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Security Engineer Salary in 2024
💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in 2024 is USD 160,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 1172 individual salaries reported during 2024
Salary details
The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 124,000 and USD 205,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
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- Security Engineer
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2024
- Sample size
- 1172
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated: May 5, 2024Salary trend
Top 20 Job Tags for Security Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Engineer job listings are Cloud, Vulnerabilities and Compliance. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Cloud | 1752 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1115 jobs Compliance | 1096 jobs Computer Science | 1056 jobs Python | 1054 jobs AWS | 1020 jobs Automation | 912 jobs Monitoring | 741 jobs Incident response | 706 jobs Azure | 699 jobs Scripting | 684 jobs Application security | 658 jobs CISSP | 655 jobs Firewalls | 618 jobs Linux | 580 jobs Network security | 554 jobs Privacy | 554 jobs SIEM | 524 jobs NIST | 514 jobs GCP | 507 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 1466 jobs Health care | 1053 jobs Flex hours | 734 jobs Team events | 725 jobs Equity | 639 jobs Competitive pay | 603 jobs Flex vacation | 602 jobs Startup environment | 570 jobs Salary bonus | 501 jobs Insurance | 459 jobs Parental leave | 443 jobs Medical leave | 406 jobs 401(k) matching | 321 jobs Wellness | 306 jobs Home office stipend | 139 jobs Conferences | 86 jobs Relocation support | 82 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 79 jobs Gear | 78 jobs Fitness / gym | 75 jobsRelated salaries
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