Cognizant Project Engineer Salaries by 50+ Employees (Updated 2025)

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Designation	Avg Annual Salary	Open Jobs
Project Engineer 2 - 7 years exp. (53 salaries)	₹4.2 L/yr - ₹16 L/yr
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Project Manager 8 - 20 years exp. (8.1k salaries)	₹13 L/yr - ₹40.2 L/yr	83 job openings
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Quality Engineer 0 - 6 years exp. (501 salaries)	₹2.5 L/yr - ₹10.1 L/yr
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Senior Engineer 2 - 13 years exp. (234 salaries)	₹6.5 L/yr - ₹25 L/yr	1 job opening
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Project Coordinator 3 - 11 years exp. (47 salaries)	₹3 L/yr - ₹14.2 L/yr
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Junior Engineer 1 - 3 years exp. (37 salaries)	₹3 L/yr - ₹8 L/yr
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QA QC Engineer 2 - 5 years exp. (24 salaries)	₹4.2 L/yr - ₹12 L/yr
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Assistant Engineer 0 - 4 years exp. (12 salaries)	₹4 L/yr - ₹8.8 L/yr
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Deputy Manager 8 - 16 years exp. (8 salaries)	₹13 L/yr - ₹29.2 L/yr
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Assistant Project Manager 7 - 16 years exp. (6 salaries)	₹11 L/yr - ₹18 L/yr
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Civil Engineer 0 - 3 years exp. (4 salaries)	₹2.5 L/yr - ₹2.6 L/yr
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Site Engineer 8 - 17 years exp. (4 salaries)	₹3.6 L/yr - ₹5 L/yr
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Site Supervisor 1 - 3 years exp. (3 salaries)	₹2.2 L/yr - ₹3.3 L/yr
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Civil Site Engineer 3 - 4 years exp. (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹1.8 L/yr - ₹2.3 L/yr
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Diploma Civil Engineer Fresher (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹1.4 L/yr - ₹1.7 L/yr
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Site Incharge 5 years exp. (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹2.9 L/yr - ₹3.7 L/yr
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Deputy Project Manager 5 years exp. (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹19.8 L/yr - ₹25.3 L/yr
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Senior Site Engineer 8 years exp. (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹19.8 L/yr - ₹25.3 L/yr
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Programmer Analyst 0 - 8 years exp. (55.4k salaries)	₹2.4 L/yr - ₹9.7 L/yr	7 job openings
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Senior Associate 3 - 15 years exp. (48.3k salaries)	₹8.9 L/yr - ₹27 L/yr	39 job openings
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Senior Processing Executive 0 - 8 years exp. (28.6k salaries)	₹1.8 L/yr - ₹9 L/yr	19 job openings
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3.7

Rated by 6 employees for salary & benefits

Project Manager in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

Project & Program Management Department

3.0

• posted on 13 Dec 2024

2.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

MNC benefits.

Dislikes

...you will come across all IT companies. Just learn to survive, upskill and excel. Do not depend on your job or salary, have multiple streams of income without moonlighting and switch jobs whenever you get a good opportunity. Work for your own success not for the company.

Project Manager in Kolkata

Full Time

IT & Information Security Department

4.0

• posted on 22 Oct 2024

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Work culture is great. There is lot of effort & importance given to training & reskilling.

Dislikes

Pay package is not the best but ifs OK. Even after honestly working with your best efforts & good ratings, you will not get promotion unless you really push for it.

Project Manager in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

Project & Program Management Department

4.0

• posted on 01 Oct 2024

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Cognizant has large number of client in various domains providing a lot of opportunities across the world. I have got an opprtunity to work at different locations and in diversified tools and technologies and various domains. It has helped me build a robust career and helped me grow along with the organization.

Dislikes

Frequently changing revision cycles, changing promotions process and cycles and very less salary hikes. Also for the veteran employees, salary standards are very low compard to the market standards

Project Manager in Pune

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0

• posted on 10 Sep 2024

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Clear salary structure

Dislikes

Micromanagement of work from office Tug of war between Cognizant tasks and client tasks Irregular appraisal cycles Remove senior members from the team and onboard junior members Upper Management creates unnecessary facade to generate fake buzz

Project Manager in Chennai

Full Time

Project & Program Management Department

4.0

• posted on 11 Jun 2024

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

I know what is my salary, which wasn't the case of Infosys loke conpanies where one need to master mathematics to understand whats their take home salary

Dislikes

Nothing so far. Will update when i go thru one in future

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Cognizant Salary FAQs

How much does Cognizant pay per year?

The average Cognizant salary ranges from approximately ₹0.2 Lakh to ₹0.2 Lakh per year for a Safety Engineer and ₹94 Lakhs to ₹96 Lakhs per year for a Senior Director Finance. Salary estimates are based on 53 Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 3.7/5 stars.

What is the highest salary in Cognizant?

The highest-paying job at Cognizant is a Senior Director Finance with a salary of ₹94 Lakhs to ₹96 Lakhs per year. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹18.33 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.10 lakhs per year.

What is the minimum salary in Cognizant?

Minimum salary at Cognizant depends on the role you are applying for. For Processing Executive the minimum salary is ₹1 Lakh to ₹5.1 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ₹2.4 Lakhs to ₹7 Lakhs per year and so on.

What is the salary package for freshers in Cognizant?

The average salary at Cognizant for freshers varies from ₹0.7 Lakh to ₹4 Lakhs per year for Information Technology Support Engineer and ₹10 Lakhs to ₹20 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Analyst.

What is the notice period for Project Engineer at Cognizant?

According to AmbitionBox, 46% of the Cognizant Project Engineers reported a notice period of 3 Months, 33% reported a notice period of 2 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 24 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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Average annual salary for Project Engineer in Cognizant is INR . Salary estimates are based on 53 Cognizant latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.