Cyber Security Engineer Salary in 2022

💰 The median Cyber Security Engineer Salary in 2022 is USD 99,859

✏️ This salary info is based on 17 individual salaries reported during 2022

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Salary details

The average Cyber Security Engineer salary lies between USD 85,000 and USD 150,000 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.

Job title
Cyber Security Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2022
Sample size
17
Top 10%
$ 175,000
Top 25%
$ 150,000
Median
$ 99,859
Bottom 25%
$ 85,000
Bottom 10%
$ 39,925

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: May 19, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Cyber Security Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Security Engineer job listings are Cloud, Compliance and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2022 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 63 jobs Compliance | 40 jobs CISSP | 38 jobs SIEM | 36 jobs Monitoring | 36 jobs Automation | 33 jobs Vulnerabilities | 32 jobs Firewalls | 30 jobs Computer Science | 30 jobs Python | 29 jobs Incident response | 27 jobs AWS | 26 jobs Linux | 26 jobs Clearance | 25 jobs Azure | 24 jobs NIST | 22 jobs Scripting | 22 jobs Strategy | 20 jobs Windows | 20 jobs IDS | 18 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cyber Security Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cyber Security Engineer job listings are Health care, Career development and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2022 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Health care | 36 jobs Career development | 32 jobs Team events | 23 jobs Flex hours | 21 jobs Competitive pay | 20 jobs Insurance | 18 jobs Startup environment | 17 jobs Flex vacation | 16 jobs 401(k) matching | 12 jobs Medical leave | 10 jobs Equity | 9 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Wellness | 5 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 3 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 3 jobs Lunch / meals | 2 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs

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Cyber Security Engineer @ $ 99,929 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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