Side by side

Chennai vs Hyderabad

Chennai pays more: a median of €90,500 against €82,500. There is 2.9× more demand for Hyderabad. Listings for Hyderabad move faster — median age 37 days against 70.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureChennaiHyderabadGap
Open postings24,12970,334-46,205
Posted this week4915,730
Median salary€90,500€82,500+€8k
25th percentile€71.5k€65k
75th percentile€112k€103k
Salary disclosed6.2%4.9%
Remote share12.1%11.3%+0.8pp
Median age of posting70d37d
Open over 60 days40.9%42.7%
Visa sponsorship20.1%15.1%
Pay

Pay distribution

Chennai

€41k€157k

Hyderabad

€37k€143k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Chennai

just posted70d median90d+

Hyderabad

just posted37d 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%

Hyderabad — technologies

Java
72.0%
SQL
65.8%
GCP
59.6%
Kubernetes
53.4%
React
47.2%
JavaScript
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%

Hyderabad — employers

Northwind Systems
9.4%
Aperture Labs
8.7%
Lakeshore Hospitality
8.0%
Solstice Biotech
7.2%
Ironbark Manufacturing
6.5%
Halcyon Energy
5.8%
Beacon Robotics
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%.