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Highest Paid Jobs In India's IT Sector

The Indian IT sector as a whole has been in such a fast pace industry in its growth and development. However, in terms of employment, job demands, and influential opportunities, some cities have been the hub for job aspirants. Some of the cities where the heart of the IT industry lies are –

• Bengaluru, Karnataka (known as the silicon valley of India)
• Pune, Maharashtra
• Hyderabad
• Gurgaon, Haryana
• New Delhi
• Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Noida, Uttar Pradesh

These cities have, with time, broadened the horizon of the tech industry by opening up many interesting and latest job positions for the tech aspirants. There are many factors that affect one job profile’s salary like experience, job roles, location, employer, skillset. Below is given the average base salary for the highest paid jobs in India based on experience –

Job Profile	Average Base Salary/ year (In INR)	Fresher Salary/year	Experienced Salary/year
Software Development Engineer	₹1,191,752	₹989,044	₹2,225,470
Data Scientist	₹824,241	₹539,654	₹1,753,819
Data Engineer	₹839,625	₹464,722	₹1,878,772
Software Architect	₹2,199,698	₹977,473	₹3,138,870
Cloud Architect	₹1,796,392	₹409,634	₹2,313,443
Blockchain Engineer	₹808,000	₹6,26,185	₹3,675,000
DevOps Engineer	₹715,281	₹391,646	₹1,776,410
IoT Solutions Architect	₹1,915,175	₹496,349	₹2,095,967
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	₹750,000	₹606,782	₹1,813,892
Product Manager	₹1,739,231	₹919,024	₹2,118,330

Software Development Engineer

A software development engineer is a technical professional who is responsible for creating applications and software programs that can be run on different platforms and operating systems. There is a great demand for this job profile amongst many big tech giants like TCS, Udemy, Amazon, etc.

Key Highlights of the Job Role

• Valued job position in the tech industry.
• One of the highest paying jobs.
• The opportunity for great learning.
• Work with some great companies in the industry.

Blockchain Engineer

Blockchain is the leading technology for the Banking and Finance Sector. And a professional expert to manage and handle the entire infrastructure of the blockchain technology, employers hire a blockchain engineer.

It is among the high-salary jobs in India because of the rising demand for Bitcoin and Etherium. Blockchain technologies have opened up infinite possibilities for aspirants as well as employers.

Key Highlights of the Job Role

• High demand but Limited Workforce.
• Working on the latest technology.
• Great tech giants are hiring Blockchain Engineers.
• Leading job position.

Data Scientist

Data Scientist is a job position that requires expertise in scientific analyzing and interpreting of Big Data. Big Data is a large set of information/ data that cannot be analyzed with the traditional techniques of data processing. This is where comes the Data Scientist.

Key Highlights of the Job Role

• High Demand in every industry.
• According to the reports, the base salary is 36% higher than other Jobs average income.
• Higher growth and learning rate.
• The scope of the job role is flourishing.

Cloud Architect

A cloud Architect is responsible for the design, architect, implementation, and maintenance of the cloud computing components. Cloud computing is broad network access that allows delivery for services like storage, networking, database, servers, analytics over the internet without any human interaction.

Key Highlights of the Job Role

• In-demand skills or roles by employers.
• Scale up your career growth and learning.
• One of the Trendiest jobs in the IT Industry.
• An excellent option for freshers.