Side by side

Bengaluru vs Chennai

Chennai pays more: a median of €90,500 against €17,500. There is 2.0× more demand for Bengaluru. Chennai is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 8.8%. Listings for Bengaluru move faster — median age 34 days against 70.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureBengaluruChennaiGap
Open postings48,80724,129+24,678
Posted this week2,987491
Median salary€17,500€90,500€-73k
25th percentile€14k€71.5k
75th percentile€21.5k€112k
Salary disclosed6.3%6.2%
Remote share3.3%12.1%-8.8pp
Median age of posting34d70d
Open over 60 days46.0%40.9%
Visa sponsorship7.4%20.1%
Pay

Pay distribution

Bengaluru

€8k€30k

Chennai

€41k€157k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Bengaluru

just posted34d median90d+

Chennai

just posted70d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Bengaluru — technologies

Azure
72.0%
Terraform
65.8%
Node.js
59.6%
Python
53.4%
dbt
47.2%
React
41.0%
Figma
34.8%

Chennai — technologies

Figma
72.0%
Python
65.8%
SQL
59.6%
Salesforce
53.4%
dbt
47.2%
Snowflake
41.0%
Docker
34.8%

Bengaluru — employers

Northwind Systems
9.4%
Umbra Security
8.7%
Lakeshore Hospitality
8.0%
Brightline Retail
7.2%
Halcyon Energy
6.5%
Meridian Software
5.8%
Tidewater Insurance
5.1%

Chennai — employers

Halcyon Energy
9.4%
Tidewater Insurance
8.7%
Northwind Systems
8.0%
Brightline Retail
7.2%
Rivergate Media
6.5%
Aperture Labs
5.8%
Quarry Analytics
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.