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Cognizant Security Specialist Salaries in India (Updated 2025)

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Security Specialist

3 - 8 years exp. (188 salaries)
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₹5.5 L/yr - ₹17 L/yr

Senior Associate

3 - 15 years exp. (48.7k salaries)
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₹9 L/yr - ₹27.5 L/yr

Technical Lead

2 - 15 years exp. (17.5k salaries)
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₹5.9 L/yr - ₹20.9 L/yr

Software Engineer

0 - 7 years exp. (16k salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹14.7 L/yr

1 job opening

Senior Consultant

4 - 16 years exp. (2.2k salaries)
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₹9.4 L/yr - ₹36 L/yr

1 job opening

Associate Consultant

2 - 9 years exp. (1.5k salaries)
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₹4.9 L/yr - ₹18.1 L/yr

Senior Analyst

1 - 11 years exp. (1.3k salaries)
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₹4.8 L/yr - ₹17.3 L/yr

Technical Specialist

7 - 14 years exp. (531 salaries)
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₹7.5 L/yr - ₹25 L/yr

Security Analyst

1 - 6 years exp. (436 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr

Cyber Security Analyst

1 - 7 years exp. (319 salaries)
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₹3.8 L/yr - ₹15.7 L/yr

Senior Engineer

2 - 13 years exp. (239 salaries)
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₹6.5 L/yr - ₹25.7 L/yr

SOC Analyst

2 - 5 years exp. (187 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹9.7 L/yr

SAP Security Consultant

1 - 5 years exp. (142 salaries)
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₹1.8 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr

Senior Security Engineer

1 - 6 years exp. (112 salaries)
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₹3.5 L/yr - ₹12.8 L/yr

Security Engineer

1 - 6 years exp. (101 salaries)
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₹3.5 L/yr - ₹12.7 L/yr

Senior Security Analyst

3 - 8 years exp. (63 salaries)
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₹4.7 L/yr - ₹19 L/yr

Cyber Security Engineer

0 - 5 years exp. (44 salaries)
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₹4 L/yr - ₹11.7 L/yr

Security Consultant

1 - 9 years exp. (22 salaries)
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₹4.2 L/yr - ₹13.4 L/yr

Cyber Security Consultant

0 - 12 years exp. (14 salaries)
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₹5.5 L/yr - ₹17.8 L/yr

Senior Security Consultant

8 - 15 years exp. (5 salaries)
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₹14 L/yr - ₹16.5 L/yr

Programmer Analyst

0 - 8 years exp. (55.5k salaries)
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₹2.4 L/yr - ₹9.6 L/yr

Last Updated: 5 Mar, 2025

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3.7

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Senior Associate in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

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IT & Information Security Department

3.0
  •  posted on 26 Jan 2025
4.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

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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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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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Senior Associate in Noida

Full Time

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Procurement & Supply Chain Department

4.0
  •  posted on 10 Jan 2025
3.0
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Cognizant has strong capebilities in delivering technology services with a robust support. People are satisfied working here but since past couple of years company has not given ample opportunitiesto employees in terms of growth and compensastion

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  • Work satisfaction - Good
    • +2 more

Dislikes

Not good approasal No timely appraisal No promotion policies No standard salary parameters as per exp No benchmarking for compensastion

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Senior Associate in Kolkata

Full Time

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0
  •  posted on 10 Jan 2025
4.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

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If you swith to Cognizant, they will provide good salary compared to other service based company. They also push their associate for skill development with regular certification drive.

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  • Salary - Good
    • +1 more

Dislikes

The appraisal system dropped drastically in couple of years. Very minimum salary hike with high ratings.

  • Promotions - Poor

Senior Associate in Kolkata

Full Time

 · 

Engineering - Software & QA Department

4.0
  •  posted on 28 Nov 2024
2.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

Stability is good. Though in the ongoing global recession, many of my co-workers had to leave projects because of project ramp down and did not get any other projects. Instead of recruiting employees from bench in other projects they are hiring more from people outside.

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  • Skill development - Good
    • +1 more

Dislikes

Appraisal is bad. So joining with low salary does not help much in the long run, better to switch.

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  • Salary - Poor
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Senior Associate in Kolkata

Full Time

 · 

Engineering - Software & QA Department

4.0
  •  posted on 10 Nov 2024
3.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

Long term projects but mainly support projects. Flexible work timings On time salary and some increment every year Scope to show case your skills

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  • Skill development - Good
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Dislikes

Every time you have search for the projects once your current project ramp down

  • Job security - 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 188 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 ₹18.54 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.65 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 ₹4.5 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 ₹10 Lakhs to ₹19.7 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Analyst.
What is the notice period for Security Specialist at Cognizant?
According to AmbitionBox, 48% of the Cognizant Security Specialists 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 63 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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