Fresher IT Salary in Chennai (2026)

Chennai: packages and stipends
Group	Typical	Range	Jobs
Full-time (per year)	₹11 LPA	₹3.5–₹25 LPA	73
Internships (per month)	₹23K/mo	₹10K/mo–₹60K/mo	8

How Chennai compares

The typical full-time package in Chennai (₹11 LPA) is close to the typical ₹11.5 LPA across all Indian cities on Hirastra. Pay for the same title varies a lot by employer: product companies and funded startups in Chennai tend to sit at the top of the range, while IT services firms and smaller companies sit nearer the bottom. Backend, AI and cloud roles usually pay more than testing or support roles.

Use these figures to check whether an offer is fair and to negotiate, not as a promise. For a first job, the team, the tech you'll learn and the chance of a pre-placement offer can matter as much as the package.

Openings behind these numbers

Finacle L1 Support Analyst at DXC Technology · ₹3.5–6 LPA
Archt I - DevOps at Verizon · ₹12–20 LPA
Site Reliability Engineer at Trimble · ₹8–14 LPA
Engineer - Digital Development at Freudenberg · ₹6–10 LPA
Data & Analytics Analyst I at NatWest Group · ₹6–10 LPA
Data Privacy Consultant at Deloitte · ₹8–14 LPA
Tech Support Engineer Associate at Hewlett Packard Enterprise · ₹6–10 LPA
Technical Support Engineer Associate at HPE · ₹5–9 LPA
Associate Software Engineer - IT at Flex · ₹4–6 LPA
Firmware Engineer at Logitech · ₹8–14 LPA
Technical Support Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise · ₹5–9 LPA · closed
Software Consulting Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise · ₹6–10 LPA · closed
Data Engineer, MIDAS at Amazon · ₹14–22 LPA
Associate Member of Tech Staff at athenahealth · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Software Engineering Intern at Workato · ₹40K/mo–₹60K/mo
Apps Dev Programmer Analyst at Citi · ₹12–20 LPA
Software Consulting Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise · ₹6–10 LPA · closed
Technical Support Engineer Associate at Hewlett Packard Enterprise · ₹4–7 LPA · closed
Associate Engineer at Brillio · ₹3.5–6 LPA
Intern – R&D DSIS (DevOps) at Valeo India · ₹10K/mo–₹20K/mo · closed
Systems Engineer at Fidelity Investments · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Engineer 1 - Cyber Security Ops at Comcast · ₹6–10 LPA · closed
WLAN Technical Support Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise · ₹7–12 LPA · closed
WLAN Technical Support Engineer at HPE · ₹6–10 LPA · closed
C++ Developer at Applied Materials · ₹12–20 LPA
Software Engineer (.NET Developer) at NCR Voyix · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Intern / Co-Op Technical (Software Testing) at KLA · ₹20K/mo–₹30K/mo
Data Analyst I at Tekion · ₹6–10 LPA · closed
Associate Software Developer - Java Full Stack at Boeing · ₹10–18 LPA · closed
Associate Support Engineer at Wolters Kluwer · ₹4–7 LPA · closed
PS Consultant - QA at Genesys · ₹8–15 LPA · closed
Business Analyst at Rapid Automation (RAP) · ₹8–14 LPA
IS Intern at Valeo · ₹15K/mo–₹25K/mo · closed
Intern Bachelors Systems Eng at Honeywell · ₹25K/mo–₹35K/mo · closed
Development Engineer 2 at Comcast · ₹10–18 LPA · closed
Software Engineer (Full Stack) at KLA · ₹12–20 LPA · closed
WLAN Technical Support Engineer at HPE · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Product Software Engineer at Wolters Kluwer · ₹6–12 LPA
Software Quality Engineer at KLA · ₹10–18 LPA · closed
Member of Technical Staff (MTS) at athenahealth · ₹14–25 LPA · closed
Engineer – Software Test at Trane Technologies · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Graduate Engineer Trainee - SAP ABAP at TVS NEXT · ₹3.5–5 LPA · closed
Applications Developer Salesforce and ETL at Citi · ₹8–15 LPA · closed
Engineer II - Verification at Microchip Technology · ₹12–22 LPA · closed
Associate Engineer - AI Services at NTT DATA · ₹4–8 LPA · closed
Java Development Programmer Analyst at Citi · ₹10–20 LPA · closed
Java Spark Developer at Citi · ₹10–20 LPA · closed
WLAN Engineer at HPE · ₹6–11 LPA · closed
Automation Engineer at ABB · ₹5–9 LPA
Developer, Application at Flex · ₹7–12 LPA · closed
Data Engineer at PayPal · ₹10–18 LPA · closed
Junior Golang Developer with React at NCR Voyix · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Data Analyst 2 at Comcast · ₹10–16 LPA · closed
Hardware Test Automation Engineer at Logitech · ₹7–12 LPA · closed
System Development Engineer I at Amazon · ₹12–20 LPA · closed
Data Engineer 2 at Comcast · ₹10–18 LPA · closed
Engineer, Product Applications at KLA · ₹10–18 LPA · closed
Site Reliability Engineer at PayPal · ₹15–25 LPA · closed
Associate Software Engineer at Flex · ₹4–7 LPA · closed
SAP Callidus Commissions Consultant at Infosys · ₹7–12 LPA · closed
Junior Data Engineering Analyst at Logitech · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Junior BI Operations Engineer at Logitech · ₹6–11 LPA · closed
Intern - System at Valeo · ₹15K/mo–₹25K/mo · closed
Developer at HCLTech · ₹3.5–6 LPA · closed
Associate Software QA Analyst at Wolters Kluwer · ₹4–7 LPA · closed
Site Reliability Engineer (II) at NCR Voyix · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Associate Software Engineer - IT at Flex · ₹5–8 LPA · closed
Associate Software Engineer at Flex · ₹4–7 LPA · closed
Python ML_GenAI Engineer at Infosys · ₹5–10 LPA · closed
Software Engineer (L1) at Ingram Micro · ₹6–11 LPA · closed
Associate Developer - IT at Flex · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Intern - Software (MBD) at Valeo · ₹20K/mo–₹30K/mo · closed
Associate Software Engineer Intern at Kaleris · ₹15K/mo–₹25K/mo · closed
Software Engineer I (Golang, React) at NCR Voyix · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Application Developer - Salesforce at Genesys · ₹10–20 LPA · closed
Engr, Software QA 2 at KLA · ₹10–18 LPA · closed
Associate Software Engineer at Flex · ₹4–7 LPA · closed
Software Quality Engineer – Automation & AI at KLA · ₹8–14 LPA · closed
Associate Software Engineer at KLA · ₹10–16 LPA · closed
Junior Developer - AI at L&T EduTech · ₹5–9 LPA
Java Developer (AWS) at Cognizant · ₹8–18 LPA · closed

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