Cognizant Technical Lead Salaries by 17000+ Employees (Updated 2025)

2 - 15 years exp.

₹5.9 Lakhs - ₹24.7 Lakhs

Salary of majority employees

27% less than the average Technical Lead Salary in IT Services & Consulting Companies for 2 - 15 years of experience

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Engineering - Software & QA Technical Lead Salary 2 - 15 years exp. (7.9k salaries)	₹6 L/yr - ₹26.2 L/yr
IT & Information Security Technical Lead Salary 2 - 15 years exp. (3.4k salaries)	₹5.5 L/yr - ₹19.7 L/yr
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Engineering - Hardware & Networks Technical Lead Salary 2 - 15 years exp. (2.6k salaries)	₹5.5 L/yr - ₹19.7 L/yr
Customer Success, Service & Operations Technical Lead Salary 2 - 14 years exp. (972 salaries)	₹5 L/yr - ₹19.2 L/yr

Last Updated: 11 Feb 2025

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Technical Lead salary at Cognizant ranges between ₹5.9 Lakhs to ₹24.7 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 2 years to 15 years. Salary estimates are based on 17.6k latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.

Experience wise Cognizant Technical Lead salaries

Last Updated: 11 Feb 2025

Experience	Avg Annual Salary
2 years (672 salaries)	₹3.8 L/yr - ₹10.5 L/yr
3 years (1.4k salaries)	₹4 L/yr - ₹13 L/yr
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4 years (2.1k salaries)	₹4 L/yr - ₹14 L/yr
5 years (2.4k salaries)	₹4 L/yr - ₹15 L/yr
6 years (2.1k salaries)	₹4.9 L/yr - ₹18 L/yr
7 years (1.9k salaries)	₹6 L/yr - ₹21 L/yr
8 years (1.9k salaries)	₹6.2 L/yr - ₹24 L/yr
9 years (1.6k salaries)	₹6.5 L/yr - ₹25 L/yr
10 years (1.4k salaries)	₹7 L/yr - ₹27 L/yr
11 years (891 salaries)	₹7.2 L/yr - ₹30 L/yr
12 years (665 salaries)	₹8.5 L/yr - ₹30.6 L/yr
13 years (363 salaries)	₹10 L/yr - ₹32.5 L/yr
14 years (192 salaries)	₹13.3 L/yr - ₹33 L/yr
15+ years (17 salaries)	₹20 L/yr - ₹28 L/yr

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Top skills at Cognizant for Technical Lead

ITIL Team Leading Service Improvement Floor Management CSAT Customer Communication Change Management Test Cases Project Planning ITIL Team Leading Floor Management Project Management Feedback CSAT

Salary related reviews for Cognizant

3.4

Rated by 963 employees for salary & benefits

Technical Lead in Pune

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0

• posted on 08 Oct 2024

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Nothing much, it's average service type company with decent salary. But leaves are good. 30 leaves per year in a service company is really commendable.

Salary - Good

Dislikes

1. They hire based on prospective projects, and often the projects don't land. And then they have very limited time on bench, hence job security is an issue. 2. Work from office schedule is very strict, there should be some flexibility. 3. No proper employee benefits such as outings or lunches or parties, all they care about is billing. 4. Little too much of micro-management

Job security - Bad

+2 more

Technical Lead in Kolkata

Full Time

IT & Information Security Department

5.0

• posted on 27 Jan 2024

5.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Very employee centric company, good pay and perfect for 1-3 years experience people to join. Personally Cognizant has given me a lot. Knowledge, Skills,Culture and helped me to grow

Salary - Excellent

+6 more

Dislikes

Not much that I have found. Some employees or managers might be little biased but thats completely project wise. Company wise I have no complains.

Technical Lead in Chennai

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

5.0

• posted on 10 Feb 2024

2.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Work life balance, company culture ,senior support in projects , learning.

Skill development - Good

+4 more

Dislikes

Salary and hike is not like other companies.even for new joiners will give good salary but for people who working long time is not promoted and salary also will not be revised even they are well talented.

Salary - Poor

+1 more

Technical Lead in Bangalore Rural

Full Time

IT & Information Security Department

3.0

• posted on 25 Sep 2023

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

1. Salary hike is better than others in the same domain. 2. They invest a lot in providing learning materials so that's a big plus. 3. Communication from upper management is pretty good. 4. Offices are very good.

Skill development - Good

Dislikes

1. Management is really bad, there is regional preference. 2. Management is mostly very toxic. 3. Middle tier management is really bad.

Promotions - Poor

+2 more

Technical Lead in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Engineering - Hardware & Networks Department

4.0

• posted on 05 Aug 2023

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

It's a wonderful journey that given me the opportunity to enhance my expertise on the my core Network R&S platform. By keeping on progressive mindset & building on latest SDWAN and other cloud platforms as I feel still learning on learning phase, meeting on client expectations.

Skill development - Excellent

+4 more

Dislikes

Slow growth and salary hike preferably.

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What is the salary of Technical Lead at Cognizant?

Technical Lead salary at Cognizant in India ranges between ₹5.9 Lakhs to ₹24.7 Lakhs for experience between 2 years to 15 years. According to our estimates it is 27% less than the average Technical Lead Salary in India. Salary estimates are based on 17.6k latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant India.

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

The average salary of a Technical Lead at Cognizant is 27% less than the average salary of a Technical Lead in India. To know exact salary insights, login to view.

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

ITIL, Team Leading, Service Improvement, Floor Management and CSAT are some of the popular skills required to work as a Technical Lead at Cognizant India.

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Google Technical Lead Salary - ₹12.0 Lakhs to ₹47.0 Lakhs per year
Microsoft Corporation Technical Lead Salary - ₹14.2 Lakhs to ₹42.0 Lakhs per year
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Deloitte Technical Lead Salary - ₹11.8 Lakhs to ₹38.0 Lakhs per year

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

The estimated take-home salary of a Technical Lead at Cognizant ranges between ₹96,860 per month to ₹99,480 per month in India. The take-home salary calculation is based on the average Cognizant Technical Lead salary in India which ranges between ₹5.9 Lakhs to ₹24.7 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 2 years to 15 years. Check how did we calculate take home salary?

What is the notice period for Technical Lead at Cognizant?

According to AmbitionBox, 45% of the Cognizant Technical Leads reported a notice period of 2 Months, 30% reported a notice period of 3 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 8.1k responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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