Cognizant Chennai IT Service Desk Manager Salaries by Employees (Updated 2025)

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₹12.4 Lakhs - ₹15.8 Lakhs

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Fixed (97%)

₹13.7 Lakhs

Variable (3%)

₹0.5 Lakh

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Last Updated: 24 Aug 2024

IT Service Desk Manager salary at Cognizant ranges between ₹12.4 Lakhs to ₹15.8 Lakhs per year for employees with 9 years of experience. Salary estimates are based on 1 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.

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Senior Associate in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

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IT & Information Security Department

3.0

• posted on 26 Jan 2025

4.0

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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.

Salary - Good

+1 more

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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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Senior Associate in Noida

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4.0

• 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

+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

Likes

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

+1 more

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

Promotions - Poor

Software Developer in Chennai

Full Time

Quality Assurance Department

1.0

• posted on 27 Dec 2024

1.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Nothing

Dislikes

No hike, no job security, no skill development, no easy transportation.even if you learn new technologies they will ask for experience and make you work in technology which you already know.if you do "jing jack" you will get everything else you will be cornered and make you to think resigning is best than staying there

Salary - Bad

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Full Time

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4.0

• posted on 18 Dec 2024

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Ample of learning opportunities if you are willing to take it. Good work life balance in general. Good culture. Leadership if open to hearing employees issues and support them as possible.

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Cognizant IT Service Desk Manager salary in Chennai ranges between ₹12.4 Lakhs to ₹15.8 Lakhs. This is an estimate based on latest salaries received from employees of Cognizant.