Side by side

Kolkata vs Mumbai

Kolkata pays more: a median of €88,000 against €81,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Mumbai move faster — median age 44 days against 53.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureKolkataMumbaiGap
Open postings48,88937,087+11,802
Posted this week2,1911,302
Median salary€88,000€81,000+€7k
25th percentile€69.5k€64k
75th percentile€109k€101k
Salary disclosed5.2%3.7%
Remote share7.2%11.0%-3.8pp
Median age of posting53d44d
Open over 60 days40.5%34.0%
Visa sponsorship24.1%13.9%
Pay

Pay distribution

Kolkata

€40k€152k

Mumbai

€36k€140k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Kolkata

just posted53d median90d+

Mumbai

just posted44d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Kolkata — technologies

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

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%

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%.