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0 - 7 years exp. (15.5k salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹14.6 L/yr

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₹1.8 L/yr - ₹9 L/yr

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2 - 9 years exp. (17.5k salaries)
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₹6 L/yr - ₹19.6 L/yr

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₹1 L/yr - ₹5 L/yr

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0 - 2 years exp. (9.9k salaries)
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₹0.9 L/yr - ₹4.5 L/yr

8 - 20 years exp. (8.3k salaries)
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₹13 L/yr - ₹40.2 L/yr

148 job openings
0 - 8 years exp. (7.6k salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹8.3 L/yr

1 - 13 years exp. (6.3k salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹10.3 L/yr

2 job openings
4 - 14 years exp. (5.3k salaries)
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₹9.5 L/yr - ₹32.9 L/yr

1 - 7 years exp. (5.1k salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹11 L/yr

0 - 10 years exp. (4.9k salaries)
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₹1.7 L/yr - ₹7.6 L/yr

0 - 4 years exp. (4.9k salaries)
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₹2.7 L/yr - ₹8.4 L/yr

3 - 13 years exp. (4.4k salaries)
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₹2.4 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr

1 job opening
0 - 8 years exp. (3.4k salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹11.1 L/yr

0 - 9 years exp. (3.2k salaries)
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₹2.5 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr

0 - 3 years exp. (3.1k salaries)
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₹1.4 L/yr - ₹5.1 L/yr

1 - 9 years exp. (3k salaries)
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₹3.7 L/yr - ₹18.7 L/yr

2 job openings
0 - 5 years exp. (3k salaries)
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₹1 L/yr - ₹7.6 L/yr

1 job opening
0 - 9 years exp. (75.5k salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹14 L/yr

18 job openings
8 - 19 years exp. (6.4k salaries)
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₹13 L/yr - ₹40 L/yr

7 job openings
0 - 10 years exp. (3.3k salaries)
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₹1.3 L/yr - ₹7.7 L/yr

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Last Updated: 19 Mar, 2024

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3.4

Rated by 927 employees for salary & benefits

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IT & Information Security Department

2.0
  •  posted on 03 Oct 2024

1.0
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My team is really nice, and it's not the case with all the other teams.

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Salary, benefits, appraisals, recognition is non existent. Plus there's a lot of politics here, so much that you'll wanna rip your hair off

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

5.0
  •  posted on 18 Aug 2024

2.0
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The work culture is positive and the facilities are excellent. Cognizant provides ample opportunities for professional development and knowledge expansion.

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Dislikes

...rk using Teams, it would be more efficient to allow employees to work from home. With such less salary and hikes it is impossible for one to work here.

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0
  •  posted on 21 Jun 2024

4.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

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Compensation and pay structure

Dislikes

Manager hierarchy. Ratings will be given by home manager. He will never know about my performance because he will be working for some other project. Still they give ratings based on some comments without knowing actual performance

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BFSI, Investments & Trading Department

3.0
  •  posted on 03 Jun 2024

1.0
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Work load is usually not very heavy, they provide great platforms to learn like free udemy access and cognizant internal certifications.

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Dislikes

Does not pay as per the current market standards, your work will not be recognized, promotion and appraisal structures are very bad. Lot of office politics.

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0
  •  posted on 06 Apr 2024

4.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

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In cognizant the salary hike is good as compared to other services based company

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Dislikes

In cognizant they have very less project for the employee but they still hire new people and won't be able to provide project to old employees.

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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 12.4k Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 3.4/5 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 ₹18.23 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.02 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 ₹0.9 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 ₹1 Lakh to ₹2 Lakhs per year for Security Guard and ₹13 Lakhs to ₹15 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Development Analyst.
What is the notice period for Software Engineer at Cognizant?
According to AmbitionBox, 32% of the Cognizant Software Engineers reported a notice period of 15 days or less, 28% reported a notice period of 2 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 10.8k responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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