Cognizant Database Engineer Salaries by 10+ Employees (Updated 2025)

2 - 5 years exp.

₹4.5 Lakhs - ₹12.1 Lakhs

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Engineering - Software & QA Database Engineer Salary 2 - 5 years exp. (9 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.6 L/yr - ₹12.1 L/yr
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Engineering - Hardware & Networks Database Engineer Salary 4 - 5 years exp. (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹6.5 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr

Last Updated: 15 Feb 2025

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Database Engineer salary at Cognizant ranges between ₹4.5 Lakhs to ₹12.1 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 2 years to 5 years. Salary estimates are based on 19 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.

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2 years (5 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.5 L/yr - ₹6.5 L/yr
3 years (6 salaries)	Unlock ₹6.2 L/yr - ₹8 L/yr
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4 years (3 salaries)	Unlock ₹7 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr
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Senior Associate in Noida

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• posted on 10 Jan 2025

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Cognizant has strong capebilities in delivering technology services with a robust support. People are satisfied working here but since past couple of years company has not given ample opportunitiesto employees in terms of growth and compensastion

Work satisfaction - Good

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Not good approasal No timely appraisal No promotion policies No standard salary parameters as per exp No benchmarking for compensastion

Senior Associate in Kolkata

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0

• posted on 10 Jan 2025

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If you swith to Cognizant, they will provide good salary compared to other service based company. They also push their associate for skill development with regular certification drive.

Salary - Good

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The appraisal system dropped drastically in couple of years. Very minimum salary hike with high ratings.

Promotions - Poor

Senior Associate in Kolkata

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

4.0

• posted on 28 Nov 2024

2.0

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Stability is good. Though in the ongoing global recession, many of my co-workers had to leave projects because of project ramp down and did not get any other projects. Instead of recruiting employees from bench in other projects they are hiring more from people outside.

Skill development - Good

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Appraisal is bad. So joining with low salary does not help much in the long run, better to switch.

Salary - Poor

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Senior Associate in Kolkata

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

4.0

• posted on 10 Nov 2024

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Long term projects but mainly support projects. Flexible work timings On time salary and some increment every year Scope to show case your skills

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Every time you have search for the projects once your current project ramp down

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What is the salary of Database Engineer at Cognizant?

Database Engineer salary at Cognizant in India ranges between ₹4.5 Lakhs to ₹12.1 Lakhs for experience between 2 years to 5 years. According to our estimates it is 17% less than the average Database Engineer Salary in India. Salary estimates are based on 19 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant India.

How does the salary of a Database Engineer at Cognizant India compare with the average salary range for this job?

The average salary of a Database Engineer at Cognizant is 17% less than the average salary of a Database Engineer in India. To know exact salary insights, login to view.

What are the top skills required to work as a Database Engineer at Cognizant?

Performance Tuning, Database Management, AWS, SQL and Oracle are some of the popular skills required to work as a Database Engineer at Cognizant India.

Which similar companies are paying more than Cognizant to a Database Engineer in India?

IBM Database Engineer Salary - ₹5.8 Lakhs to ₹17.8 Lakhs per year
Infosys Database Engineer Salary - ₹7.2 Lakhs to ₹17.4 Lakhs per year
Virtusa Consulting Services Database Engineer Salary - ₹3.3 Lakhs to ₹20.0 Lakhs per year
Genpact Database Engineer Salary - ₹8.3 Lakhs to ₹14.0 Lakhs per year
LTIMindtree Database Engineer Salary - ₹4.7 Lakhs to ₹14.1 Lakhs per year

What is the salary of a Database Engineer in companies similar to Cognizant in India?

Capgemini Database Engineer Salary - ₹3.8 Lakhs to ₹12.8 Lakhs per year
Accenture Database Engineer Salary - ₹5.0 Lakhs to ₹7.0 Lakhs per year
DXC Technology Database Engineer Salary - ₹5.5 Lakhs to ₹8.5 Lakhs per year
Tech Mahindra Database Engineer Salary - ₹4.9 Lakhs to ₹10.8 Lakhs per year
TCS Database Engineer Salary - ₹3.0 Lakhs to ₹9.0 Lakhs per year

What is the estimated take home salary of a Database Engineer at Cognizant in India?

The estimated take-home salary of a Database Engineer at Cognizant ranges between ₹52,389 per month to ₹53,690 per month in India. The take-home salary calculation is based on the average Cognizant Database Engineer salary in India which ranges between ₹4.5 Lakhs to ₹12.1 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 2 years to 5 years. Check how did we calculate take home salary?

What is the notice period for Database Engineer at Cognizant?

According to AmbitionBox, 33% of the Cognizant Database Engineers reported a notice period of 15 days or less, 34% reported a notice period of 3 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 15 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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Cognizant Database Engineer salary in India ranges between ₹4.5 Lakhs to ₹12.1 Lakhs with an average annual salary of ₹. Salary estimates are based on 19 Cognizant latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.