Side by side

Chennai vs Delhi

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 2.3% apart. There is 2.2× more demand for Delhi. Listings for Delhi move faster — median age 48 days against 70.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureChennaiDelhiGap
Open postings24,12952,152-28,023
Posted this week4912,430
Median salary€90,500€88,500+€2k
25th percentile€71.5k€70k
75th percentile€112k€110k
Salary disclosed6.2%6.5%
Remote share12.1%9.6%+2.5pp
Median age of posting70d48d
Open over 60 days40.9%51.3%
Visa sponsorship20.1%5.0%
Pay

Pay distribution

Chennai

€41k€157k

Delhi

€40k€153k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Chennai

just posted70d median90d+

Delhi

just posted48d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Chennai — technologies

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

Delhi — technologies

AWS
72.0%
Docker
65.8%
HubSpot
59.6%
Kubernetes
53.4%
Snowflake
47.2%
SQL
41.0%
Figma
34.8%

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%

Delhi — employers

Cobalt Financial
9.4%
Rivergate Media
8.7%
Brightline Retail
8.0%
Meridian Software
7.2%
Pinewood Education
6.5%
Umbra Security
5.8%
Kestrel Health
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%.