The salary of software engineer depends upon three factors: Type of company, Experience, and Luck. Type of Company: IT companies: Infosys, TCS, Wipro, CTS, Accenture, etc. Starting pay is around Rs.2.5 Lacs for engineers with no experience to about Rs.15.0 Lacs for engineers with ten years of experience.

Software Engineer salary varies from 1.4 L to 3.6 L. Apart from the salary software engineers having opportunity of earning from Freelance works.  Big IT companies like TCS, Infosys, IBM, HCL offers a package of 3-4 L to the freshers. If a software engineer possesses his/her skill in the field of  Machine Learning, AI and Big Data then he/she can easily grab an offer of above 7 L at entry level which can grow up to 35 L - 40 L with an Experience of 5-7 Year.