Side by side

Delhi vs Kolkata

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit under 1% apart. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Delhi move faster — median age 48 days against 53.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureDelhiKolkataGap
Open postings52,15248,889+3,263
Posted this week2,4302,191
Median salary€88,500€88,000+€500
25th percentile€70k€69.5k
75th percentile€110k€109k
Salary disclosed6.5%5.2%
Remote share9.6%7.2%+2.4pp
Median age of posting48d53d
Open over 60 days51.3%40.5%
Visa sponsorship5.0%24.1%
Pay

Pay distribution

Delhi

€40k€153k

Kolkata

€40k€152k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Delhi

just posted48d median90d+

Kolkata

just posted53d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Delhi — technologies

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

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%

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%.