Cognizant Senior Application Developer Salaries by 50+ Employees (Updated 2025)

3 - 13 years exp.

₹7.3 Lakhs - ₹25 Lakhs

Salary of majority employees

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₹16.4 Lakhs

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Senior Application Developer salary at Cognizant ranges between ₹7.3 Lakhs to ₹25 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 3 years to 13 years. Salary estimates are based on 54 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.

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Experience wise Cognizant Senior Application Developer salaries

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3 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹5.6 L/yr - ₹24.4 L/yr
4 years (7 salaries)	Unlock ₹5.7 L/yr - ₹25.6 L/yr
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5 years (3 salaries)	Unlock ₹7.4 L/yr - ₹26.8 L/yr
6 years (6 salaries)	Unlock ₹8.5 L/yr - ₹19.3 L/yr
7 years (6 salaries)	Unlock ₹7.2 L/yr - ₹22 L/yr
8 years (12 salaries)	Unlock ₹8.2 L/yr - ₹22 L/yr
9 years (4 salaries)	Unlock ₹9.9 L/yr - ₹24 L/yr
10 years (5 salaries)	Unlock ₹9.2 L/yr - ₹22 L/yr
11 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹13.2 L/yr - ₹34 L/yr
12 years (6 salaries)	Unlock ₹11.5 L/yr - ₹25 L/yr
13 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹12.7 L/yr - ₹36.4 L/yr

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3.0

Rated by 1 employees for salary & benefits

Programmer Analyst in Mumbai

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

1.0

• posted on 22 Jan 2025

1.0

for Salary and Benefits

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Depends on your home manager, some are really supportive. 5-6 hours required from office (depends on the project), rest can be done from home, udemy access, cloud certifications

Dislikes

Salary is too low, only ceo earns good money, exploiting freshers and playing with their careers. They don't have many projects, so most of the time people will be on bench. Promotions are delayed/cancelled based on their convenience citing reasons like utilization is less (common sense- it is less because the company has less projects). Promotions criteria are increased if you satisfy previous required criteria. Hikes are less than peanuts. Company culture is bad, no festival celebration nothing. Work-life balance depends on the project; if you have a project, then you're overloaded with work and if you don't, you're overloaded with stress as they can terminate you anyday. FEW OF THE LATERAL HIREES ARE PUT ON BENCH AND LATER TERMINATED AFTER 6 MONTHS. JOIN ONLY IF YOU WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME AND CAREER.

Salary - Bad

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Programmer Analyst in Kolkata

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0

• posted on 18 Jan 2025

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for Salary and Benefits

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I have been learning new technologies since day one, so learning is never stopped for me after joining cognizant

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Cognizant will not pay you well , Even if you are eligible for a better pay at the correct time they will release you from the project so that they don't have to promote you

Salary - Poor

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Senior Associate in Noida

Full Time

Procurement & Supply Chain Department

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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

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

Programmer Analyst in Chennai

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

5.0

• posted on 08 Jan 2025

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for Salary and Benefits

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I joined Cognizant as a fresher and it’s a best place for starting your career. Culture is very good maybe because of company USA origin. I got good ratings for my hard work without any politics.

Skill development - Excellent

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Salary and hike is low. Waiting period for promotion is so high even though if you have top year end rating.

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What is the salary of Senior Application Developer at Cognizant?

Senior Application Developer salary at Cognizant in India ranges between ₹7.3 Lakhs to ₹25.0 Lakhs for experience between 3 years to 13 years. Salary estimates are based on 54 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant India.

Which similar companies are paying more than Cognizant to a Senior Application Developer in India?

Koch Business Solutions Senior Application Developer Salary - ₹24.6 Lakhs to ₹36.0 Lakhs per year
Capgemini Senior Application Developer Salary - ₹11.0 Lakhs to ₹28.0 Lakhs per year
IBM Senior Application Developer Salary - ₹8.1 Lakhs to ₹29.0 Lakhs per year
Dell EMC Senior Application Developer Salary - ₹12.0 Lakhs to ₹30.0 Lakhs per year
LTIMindtree Senior Application Developer Salary - ₹12.0 Lakhs to ₹26.9 Lakhs per year

What is the salary of a Senior Application Developer in companies similar to Cognizant in India?

Tech Mahindra Senior Application Developer Salary - ₹8.6 Lakhs to ₹25.0 Lakhs per year
DXC Technology Senior Application Developer Salary - ₹6.7 Lakhs to ₹30.0 Lakhs per year
Societe Generale Global Solution Centre Senior Application Developer Salary - ₹8.0 Lakhs to ₹25.0 Lakhs per year
Wipro Senior Application Developer Salary - ₹5.8 Lakhs to ₹20.0 Lakhs per year
Accenture Senior Application Developer Salary - ₹7.0 Lakhs to ₹21.7 Lakhs per year

What is the estimated take home salary of a Senior Application Developer at Cognizant in India?

The estimated take-home salary of a Senior Application Developer at Cognizant ranges between ₹1,14,614 per month to ₹1,17,808 per month in India. The take-home salary calculation is based on the average Cognizant Senior Application Developer salary in India which ranges between ₹7.3 Lakhs to ₹25.0 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 3 years to 13 years. Check how did we calculate take home salary?

What is the notice period for Senior Application Developer at Cognizant?

According to AmbitionBox, 54% of the Cognizant Senior Application Developers reported a notice period of 2 Months, 23% reported a notice period of 1 Month and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 13 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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Cognizant Senior Application Developer salary in India ranges between ₹7.3 Lakhs to ₹25 Lakhs with an average annual salary of ₹. Salary estimates are based on 54 Cognizant latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.