Cognizant Hyderabad / Secunderabad Senior Software Salaries by 3 Employees (Updated 2025)

5 - 7 years exp.

₹10 Lakhs - ₹19 Lakhs

Low Confidence

Salary of majority employees

10% more than the average Senior Software Salary in IT Services & Consulting Companies for 5 - 7 years of experience

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Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024

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Cognizant Senior Software Salary

5 - 7 years exp. (3 salaries)

₹10 L/yr - ₹19 L/yr

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Tech Mahindra Senior Software Salary 5 - 10 years exp. (5 salaries)	₹8 L/yr - ₹14.1 L/yr 12% less
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LTIMindtree Senior Software Salary 4 - 7 years exp. (3 salaries)	₹10 L/yr - ₹15 L/yr 16% less

Senior Software salary at Cognizant ranges between ₹10 Lakhs to ₹19 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 5 years to 7 years. Salary estimates are based on 3 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.

Experience wise Cognizant Senior Software salaries in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024

Experience	Avg Annual Salary
5 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹10 L/yr - ₹23 L/yr
6 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹5.2 L/yr - ₹19 L/yr
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7 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹5.3 L/yr - ₹15 L/yr

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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

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...security, suddenly one day you will know that now your not part of your project. Salary and other benefits are very less as compared to other it company.

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Programmer Analyst in Chennai

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

5.0

• posted on 08 Jan 2025

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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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1.0

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In my current project there is some flexibility of work but when compared to other projects it is hell

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There are many points 1. promotion criteria which is worst in all mnc. 2. salary hike is negligible. 3. even there is no such activities happened which makes you motivated through out the year.

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Cognizant Senior Software salary in Hyderabad / Secunderabad ranges between ₹10 Lakhs to ₹19 Lakhs with an average annual salary of ₹. Salary estimates are based on 3 Cognizant latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.