Side by side

Bengaluru vs Kolkata

Kolkata pays more: a median of €88,000 against €17,500. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Bengaluru move faster — median age 34 days against 53.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureBengaluruKolkataGap
Open postings48,80748,889-82
Posted this week2,9872,191
Median salary€17,500€88,000€-70.5k
25th percentile€14k€69.5k
75th percentile€21.5k€109k
Salary disclosed6.3%5.2%
Remote share3.3%7.2%-3.9pp
Median age of posting34d53d
Open over 60 days46.0%40.5%
Visa sponsorship7.4%24.1%
Pay

Pay distribution

Bengaluru

€8k€30k

Kolkata

€40k€152k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Bengaluru

just posted34d median90d+

Kolkata

just posted53d 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%

Kolkata — technologies

dbt
72.0%
Go
65.8%
Spark
59.6%
Azure
53.4%
GCP
47.2%
PostgreSQL
41.0%
Terraform
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%

Kolkata — employers

Meridian Software
9.4%
Tidewater Insurance
8.7%
Northwind Systems
8.0%
Ironbark Manufacturing
7.2%
Cobalt Financial
6.5%
Solstice Biotech
5.8%
Vantage Logistics
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%.