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Data Engineer

0 - 7 years exp. · Chennai (274 salaries)
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₹3.5 L/yr - ₹15.1 L/yr

Senior System Engineer 1

0 - 5 years exp. · Chennai (35 salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹8.4 L/yr

Technical Consultant

2 - 12 years exp. · Chennai (35 salaries)
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₹7.8 L/yr - ₹18.2 L/yr

Java Programmer

0 - 5 years exp. · Chennai (34 salaries)
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₹2.7 L/yr - ₹8.4 L/yr

Talent Acquisition Executive

2 - 9 years exp. · Chennai (34 salaries)
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₹2.5 L/yr - ₹9.8 L/yr

Senior Associate QA

6 - 14 years exp. · Chennai (33 salaries)
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₹8.5 L/yr - ₹16.7 L/yr

SAP Fico Consultant

1 - 8 years exp. · Chennai (33 salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹10.5 L/yr

Middleware Administrator

2 - 8 years exp. · Chennai (33 salaries)
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₹5.2 L/yr - ₹14 L/yr

Manual Test Engineer

1 - 8 years exp. · Chennai (33 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹11 L/yr

Senior Technical Architect

13 - 19 years exp. · Chennai (33 salaries)
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₹21 L/yr - ₹41 L/yr

Senior Business Development Analyst

0 - 6 years exp. · Chennai (32 salaries)
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₹11.3 L/yr - ₹17 L/yr

Service Leader

6 - 13 years exp. · Chennai (32 salaries)
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₹9.7 L/yr - ₹18 L/yr

Senior Java Developer

4 - 9 years exp. · Chennai (32 salaries)
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₹6.8 L/yr - ₹20 L/yr

Network Security Engineer

2 - 8 years exp. · Chennai (32 salaries)
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₹5.3 L/yr - ₹14 L/yr

AWS Cloud Engineer

0 - 6 years exp. · Chennai (31 salaries)
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₹3.7 L/yr - ₹9.7 L/yr

Senior Executive - Finance

3 - 17 years exp. · Chennai (31 salaries)
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₹5 L/yr - ₹14.3 L/yr

Senior Test Lead

10 - 17 years exp. · Chennai (31 salaries)
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₹9 L/yr - ₹21 L/yr

Product Manager

4 - 15 years exp. · Chennai (31 salaries)
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₹13.5 L/yr - ₹36.5 L/yr

Senior Automation Engineer

4 - 10 years exp. · Chennai (31 salaries)
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₹6.1 L/yr - ₹16.1 L/yr

Recruitment Executive

2 - 10 years exp. · Chennai (31 salaries)
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₹3.2 L/yr - ₹10.5 L/yr

Functional Tester

1 - 7 years exp. · Chennai (31 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹11 L/yr

Last Updated: 13 Feb, 2025

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For me provide learning and development opportunities such as certification vouchers from various companies.

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Worst of Worstest. no sleep no hike no work life balance toxic co workers no cab facility no proper response we dont know who is our HR till we resigned. never Join Cts.

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everything. expect for some sweet peope I meet there. worst

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Cognizant Salary FAQs

How much does Cognizant pay per year?
The average Cognizant salary ranges from approximately ₹0.2 Lakh to ₹0.2 Lakh per year for a Safety Engineer and ₹94 Lakhs to ₹96 Lakhs per year for a Senior Director Finance. Salary estimates are based on 273 Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 3.0/5 stars.
What is the highest salary in Cognizant?
The highest-paying job at Cognizant is a Senior Director Finance with a salary of ₹94 Lakhs to ₹96 Lakhs per year. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹18.43 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.48 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 ₹1 Lakh to ₹5 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ₹0.9 Lakh to ₹4.7 Lakhs per year and so on.
What is the salary package for freshers in Cognizant?
The average salary at Cognizant for freshers varies from ₹0.7 Lakh to ₹4 Lakhs per year for Information Technology Support Engineer and ₹10 Lakhs to ₹20 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Analyst.
What is the notice period for Data Engineer at Cognizant in Chennai?
According to AmbitionBox, 35% of the Cognizant Data Engineers in Chennai reported a notice period of 3 Months, 31% reported a notice period of 2 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 202 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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