Side by side

Chennai vs Kolkata

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 2.8% apart. There is 2.0× more demand for Kolkata. Listings for Kolkata move faster — median age 53 days against 70.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureChennaiKolkataGap
Open postings24,12948,889-24,760
Posted this week4912,191
Median salary€90,500€88,000+€2.5k
25th percentile€71.5k€69.5k
75th percentile€112k€109k
Salary disclosed6.2%5.2%
Remote share12.1%7.2%+4.9pp
Median age of posting70d53d
Open over 60 days40.9%40.5%
Visa sponsorship20.1%24.1%
Pay

Pay distribution

Chennai

€41k€157k

Kolkata

€40k€152k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Chennai

just posted70d median90d+

Kolkata

just posted53d 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%

Kolkata — technologies

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

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%.