Cognizant Functional Lead Salaries by 200+ Employees (Updated 2025)

5 - 15 years exp.

₹10 Lakhs - ₹24 Lakhs

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₹17.5 Lakhs

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Consulting Functional Lead Salary 5 - 15 years exp. (145 salaries)	Unlock ₹10 L/yr - ₹24 L/yr
Engineering - Software & QA Functional Lead Salary 6 - 14 years exp. (43 salaries)	Unlock ₹11 L/yr - ₹20.9 L/yr
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Project & Program Management Functional Lead Salary 5 - 13 years exp. (8 salaries)	Unlock ₹13.5 L/yr - ₹24 L/yr
Data Science & Analytics Functional Lead Salary 8 - 13 years exp. (7 salaries)	Unlock ₹12.7 L/yr - ₹23.4 L/yr
Finance & Accounting Functional Lead Salary 7 - 11 years exp. (6 salaries)	Unlock ₹14 L/yr - ₹20.6 L/yr

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Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025

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Functional Lead salary at Cognizant ranges between ₹10 Lakhs to ₹24 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 5 years to 15 years. Salary estimates are based on 257 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.

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Experience wise Cognizant Functional Lead salaries

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5 years (8 salaries)	Unlock ₹13 L/yr - ₹19 L/yr
6 years (9 salaries)	Unlock ₹12.1 L/yr - ₹20.4 L/yr
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7 years (16 salaries)	Unlock ₹11 L/yr - ₹19.5 L/yr
8 years (32 salaries)	Unlock ₹12.3 L/yr - ₹22 L/yr
9 years (39 salaries)	Unlock ₹10 L/yr - ₹22 L/yr
10 years (41 salaries)	Unlock ₹10.1 L/yr - ₹23 L/yr
11 years (35 salaries)	Unlock ₹12 L/yr - ₹24 L/yr
12 years (34 salaries)	Unlock ₹11.4 L/yr - ₹23 L/yr
13 years (23 salaries)	Unlock ₹13 L/yr - ₹24 L/yr
14 years (13 salaries)	Unlock ₹13 L/yr - ₹24 L/yr
15+ years (7 salaries)	Unlock ₹13.7 L/yr - ₹21.5 L/yr

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Top skills at Cognizant for Functional Lead

Relationship Management Revenue Generation Secondary Research Strategic Planning Opportunity Identification Strategic Planning Revenue Generation Relationship Management Secondary Research Client Satisfaction Solution Development Requirement Gathering Requirement Gathering Case Studies Brand Building

Salary related reviews for Cognizant

3.7

Rated by 14 employees for salary & benefits

Senior Associate in Noida

Full Time

Procurement & Supply Chain Department

4.0

• posted on 10 Jan 2025

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

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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

+2 more

Dislikes

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

Senior Associate in Kolkata

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0

• posted on 10 Jan 2025

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

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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

for Salary and Benefits

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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

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

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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

Skill development - Good

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

Job security - Poor

Senior Associate in Kochi

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0

• posted on 02 Nov 2024

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

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They offer competitive salary package. That’s all.

Salary - Good

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There’s no job satisfaction or personal growth. Enough toxic people up there in the management. So don’t expect any support. It’s all about billing. Also you need to complete a ton of courses and most of them are irrelevant or obsolete, so it just eat your valuable time. Most of the time we have to spend our personal time to do all these since there will be project deadlines.

Job security - Poor

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What is the salary of Functional Lead at Cognizant?

Functional Lead salary at Cognizant in India ranges between ₹10.0 Lakhs to ₹24.0 Lakhs for experience between 5 years to 15 years. According to our estimates it is 4% more than the average Functional Lead Salary in India. Salary estimates are based on 257 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant India.

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

The average salary of a Functional Lead at Cognizant is 4% more than the average salary of a Functional Lead in India. To know exact salary insights, login to view.

What are the top skills required to work as a Functional Lead at Cognizant?

Relationship Management, Revenue Generation, Secondary Research, Strategic Planning and Opportunity Identification are some of the popular skills required to work as a Functional Lead at Cognizant India.

Which similar companies are paying more than Cognizant to a Functional Lead in India?

LTIMindtree Functional Lead Salary - ₹30.0 Lakhs to ₹30.1 Lakhs per year
Tech Mahindra Functional Lead Salary - ₹10.5 Lakhs to ₹43.2 Lakhs per year
Accenture Functional Lead Salary - ₹12.0 Lakhs to ₹33.0 Lakhs per year
Koch Business Solutions Functional Lead Salary - ₹20.0 Lakhs to ₹26.0 Lakhs per year
Wipro Functional Lead Salary - ₹15.0 Lakhs to ₹25.1 Lakhs per year

What is the salary of a Functional Lead in companies similar to Cognizant in India?

Infosys Functional Lead Salary - ₹15.0 Lakhs to ₹25.0 Lakhs per year
HCLTech Functional Lead Salary - ₹11.5 Lakhs to ₹26.0 Lakhs per year
TCS Functional Lead Salary - ₹10.7 Lakhs to ₹31.8 Lakhs per year
Capgemini Functional Lead Salary - ₹10.1 Lakhs to ₹21.0 Lakhs per year
NTT DATA, Inc. Functional Lead Salary - ₹9.0 Lakhs to ₹16.5 Lakhs per year

What is the estimated take home salary of a Functional Lead at Cognizant in India?

The estimated take-home salary of a Functional Lead at Cognizant ranges between ₹1,23,634 per month to ₹1,27,376 per month in India. The take-home salary calculation is based on the average Cognizant Functional Lead salary in India which ranges between ₹10.0 Lakhs to ₹24.0 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 5 years to 15 years. Check how did we calculate take home salary?

What is the notice period for Functional Lead at Cognizant?

According to AmbitionBox, 59% of the Cognizant Functional Leads reported a notice period of 2 Months, 26% reported a notice period of 3 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 34 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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Cognizant Functional Lead salary in India ranges between ₹10 Lakhs to ₹24 Lakhs with an average annual salary of ₹. Salary estimates are based on 257 Cognizant latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.