Hyderabad Salary Survey : Informal survey of friends, recruiters and others in my professional network at In Hyderabad

First let me take this opportunity to Wish you all a Happy and Prosperous new year 2007. Hyderabad was a happening place for the last few days with a number of parties all around the city.

After receiving a ton of emails about salaries in Hyderabad, I decided to do a survey of my contacts in local companies, recruiters and others who have been involved in the placement industry. What I present here is very unscientific and should not be considered an official survey. Also, please note that Indian Salary are based on the concept of CTC ( Cost to Company ) and that makes it very hard to compare offers of two companies. There are companies that include every component including their contribution to PF, and other companies that try to be fair by including only the real components that are being given to you.

BTW, I have seen offers which include performance bonus in the overall offer with a clause that it is based on overall performance of the company. MNC’s and some GLocal companies do not play these games, so you are better off taking their offers as the baseline. I tried to eliminate the performance components in the calculations below. Be wary of some companies that include variable components into CTC.

General Salary Ranges in Hyderabad are listed below.. [ Most companies fall into this range including local companies like satyam, infosys, wipro etc., and other GLocals etc. ]. Numbers below are estimated CTC.

Entry Level / Fresh Graduates [ 0 to 2 years ] : 2.5 to 4.8 Lakhs. I have seen this being as high as 6 Lakhs in Bangalore.
Junior Positions [ 1 to 4 years ] : 3.5 to 7 Lakhs
Mid level [ 3 to 6 years ] : 5 to 11 Lakhs
Sr Level [ 6 and Above, Project Manager, Lead etc ] : 9 to 17 Lakhs [ Too much competition for these jobs ]
Leadership [ Delivery, Operations, HR etc. 12+ Years ] : 15 to 25 Lakhs [ Internal candidates get the first preference here. ]
Sr. Leadership [ Operations Head, VP etc ]: 18 to 45 Lakhs
Executive Leadership [ SVP, COO of Biz Unit etc.] : 35 to 70 Lakhs
C Suite of Company [ Country Head, CEO, CFO, CTO ] : Heard of offers ranging from 2 to 7 Crores. This I cannot confirm, but most recruiters seem to agree with this range.

Now to the special cases :

Entry level offers in 2006 by Microsoft are around 9.5 Lakhs, Google at 12.5 Lakhs, Amazon at 7.5 Lakhs. They are only focusing on top grade schools including the IIT’s. Interviews are hard to get through.
Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo etc., dont seem to care about the money as long as the candidate is the right fit for their Organization.Some examples I heard of include 25+ Lakhs for testing lead, and around 35+ Lakhs for a Sr. Developer, 78+ Lakhs for a Director.
MBA’s of indian schools like IIM , ISB etc., are starting around 20 Lakhs and going all the way to 1.5 Crores. There were recent examples of 2 MBA grads rejecting a 1 Crore offer to pursue their own enterprise.
Also companies like Oracle, CSC etc., offering beyond the above grid to attract mid and senior level talent. They have large plans for India and are unable to meet the internal demand.

Hope I have given you a fair idea of whats going on here in the tech world. I will try to collect some data for techies/sme’s with trading/financial/banking experience since that seems to be the next wave of growth for us in Hyderabad and all across India.

Industry experts are indicating that salaries will still grow by 20% in 2007 with the financial and retail majors driving the next wave.

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1 Sudhir Jan 5th, 2007 at 3:22 pm

Hi

I am sorry I couldn’t find your name in your blog. As an NRI doctor in the process of shifting back to Hyderabad I stumbled upon your blog. I must admit I always used to be dismissive about blogs but I have really enjoyed readinng your blog and it gave me lot of information and insight into the things involved in shifting to Hyderabad.
Can I request you for some information. As you did I am struggling to organise school admissions for my children. You have through this so you may be able to suggest me some good schools in and around Banjara Hills as I will be workingg in Banjara hills. I would be grateful for the information.
2 inhyd Jan 5th, 2007 at 3:42 pm

Schools are plenty in Hyderabad, but getting an admission into a good one needs some work.

The admission processes have already started in december and you may be a little late depending on the grade you are looking to put your kids in.

Schools like Oakridge and Srinidhi seem to accept students anytime with full payment. It also depends on which class your kids will be attending.

I recommend the yahoo R2H group since many have asked the same question and lot more folks can provide input about this.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/r2h/messages
3 Bishwajeet Jan 18th, 2007 at 4:25 pm

Really great posts. I just stumbled across it this morning and have gone through a few of them. I have been living outside India for the last 17 years so the info you share is giving me a great feeling for what´s happening back home.

Can you post some data on the cost of living there, for adults as well as for kids. How much housing, education, transportation, food, etc. cost? Would be nice to know this as a sort of comparison with the CTC data you posted.
4 De-Silva Apr 10th, 2007 at 6:39 pm

Hi R2I HYD,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts both prior to AND after R2I….some wonderful information in your blogs! You are doing a great service to fellow R2Iers by chronicling your path!

I’m looking to R2I to Bangalore in Jan / Feb 2008 and will check out your blog in greater detail!

Thanks again!
5 Sachin Jul 13th, 2007 at 7:51 pm

Thanks for sharing the information, I am planning to move back to INDIA after living 4 years in USA not sure what salary I should expect being a siebel Archtiect and have around 9 years of total experince. I think now atleast I have base and got an rough idea of salary in INDIA. I really appreciate your information sharing.

Thanks again!!
6 Hyderabadi Jul 14th, 2007 at 6:17 am

Siebel Architects are in high demand in India. Not many companies and recruiters know the value of the skill, but the right company involved in CRM should be able to offer you the top dollar. If you are a technical architect on siebel with good grasp of performance tuning, technology, infrastructure, database architecture you can demand a premium. so, if you got the meat, you can start at a minimum 16 - 18 Lacs CTC… Expect a gruelling interview though
7 Rejen Orst Jul 29th, 2007 at 5:49 am

Hello there,

I am currently looking for a Siebel Engineer.
If anyone is interested in more information please contact me on himmelstossen@gmail.com with your resume, email subject: SIEBEL and the company will contact you with more information.

It doesn’t matter where you live, travel,accomodation and food all paid for.

Thankyou.
8 aks Oct 30th, 2007 at 5:29 pm

hey thats was a very good piece of infomration
I am returning back to india and one and half year in US
I have total of 4 and half year of exp. in Data wareshouse with ETL as primary skills (Informatica), how much do you think I can ask for ? thanks for your help
9 kanishk Feb 20th, 2008 at 6:48 pm

Hi,
first of all i appreciate u for the valuable glimpse that u have provided regarding the I.T. salary structure..i would like to know specifically for embedded system or wireless technology can u throw some light on it ?specifically can u give an rough idea of the salary skill wise..
10 Anu Feb 28th, 2008 at 10:03 am

Who are the lucky people who get 2.5 at entry level, I was never offered more than 1.2 pa
11 Anil Kumar Bommareddy Dec 1st, 2008 at 4:08 pm

I m planning to buy 3BHK in Pragathi Nagar. Asking price is 2200 per sq ft for a Ready to occupy 3rd floor one. Is it a good offer?

There is another one from SV Green Homes, Kondapur one for 3600 psft. Is it worht to buy?
12 Ricky Joshi Mar 15th, 2009 at 6:03 pm

Hi

Can anyone tell me the average salary that a primary teacher gets in an international school in Hyderabad? The total experience is 3 yrs 9 Months out of which 2 yrs 9 months in teaching and the remaining year in Insurance KPO sector.

Will look forward for a favourable response at the earliest.

Cheers!!!!
Ricky Joshi
tukeshjoc@yahoo.com
13 Anonymous Apr 5th, 2009 at 4:51 pm

Any idea on current pay package provided by microsoft gtsc for middle management or analyst position……
14 Thor Jun 24th, 2009 at 9:04 am

Could anyone tell me what would be the starting salary package provided for a Team Manager in GTSC in Microsoft Banagalore?
15 sravan Oct 9th, 2009 at 11:27 am

hi, iam the student of hardware and networking. if am complete my course in that time how much salary get in hyd.