engineer salaries in India are around average for Asia.
Below are some things to consider when hiring developers based in this location or building your next engineering hub.

$48,918USD
Avg. Developer Salary
$62,743USD
Avg. Senior Developer Salary

Established Companies in India

Here are some notable companies with engineering hubs or engineering teams in this location.

Twilio remote branch in India
Twilio
Bangalore, India
Uber remote branch in India
UberSource
Bengaluru and Hyderabad, India
Western Union remote branch in India
Western UnionSource
Pune, India
Cisco remote branch in India
CiscoSource
Bangalore, India

Salary breakdown by expertise

Use the dropdown to compare software engineer salaries in India with another location.

Compare with:
Singapore
Front-end Developer
$45,862
$68,588
Back-end Developer
$48,241
$72,064
Data Scientist
$50,484
$74,222
App Developer
$47,570
$70,122
DevOps Engineer
$50,893
$79,600

English Proficiency in India

moderate
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About software engineer salary in India

Work with great developers — who just happen to be outside your zip code.We built this tool to help you understand how much remote developers expect to be paid annually across different countries around the world. Software engineer salary in India are calculated using self-reported data from remote developers based in India, and may not be representative of local salaries.Learn More

The salary data is based on the expected salary of over 300,000 remote developers in Arc's network. Developers provide us with their expected salary after passing our comprehensive vetting process (click here to learn more about Arc’s vetting process).

In addition to software development experience, our research indicates two other major factors that affect salary expectations:

・Local rent and cost of living.
・English ability (in countries where English is not the primary language, developers with a good command of English can often charge a premium compared to local rates).

In addition to providing a base salary, organizations may offer remote developers a more comprehensive package when hired long-term. This package may include benefits such as health insurance, equipment stipends, cash bonuses for high performance, company equity, etc. (For more information on benefits frequently offered to remote developers, click here.)

Hire remote developers in India with Arc

RajhaRajesuwari S. - developer in India
Full Stack PHP / NODE/REACT/ WORDPRESS/SHOPIFY web developer
4.98 / 5.0

I am an experienced full stack developer 15 years in the field with consistent knowledge in developing web portals with expertise in all opensource of PHP like Wordpress , Opencart, Oscommerce, Shopify, Magento, Joomla and all frameworks of PHP - cake php , larvel, CodeIgniter, YII . I do also offer services in SEO, Malware removal, speed optimizations , Skilled with Javascript ,Node js and React . Hence moving forward with full stack development Faster delivery and 24/7 communication are my greatest plus. I do have a team of 10 . 2 designers and 8 coders to support on large scale web developments

KALAI - developer in India
Computer Science Programming Mentor | SQL expert
5.00 / 5.0

Software Engineer with 10 years of experience in Online Mentoring. My Database and SQL expertise include Conceptual and Logical designs (ERD &EER), Normalization, Relational Schemas, Complex queries, CTE, Stored Procedures, Functions, Cursors, Indexing, Optimization) I also mentor in Python Programming (3x) , Java (Version 8), MS Access (2020 and lower versions), Tableau (Visualizations) and C/C++. *** Full refund if the issue was not resolved ***

Yogesh C. - developer in India
Freelancer, Full Stack Developer and Technical Writer
4.98 / 5.0

Freelancer and a Full Stack Developer with 10+ years of professional experience in designing, developing, and maintaining amazing web applications and websites using React, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML and CSS. I love sharing my knowledge with developers to help them better at coding. I'm the creator of the multiple popular courses: https://courses.yogeshchavan.dev/ I have also written a hugely popular Mastering Modern JavaScript book (https://modernjavascript.yogeshchavan.dev/) You can check out my technical articles below: 1. freeCodeCamp - https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/author/yogesh/ 2. Dev.to - https://dev.to/myogeshchavan97 3. Hashnode - https://blog.yogeshchavan.dev/ 4. Medium - https://medium.com/@yogeshchavan ☆ I mostly work on JavaScript, React and Node.js ☆ Loves sharing knowledge through technical articles ☆ Connect with me for any freelancing project ☆ To learn more about my work check out my linkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yogesh-chavan97/ or connect with me at myogeshchavan97@gmail.com ☆ Check out my GitHub Projects - https://github.com/myogeshchavan97

Salary reports by technologies

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