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Cognizant Consulting Department Salaries in India (Updated 2025)

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Designation Avg Annual Salary Open Jobs

Senior Associate

3 - 15 years exp. (1.1k salaries)
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₹9.5 L/yr - ₹28.3 L/yr

Senior Consultant

4 - 16 years exp. (491 salaries)
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₹9.7 L/yr - ₹36 L/yr

1 job opening

Project Associate

2 - 9 years exp. (446 salaries)
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₹6.5 L/yr - ₹18.7 L/yr

Associate Consultant

2 - 9 years exp. (283 salaries)
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₹4.7 L/yr - ₹18.2 L/yr

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Project Manager

8 - 20 years exp. (263 salaries)
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₹16.3 L/yr - ₹40.2 L/yr

1 job opening

SAP Fico Consultant

1 - 8 years exp. (256 salaries)
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₹4 L/yr - ₹14 L/yr

1 job opening

Senior Project Associate

4 - 14 years exp. (231 salaries)
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₹11.4 L/yr - ₹32 L/yr

Business Analyst

0 - 10 years exp. (168 salaries)
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₹5.2 L/yr - ₹18 L/yr

SAP SD Consultant

1 - 7 years exp. (156 salaries)
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₹3.2 L/yr - ₹13.4 L/yr

Senior Business Analyst

0 - 12 years exp. (150 salaries)
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₹11.1 L/yr - ₹25 L/yr

Functional Lead

5 - 15 years exp. (145 salaries)
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₹10 L/yr - ₹24 L/yr

Oracle Financial Functional Consultant

2 - 10 years exp. (115 salaries)
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₹4.5 L/yr - ₹13.4 L/yr

Senior Developer

2 - 12 years exp. (100 salaries)
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₹6 L/yr - ₹24.6 L/yr

Functional Consultant

1 - 10 years exp. (90 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹15.6 L/yr

SAP MM Consultant

1 - 6 years exp. (89 salaries)
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₹3.4 L/yr - ₹13 L/yr

SAP Basis Consultant

1 - 6 years exp. (87 salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹9.6 L/yr

Senior Associate Consultant

5 - 13 years exp. (78 salaries)
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₹9.4 L/yr - ₹30 L/yr

Functional Architect

10 - 20 years exp. (70 salaries)
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₹15.6 L/yr - ₹31.5 L/yr

Business Consultant

1 - 8 years exp. (53 salaries)
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₹7 L/yr - ₹22.1 L/yr

SAP SD Functional Consultant

1 - 6 years exp. (45 salaries)
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₹4 L/yr - ₹12 L/yr

Last Updated: 8 Mar, 2025

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5.0
  •  posted on 17 Apr 2024
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In hand salary. Variable is less. Insane learning opportunities. Onsite opportunities although less still one would get depending on accounts

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Programmer Analyst 1 in Nalgonda

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  •  posted on 21 Jul 2024
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In time salary credit and they will provide certificate courses based on your working technology

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  • Skill development - Good

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Work is more and need to work more than 12 hrs per day and if u don't do certification they won't give rating and hike even u perform higher quality in ur project. And need to give sessions to the teams if not they won't give rating

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  • Company culture - Poor

Consultant in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

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Consulting Department

5.0
  •  posted on 28 Sep 2023
5.0
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the culture, ambience and work space is excellent and is very diverse. The salary is also very fair and working as a consultant at this company is really a very good chance and very good opportunity. I really like to work here.

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  • Salary - Excellent
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the salary is very good and is high, i barley have any dislikes of this company. overall amazing

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Programmer Analyst in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

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Consulting Department

4.0
  •  posted on 18 Aug 2023
1.0
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Perfect place to upskill yourself. As a fresher I learned a lot of things in the span of 2 years and still learning which I'm most happy about.

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  • Skill development - Excellent
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Dislikes

My only dislike about Cognizat is my salary. But for me, either you should learn or earn.. as long as I'm learning my CTC doesn't matter:)

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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 9k Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 3.3/5 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 ₹18.54 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.60 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 ₹4.6 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ₹0.9 Lakh to ₹4.6 Lakhs per year and so on.
What is the salary package for freshers in Cognizant?
The average salary at Cognizant for freshers varies from ₹1.8 Lakh to ₹4 Lakhs per year for Information Technology Support Engineer and ₹13 Lakhs to ₹15 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Development Analyst.
What is the notice period at Cognizant in Consulting Department?
According to AmbitionBox, 41% of the Cognizant employees in Consulting Department reported a notice period of 3 Months, 26% reported a notice period of 2 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 7.7k responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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