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Cognizant Associate Software Developer Salaries in India

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2 - 6 years exp. (208 salaries)
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₹4 L/yr - ₹16.3 L/yr

1 - 7 years exp. (271 salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹11.5 L/yr

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₹3.2 L/yr - ₹13.1 L/yr

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8 - 12 years exp. (267 salaries)
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₹7 L/yr - ₹27 L/yr

0 - 2 years exp. (265 salaries)
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₹1.8 L/yr - ₹4.5 L/yr

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12 - 19 years exp. (257 salaries)
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₹13 L/yr - ₹39 L/yr

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2 - 10 years exp. (254 salaries)
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₹4.5 L/yr - ₹16.5 L/yr

1 job opening
2 - 8 years exp. (254 salaries)
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₹3.7 L/yr - ₹15.9 L/yr

1 - 5 years exp. (253 salaries)
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₹2.2 L/yr - ₹9.9 L/yr

1 - 6 years exp. (253 salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹6.8 L/yr

5 - 15 years exp. (250 salaries)
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₹10 L/yr - ₹24 L/yr

12 - 20 years exp. (245 salaries)
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₹15.2 L/yr - ₹42 L/yr

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2 - 12 years exp. (242 salaries)
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₹4.8 L/yr - ₹12.4 L/yr

2 - 10 years exp. (239 salaries)
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₹1.9 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr

0 - 4 years exp. (239 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹9.5 L/yr

8 job openings
1 - 7 years exp. (237 salaries)
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₹3.3 L/yr - ₹14.3 L/yr

2 - 10 years exp. (235 salaries)
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₹4 L/yr - ₹16.3 L/yr

0 - 4 years exp. (233 salaries)
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₹1.8 L/yr - ₹4.2 L/yr

4 - 19 years exp. (231 salaries)
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₹14 L/yr - ₹33 L/yr

2 - 8 years exp. (228 salaries)
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₹4.8 L/yr - ₹17 L/yr

0 - 9 years exp. (228 salaries)
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₹6.8 L/yr - ₹13.8 L/yr

Last Updated: 5 Jan, 2025

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3.3

Rated by 20 employees for salary & benefits

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

2.0
  •  posted on 30 Jan 2025

2.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

Opportunities to learn, security of job

  • Job security - Good
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Dislikes

Management will not care about your problems. Salary is low compared to competitors. They'll change your project at September and for year end rating they'll simply say we haven't got chance to fully understand your capabilities as you've recently joined in the project. Every year this loop continues. No matter how hard you work or how many appreciations you get from client. "The more number of days you're in the same LOB, the more rating you'll get." (This is the excuse I've got when I questioned about the rating, despite having multiple client appreciations). This demotivates for sure!

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  • Salary - Poor
    +1 more

Full Time

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IT & Information Security Department

1.0
  •  posted on 29 Jan 2025

1.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

Nothing to like about this company

Dislikes

0 work life balance Even if you live thousands of kms away they will drag you to come to office And forget about good salary or promotion Join this company only if you want to destroy your life and your mental health

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  • Salary - Bad
    +6 more

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IT & Information Security Department

3.0
  •  posted on 26 Jan 2025

4.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

Cognizant have lot of job opportunities and provide nice pay according to market standards. People working in cognizant can switch to other technology and work on it.

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  • Salary - Good
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Dislikes

Hikes are very less when compare to other companies. Due to internal politics talented people efforts are recognised.

  • Skill development - Poor
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Full Time

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

1.0
  •  posted on 22 Jan 2025

1.0
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Likes

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

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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.

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  • Salary - Bad
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Full Time

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0
  •  posted on 18 Jan 2025

2.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

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

Dislikes

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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  • Salary - Poor
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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 209 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 ₹18.30 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.15 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 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ₹1 Lakh to ₹4.5 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 Associate Software Developer at Cognizant?
According to AmbitionBox, 39% of the Cognizant Associate Software Developers reported a notice period of 2 Months, 26% reported a notice period of 3 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 132 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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