Side by side

Chennai vs Pune

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 2.3% apart. Demand is comparable on both sides. Chennai is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 6.1%. Listings for Chennai move faster — median age 70 days against 95.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureChennaiPuneGap
Open postings24,12917,745+6,384
Posted this week491696
Median salary€90,500€88,500+€2k
25th percentile€71.5k€70k
75th percentile€112k€110k
Salary disclosed6.2%5.7%
Remote share12.1%6.0%+6.1pp
Median age of posting70d95d
Open over 60 days40.9%36.1%
Visa sponsorship20.1%16.1%
Pay

Pay distribution

Chennai

€41k€157k

Pune

€40k€153k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Chennai

just posted70d median90d+

Pune

just posted95d 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%

Pune — technologies

Node.js
72.0%
Salesforce
65.8%
Docker
59.6%
GCP
53.4%
React
47.2%
Tableau
41.0%
Airflow
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%

Pune — employers

Northwind Systems
9.4%
Kestrel Health
8.7%
Quarry Analytics
8.0%
Cobalt Financial
7.2%
Brightline Retail
6.5%
Meridian Software
5.8%
Halcyon Energy
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%.