Side by side

Chennai vs Mumbai

Chennai pays more: a median of €90,500 against €81,000. There is 1.5× more demand for Mumbai. Listings for Mumbai move faster — median age 44 days against 70.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureChennaiMumbaiGap
Open postings24,12937,087-12,958
Posted this week4911,302
Median salary€90,500€81,000+€9.5k
25th percentile€71.5k€64k
75th percentile€112k€101k
Salary disclosed6.2%3.7%
Remote share12.1%11.0%+1.1pp
Median age of posting70d44d
Open over 60 days40.9%34.0%
Visa sponsorship20.1%13.9%
Pay

Pay distribution

Chennai

€41k€157k

Mumbai

€36k€140k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Chennai

just posted70d median90d+

Mumbai

just posted44d 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%

Mumbai — technologies

Tableau
72.0%
AWS
65.8%
Python
59.6%
Azure
53.4%
React
47.2%
Go
41.0%
Kotlin
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%

Mumbai — employers

Aperture Labs
9.4%
Brightline Retail
8.7%
Solstice Biotech
8.0%
Meridian Software
7.2%
Vantage Logistics
6.5%
Halcyon Energy
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%.