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GenC

Fresher (144 salaries)
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₹4 L/yr - ₹4.3 L/yr

Data Analyst

Fresher (113 salaries)
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₹1.8 L/yr - ₹8 L/yr

1 job opening

Junior Software Engineer

Fresher (103 salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹7.3 L/yr

Data Processing Executive

Fresher (101 salaries)
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₹1.5 L/yr - ₹3.5 L/yr

Salesforce Developer

Fresher (101 salaries)
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₹1.3 L/yr - ₹6.8 L/yr

3 job openings

Senior Systems Engineer

Fresher (98 salaries)
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₹1.5 L/yr - ₹6.7 L/yr

Graduate Engineer Trainee (Get)

Fresher (91 salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹5 L/yr

Process Executive 1

Fresher (85 salaries)
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₹1.5 L/yr - ₹3.5 L/yr

Junior Data Analyst

Fresher (72 salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹4.9 L/yr

Senior Business Analyst

Fresher (66 salaries)
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₹10 L/yr - ₹20 L/yr

Senior Process Associate

Fresher (65 salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹5.5 L/yr

Associate Software Engineer

Fresher (59 salaries)
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₹3.7 L/yr - ₹7.3 L/yr

Full Stack Developer

Fresher (52 salaries)
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₹1.1 L/yr - ₹6.8 L/yr

3 job openings

Software Analyst

Fresher (47 salaries)
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₹3.4 L/yr - ₹6.8 L/yr

Trainee Analyst

Fresher (46 salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹4.5 L/yr

Data Engineer

Fresher (44 salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹7.8 L/yr

Desktop Support Engineer

Fresher (42 salaries)
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₹1.5 L/yr - ₹3.5 L/yr

Quality Engineer

Fresher (42 salaries)
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₹2.5 L/yr - ₹4.5 L/yr

Internship Trainee

Fresher (40 salaries)
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₹2.4 L/yr - ₹5 L/yr

NON Voice Process

Fresher (37 salaries)
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₹1.5 L/yr - ₹3.6 L/yr

2 job openings

Last Updated: 8 Feb, 2025

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4.2

Rated by 22 employees for salary & benefits

Programmer Analyst in Noida

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IT & Information Security Department

3.0
  •  posted on 06 Feb 2025
3.0
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Likes

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

  • Skill development - Good

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For me not giving salary hike as per my payable work for last 3 years but it depends on projects to projects and manager's not a company issue.

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Programmer Analyst in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

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Data Science & Analytics Department

1.0
  •  posted on 04 Feb 2025
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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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Dislikes

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

  • Salary - Bad
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Programmer Analyst in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

2.0
  •  posted on 30 Jan 2025
2.0
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Opportunities to learn, security of job

  • Job security - Good
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Management will not care about your problems. Salary is low compared to competitors. They'll change your project at September and for year end rating they'll simply say we haven't got chance to fully understand your capabilities as you've recently joined in the project. Every year this loop continues. No matter how hard you work or how many appreciations you get from client. "The more number of days you're in the same LOB, the more rating you'll get." (This is the excuse I've got when I questioned about the rating, despite having multiple client appreciations). This demotivates for sure!

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  • Salary - Poor
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Programmer Analyst in Kolkata

Full Time

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IT & Information Security Department

1.0
  •  posted on 29 Jan 2025
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Nothing to like about this company

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0 work life balance Even if you live thousands of kms away they will drag you to come to office And forget about good salary or promotion Join this company only if you want to destroy your life and your mental health

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  • Salary - Bad
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Senior Associate in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

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IT & Information Security Department

3.0
  •  posted on 26 Jan 2025
4.0
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Likes

Cognizant have lot of job opportunities and provide nice pay according to market standards. People working in cognizant can switch to other technology and work on it.

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  • Salary - Good
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Hikes are very less when compare to other companies. Due to internal politics talented people efforts are recognised.

  • Skill development - Poor
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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 22.2k Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 4.2/5 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 ₹18.37 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.29 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 ₹1 Lakh to ₹4.5 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 at Cognizant?
According to AmbitionBox, 42% of the Cognizant employees reported a notice period of 15 days or less, 28% reported a notice period of 3 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 2.7k responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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