Tech keeps ‘hot job’ tag, leads in payouts

If you are proficient in programming languages like Golang and C# (C-Sharp) or specialise in Hadoop and machine learning, you will be among the top earners taking home Rs 24-35 lakh.

There has been a 25-30% average increase in salaries being paid between 2019 and 2020 for these profiles, which are used to build high-performance network services, cloud apps, and process big data. And these salary trends are expected to continue in the first quarter of 2021.

According to a study by Randstad, a leading firm in the HR services industry, shared exclusively with TOI, Bengaluru is the highest paying city in salary pay scales across the junior-, mid- and senior-levels with an average salary 16-20% higher than other monitored cities.