Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Bid Estimator salary, India, 2–5 years
Advertised base salaries from Bid Estimator adverts in India.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Bid Estimator adverts in India.
Bid Estimator salary, India, 2–5 years
₹474,000
advertised base salary, 2–5 years · from 1 advert
1 advert1 employerLow dataUpdated 3 Nov 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 3 Nov 2026
Permanent roles stating pay
6%
1 of 17 adverts · Low data
The median for every role, emailed to you.
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Every step here involves an experience group marked Low data, so none is called the biggest. The steps are in the table below.
Current advertised salary differences between experience groups. This is not a forecast of your next pay rise.
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View BidMaster™The 1 advert we hold sits in ₹250,000–₹500,000.
Advertised base salary ₹474,000
Adverts per ₹250,000 band
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Only one sector has a figure here: Engineering & Manufacturing, at an advertised salary of ₹474,000 from 1 advert, marked Low data.
Based on the one advert, whose sector we know, read from the advert. Converted using exchange rates from 1 November 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
India ranks 16th of the 17 countries with salary figures for this role, based on 7 adverts. United Kingdom has the highest available advertised median, based on 4 adverts.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 November 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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International RecruitmentAllowances & stipends and Health & medical are named equally often, each in 67% of the 6 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 6 adverts that discuss benefits, from 17 permanent-role adverts for Bid Estimator in India at 2–5 years. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
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2 months so far
Day rates. No Bid Estimator advert in India, at any experience level, stated a day rate during this period. Why we never annualise one →
How many adverts say what they pay. 1 of the 17 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (6%, Low data): 0 in a structured field and 1 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
| Band | Lower quarter | Advertised salary | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | No figure | No figure | No figure | 5 | No figure | No step |
| 2–5 years | ₹474,000 | ₹474,000 | ₹474,000 | 1 | Low data | +₹9,726,000 (+2052%) |
| 5–10 years | ₹10,200,000 | ₹10,200,000 | ₹10,200,000 | 1 | Low data | No step |
| 10+ years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 6 | No figure | No step |
| Not stated | ₹450,000 | ₹540,000 | ₹540,000 | 5 | Low data | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ₹250,000–₹500,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Sector | Advertised salary | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering & Manufacturing | ₹474,000 | ₹474,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Country | Advertised salary | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | ₹10,300,000 | £81,250 | 4 |
| United States | ₹9,020,000 | $95,000 | 114 |
| Luxembourg | ₹7,960,000 | €75,000 | 1 |
| Canada | ₹6,800,000 | C$100,000 | 5 |
| United Arab Emirates | ₹5,770,000 | AED223,000 | 1 |
| Netherlands | ₹5,560,000 | €52,404 | 3 |
| Ireland | ₹4,770,000 | €45,000 | 1 |
| France | ₹3,980,000 | €37,500 | 5 |
| Italy | ₹3,880,000 | €36,600 | 10 |
| Spain | ₹3,340,000 | €31,500 | 2 |
| Slovakia | ₹2,930,000 | €27,600 | 1 |
| Poland | ₹2,600,000 | zł108,000 | 4 |
| Malaysia | ₹2,530,000 | RM108,000 | 1 |
| Mexico | ₹1,810,000 | MX$360,000 | 1 |
| South Africa | ₹1,260,000 | R222,000 | 1 |
| India | ₹540,000 | ₹540,000 | 7 |
| Pakistan | ₹247,000 | PKR720,000 | 2 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Allowances & stipends | 67% | 6 |
| Health & medical | 67% | 6 |
| Life & disability insurance | 50% | 6 |
| Retirement & pension | 50% | 6 |
| Learning & development | 33% | 6 |
| Vehicle & commuting | 33% | 6 |
| Paid leave | 17% | 6 |
| Wellbeing & lifestyle | 17% | 6 |
| Month | Advertised salary | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | ₹10,200,000 | ₹10,200,000 | ₹10,200,000 | 1 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Oct 2026 | ₹474,000 | ₹462,000 | ₹507,000 | 3 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid Estimator in India, 2–5 years | 6% | 1%–27% | 0 | 1 | 17 |
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