Cognizant Consulting Salaries by 8900+ Employees (Updated 2025)

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Senior Associate 3 - 15 years exp. (1.1k salaries)	Unlock ₹9.5 L/yr - ₹34.5 L/yr
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Senior Consultant 4 - 16 years exp. (487 salaries)	Unlock ₹9.9 L/yr - ₹36 L/yr	1 job opening
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Project Associate 2 - 9 years exp. (448 salaries)	Unlock ₹6.5 L/yr - ₹18.7 L/yr
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Associate Consultant 2 - 9 years exp. (280 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.7 L/yr - ₹18.2 L/yr
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Project Manager 8 - 20 years exp. (262 salaries)	Unlock ₹16.2 L/yr - ₹40.2 L/yr	2 job openings
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SAP Fico Consultant 1 - 8 years exp. (252 salaries)	Unlock ₹4 L/yr - ₹14 L/yr	1 job opening
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Senior Project Associate 4 - 14 years exp. (230 salaries)	Unlock ₹11.4 L/yr - ₹32 L/yr
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Business Analyst 0 - 10 years exp. (166 salaries)	Unlock ₹5.2 L/yr - ₹18 L/yr
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SAP SD Consultant 1 - 7 years exp. (156 salaries)	Unlock ₹3.2 L/yr - ₹13.4 L/yr
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Senior Business Analyst 0 - 12 years exp. (149 salaries)	Unlock ₹11.1 L/yr - ₹25 L/yr
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Functional Lead 5 - 15 years exp. (145 salaries)	Unlock ₹10 L/yr - ₹24 L/yr
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Oracle Financial Functional Consultant 2 - 10 years exp. (126 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.5 L/yr - ₹16.8 L/yr
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Senior Developer 2 - 12 years exp. (99 salaries)	Unlock ₹6 L/yr - ₹24.6 L/yr
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SAP MM Consultant 2 - 8 years exp. (92 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.5 L/yr - ₹13 L/yr
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Functional Consultant 1 - 10 years exp. (90 salaries)	Unlock ₹3 L/yr - ₹15.6 L/yr
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SAP Basis Consultant 1 - 6 years exp. (84 salaries)	Unlock ₹2.8 L/yr - ₹9.8 L/yr
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Senior Associate Consultant 5 - 13 years exp. (77 salaries)	Unlock ₹9.4 L/yr - ₹28 L/yr
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Functional Architect 10 - 20 years exp. (70 salaries)	Unlock ₹15.6 L/yr - ₹31.5 L/yr
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Business Consultant 1 - 8 years exp. (53 salaries)	Unlock ₹7 L/yr - ₹22.1 L/yr
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SAP SD Functional Consultant 1 - 6 years exp. (45 salaries)	Unlock ₹4 L/yr - ₹12 L/yr
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3.3

Rated by 872 employees for salary & benefits

Consultant in Noida

Full Time

Consulting Department

3.0

• posted on 13 Dec 2024

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Get to work on projects for good companies. This gives an overall exposure into some of the biggest businesses around the world

Skill development - Good

+1 more

Dislikes

1. Compensation is very poor 2. No work life balance 3. No policy for over-time work 4. No policy for late night shifts 5. No additional benifits 6. No additional gifts / bonuses / cheers points for festivals etc.

Work-life balance - Poor

Technology Specialist in Kolkata

Full Time

Consulting Department

5.0

• posted on 17 Apr 2024

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

In hand salary. Variable is less. Insane learning opportunities. Onsite opportunities although less still one would get depending on accounts

Salary - Good

+6 more

Dislikes

Appraisal cycle is like a dream. You will never know whether or not it will happen. Onsite opportunities are considerably lower. Medical benefits are not that great but still not that bad as well.

Programmer Analyst 1 in Nalgonda

Full Time

Consulting Department

3.0

• posted on 21 Jul 2024

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

In time salary credit and they will provide certificate courses based on your working technology

Skill development - Good

Dislikes

Work is more and need to work more than 12 hrs per day and if u don't do certification they won't give rating and hike even u perform higher quality in ur project. And need to give sessions to the teams if not they won't give rating

Company culture - Poor

Consultant in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

Consulting Department

5.0

• posted on 28 Sep 2023

5.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

the culture, ambience and work space is excellent and is very diverse. The salary is also very fair and working as a consultant at this company is really a very good chance and very good opportunity. I really like to work here.

Salary - Excellent

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the salary is very good and is high, i barley have any dislikes of this company. overall amazing

Programmer Analyst in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Consulting Department

4.0

• posted on 18 Aug 2023

1.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Perfect place to upskill yourself. As a fresher I learned a lot of things in the span of 2 years and still learning which I'm most happy about.

Skill development - Excellent

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Dislikes

My only dislike about Cognizat is my salary. But for me, either you should learn or earn.. as long as I'm learning my CTC doesn't matter:)

Salary - Bad

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Jobs at Cognizant

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Java Full Stack Developer

Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Chennai +1

6-11 Yrs

Not Disclosed

Java Backend Developer

Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Chennai +1

6-11 Yrs

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Cognizant is hiring For Automation Testing with java selenium

Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Chennai +1

6-10 Yrs

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cognizant is hiring For lease accounting - US shift - Hyderabad

Hyderabad / Secunderabad

4-9 Yrs

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Cognizant is hiring For Money Market - Trade settlement

Hyderabad / Secunderabad

4-9 Yrs

₹ 5-9 LPA

Walk in Drive on 8th Mar For SDET - Java Selenium Automation Engineer

Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Chennai +1

5-10 Yrs

₹ 7-14 LPA

Hiring For Fresher- Process executive -Data

Coimbatore

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Java Developer

Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Chennai +1

6-11 Yrs

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Openings For Project Management - HYD

Hyderabad / Secunderabad

8-13 Yrs

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Openings For J2EE- Hyd/B'lore- Interview on 8 Mar 25

Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Bangalore / Bengaluru

6-9 Yrs

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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 9k Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 3.3/5 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 ₹18.50 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.55 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 ₹4.5 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ₹0.9 Lakh to ₹4.6 Lakhs per year and so on.

What is the salary package for freshers in Cognizant?

The average salary at Cognizant for freshers varies from ₹1.8 Lakh to ₹4 Lakhs per year for Information Technology Support Engineer and ₹11 Lakhs to ₹15 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Development Analyst.

What is the notice period at Cognizant in Consulting Department?

According to AmbitionBox, 41% of the Cognizant employees in Consulting Department reported a notice period of 3 Months, 26% reported a notice period of 2 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 7.7k responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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