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Cognizant Engineering - Software & QA Department Salaries in Chennai

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0 - 6 years exp. Ā· Chennai (125 salaries)
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ā‚¹3.7 L/yr - ā‚¹14.7 L/yr

2 job openings
6 - 14 years exp. Ā· Chennai (123 salaries)
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ā‚¹8 L/yr - ā‚¹30 L/yr

5 job openings
3 - 10 years exp. Ā· Chennai (120 salaries)
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ā‚¹4.6 L/yr - ā‚¹15.6 L/yr

2 - 7 years exp. Ā· Chennai (119 salaries)
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ā‚¹4.8 L/yr - ā‚¹14 L/yr

0 - 4 years exp. Ā· Chennai (117 salaries)
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ā‚¹3 L/yr - ā‚¹7.2 L/yr

4 - 8 years exp. Ā· Chennai (109 salaries)
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ā‚¹5 L/yr - ā‚¹16 L/yr

2 - 7 years exp. Ā· Chennai (108 salaries)
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ā‚¹4.4 L/yr - ā‚¹13.5 L/yr

1 - 7 years exp. Ā· Chennai (105 salaries)
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ā‚¹1.8 L/yr - ā‚¹11.7 L/yr

1 - 5 years exp. Ā· Chennai (105 salaries)
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ā‚¹1.5 L/yr - ā‚¹4.5 L/yr

2 - 9 years exp. Ā· Chennai (100 salaries)
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ā‚¹4.4 L/yr - ā‚¹16 L/yr

2 job openings
2 - 5 years exp. Ā· Chennai (98 salaries)
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ā‚¹3.1 L/yr - ā‚¹9.2 L/yr

4 - 11 years exp. Ā· Chennai (98 salaries)
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ā‚¹5 L/yr - ā‚¹16 L/yr

1 - 6 years exp. Ā· Chennai (96 salaries)
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ā‚¹2.8 L/yr - ā‚¹9 L/yr

5 - 15 years exp. Ā· Chennai (96 salaries)
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ā‚¹9 L/yr - ā‚¹29 L/yr

14 job openings
0 - 7 years exp. Ā· Chennai (88 salaries)
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ā‚¹2.5 L/yr - ā‚¹14.5 L/yr

0 - 3 years exp. Ā· Chennai (87 salaries)
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ā‚¹1.1 L/yr - ā‚¹4.5 L/yr

14 job openings
0 - 6 years exp. Ā· Chennai (87 salaries)
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ā‚¹2.5 L/yr - ā‚¹10.4 L/yr

1 - 6 years exp. Ā· Chennai (84 salaries)
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ā‚¹2.4 L/yr - ā‚¹12 L/yr

2 - 8 years exp. Ā· Chennai (84 salaries)
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ā‚¹4.5 L/yr - ā‚¹17.3 L/yr

0 - 5 years exp. Ā· Chennai (80 salaries)
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ā‚¹3.4 L/yr - ā‚¹6.6 L/yr

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Last Updated: 13 Jan, 2025

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3.4

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

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Ā Ā ā€¢Ā Ā posted on 08 Jan 2025

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I joined Cognizant as a fresher and itā€™s a best place for starting your career. Culture is very good maybe because of company USA origin. I got good ratings for my hard work without any politics.

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Salary and hike is low. Waiting period for promotion is so high even though if you have top year end rating.

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

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Ā Ā ā€¢Ā Ā posted on 17 Aug 2024

2.0
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They provide very intense skill development process

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Salary compensation for BSc graduates is very low even after completing probabtion period they are not paying well it takes two years to get salary of a engineer graduate who gets at his first month.

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

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Ā Ā ā€¢Ā Ā posted on 06 Jul 2024

4.0
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Salary was good when you joining Some colleagues are good and friendly

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Depend on project and managers you got Dont expect promotion Salary hike will be delayed You have to work all weekends if needed

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

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Ā Ā ā€¢Ā Ā posted on 21 Jun 2024

5.0
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Seperate group for development and testing and support Project will be assigned based on that Good salary in hand without much deduction Skill can be improved by learning internally and practice

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Work life balance is based on project

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

5.0
Ā Ā ā€¢Ā Ā posted on 10 Feb 2024

2.0
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Likes

Work life balance, company culture ,senior support in projects , learning.

Dislikes

Salary and hike is not like other companies.even for new joiners will give good salary but for people who working long time is not promoted and salary also will not be revised even they are well talented.

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Cognizant Salary FAQs

How much does Cognizant pay per year?
The average Cognizant salary ranges from approximately ā‚¹0.2 Lakh to ā‚¹0.2 Lakh per year for a Safety Engineer and ā‚¹94 Lakhs to ā‚¹96 Lakhs per year for a Senior Director Finance. Salary estimates are based on 63.9k Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 3.4/5 stars.
What is the highest salary in Cognizant?
The highest-paying job at Cognizant is a Senior Director Finance with a salary of ā‚¹94 Lakhs to ā‚¹96 Lakhs per year. The top 10% of employees earn more than ā‚¹18.21 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ā‚¹32 lakhs per year.
What is the minimum salary in Cognizant?
Minimum salary at Cognizant depends on the role you are applying for. For Processing Executive the minimum salary is ā‚¹1 Lakh to ā‚¹5.1 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ā‚¹2.4 Lakhs to ā‚¹7 Lakhs per year and so on.
What is the salary package for freshers in Cognizant?
The average salary at Cognizant for freshers varies from ā‚¹0.7 Lakh to ā‚¹4 Lakhs per year for Information Technology Support Engineer and ā‚¹10 Lakhs to ā‚¹20 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Analyst.
What is the notice period at Cognizant in Engineering - Software & QA Department in Chennai?
According to AmbitionBox, 42% of the Cognizant employees in Engineering - Software & QA Department in Chennai reported a notice period of 2 Months, 29% reported a notice period of 3 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 20.5k responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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