Top 50 IT Roles in Bangalore — Skills, Salaries & Career Paths

Introduction — Why Bangalore still matters for IT careers

Bangalore remains India's leading tech hub. For two decades it has attracted product companies, startups, global R&D centers, and IT services firms. In 2025 the city continues to offer a wide variety of IT roles — from traditional software engineering to fast-growing areas like cloud infrastructure, AI deployment, SRE, and product management. The local ecosystem creates a steady flow of openings across skill levels: freshers, mid-level engineers, and seasoned technical leaders.

What makes Bangalore unique is the variety of employers. Large IT services companies (Infosys, TCS, Wipro) offer structured careers and exposure to enterprise-grade projects. Product companies and unicorns (Flipkart, Swiggy, Razorpay, Freshworks, Zoho) provide fast learning and ownership. Startups allow early responsibility and equity upside, while large global firms (Google, Microsoft, Adobe) bring strong benefits and research-driven problems. This mix means you can choose roles that match your learning style, salary goals, and life priorities.

The last few years have pushed cloud adoption, remote/hybrid models, and automation. DevOps and SRE roles are now core to product delivery. Data roles — data engineer, ML engineer, analytics — tie product decisions to measurable outcomes. Product management and UX are increasingly important as companies compete on experience. Even non-technical roles (IT recruiter, technical program manager, business analyst) play major parts in building teams and products.

For job seekers, the key is clarity. Know whether you want to be hands-on coding daily, orchestrating infrastructure, shaping product direction, or supporting teams with data and processes. Each path needs a focused set of skills, small projects to show, and an updated resume. This guide gives an overview and a large reference table of 50 IT roles with typical skills and salary ranges to help you plan.

What shapes salaries and demand in Bangalore

Several factors affect hiring and pay: company size, funding stage, domain (fintech, e-commerce, SaaS), and role seniority. Product companies usually pay higher for product-facing engineers, while services firms pay stable packages with good learning programs. Startups may offer lower base but include equity. Domain expertise (payments, ML, cloud security) often attracts premium offers. Finally, your ability to show measurable impact — features shipped, reduced latency, improved conversion — is what moves numbers on offer letters.

How to use this article

Start with the short intros for role families below if you're unsure. Use the big table to scan 50 roles quickly. Each table row lists common skills, rough salary bands in INR (lakhs per annum) for three experience levels — Fresher, 2–4 years, and 8+ years — likely work type (Remote/Hybrid/Onsite), and sample Bangalore employers that regularly hire for the role.

Salary bands are indicative ranges to help planning. Actual offers may vary by company, negotiation, and market changes. Use the bands as a guide — focus more on learning the right skills and building proof (projects, internships, measurable outcomes).

Quick tips before applying

• Tailor your resume: Mention role-relevant skills, short project notes, and metrics.
• Network: Connect politely on LinkedIn, ask for a short chat, and attend local meetups.
• Build one strong project: A deployed app, a small data pipeline, or a performance fix counts more than many unfinished experiments.
• Practice interviews: Coding, system design, and role-specific practical tasks (e.g., infra runbooks for SRE).

Role families at a glance

For quick navigation: developer roles include frontend, backend, full-stack, mobile and language-specific roles. Infrastructure roles include DevOps, SRE, cloud engineer and security engineer. Data roles include data analyst, data engineer, ML engineer and data scientist. Product & management roles include product manager, program manager, scrum master. Testing & quality roles include QA engineer, automation engineer. Support roles include IT support, system admin, helpdesk. HR and business roles include technical recruiter, HRBP and business analyst.

Now scroll down to the big table for detailed breakdown of 50 roles with salaries and companies. After the table, you’ll find short role descriptions, hiring tips, and a 90-day action plan to get started.