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Cognizant Software Engineer Salaries in India (Updated 2025)

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Engineering - Software & QA IT & Information Security Customer Success, Service & Operations Data Science & Analytics + 6 more
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Software Engineer

0 - 7 years exp. (16.5k salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹14.7 L/yr

Data Engineer

0 - 7 years exp. (2.2k salaries)
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₹3.7 L/yr - ₹15.1 L/yr

Senior Test Analyst

2 - 13 years exp. (1.9k salaries)
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₹5.4 L/yr - ₹15.2 L/yr

Automation Test Engineer

0 - 8 years exp. (1.9k salaries)
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₹2.2 L/yr - ₹12.7 L/yr

Senior Process Executive Data

1 - 7 years exp. (1.8k salaries)
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₹2 L/yr - ₹7.5 L/yr

Service Delivery Manager

9 - 21 years exp. (1.7k salaries)
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₹9.5 L/yr - ₹35 L/yr

1 job opening

Infra Technology Specialist

5 - 16 years exp. (1.7k salaries)
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₹9.3 L/yr - ₹26.4 L/yr

Quality Analyst

0 - 8 years exp. (1.6k salaries)
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₹1.8 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr

Senior Infra Developer

2 - 8 years exp. (1.5k salaries)
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₹6 L/yr - ₹17 L/yr

Senior Business Analyst

0 - 13 years exp. (1.5k salaries)
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₹7.5 L/yr - ₹26 L/yr

Associate Director

14 - 26 years exp. (1.5k salaries)
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₹20 L/yr - ₹58 L/yr

Associate Consultant

1 - 8 years exp. (1.5k salaries)
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₹3.8 L/yr - ₹16 L/yr

Test Engineer

1 - 7 years exp. (1.4k salaries)
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₹2.5 L/yr - ₹12 L/yr

1 job opening

Program Analyst

0 - 4 years exp. (1.4k salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹8 L/yr

Senior System Executive

0 - 4 years exp. (1.4k salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹6.8 L/yr

Senior Analyst

1 - 10 years exp. (1.3k salaries)
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₹5.6 L/yr - ₹17.3 L/yr

Associate Engineer

1 - 8 years exp. (1.2k salaries)
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₹4.6 L/yr - ₹17 L/yr

Technical Architect

10 - 19 years exp. (1.2k salaries)
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₹15 L/yr - ₹42 L/yr

Analyst

1 - 11 years exp. (1.2k salaries)
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₹2.2 L/yr - ₹10.6 L/yr

1 job opening

Technology Architect

10 - 20 years exp. (1.2k salaries)
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₹14 L/yr - ₹40 L/yr

Technology Specialist

6 - 16 years exp. (1.1k salaries)
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₹7.4 L/yr - ₹27 L/yr

Last Updated: 4 Jan, 2025

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I have the following offers and confused to choose one. Exp: 6.8 Java backend dev cognizant - 25 lpa (24 fixed) Epam - 28 fixed Citi - 30 fixed If i ask epam with citi offer they will increase their offer, but my question is that worth negotiating with them? Please give you suggestions. My Last working day is 31 March 2025.
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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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Compensation and pay structure

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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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  • Promotions - Poor
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