Cognizant Jobs

Cognizant
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Cognizant products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cognizant over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Cognizant Technology Solutions.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 708 883 911
Rank change year-on-year +175 +28 +217
Permanent jobs citing Cognizant 1 29 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.028% 0.052%
As % of the Vendors category 0.005% 0.079% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £59,625
25th Percentile - - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.47%
75th Percentile - - £105,000
90th Percentile - - £185,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £170,000
% change year-on-year - - +486.21%

All Vendors
UK

Cognizant falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,055 36,622 40,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 39.80% 35.46% 41.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,937 24,877 23,438
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,863 £45,673 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.80% -8.66% +5.26%

Cognizant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cognizant as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cognizant in the UK

Cognizant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cognizant.

Salary trend for Cognizant in the UK

Cognizant
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognizant within the UK over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +185 1 - - 46
England +130 1 - - 46
South West +103 1 - - 3

Cognizant
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory