Detection Engineer Salary in 2022

💰 The median Detection Engineer Salary in 2022 is USD 200,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 21 individual salaries reported during 2022

Submit your salary Download the data

Salary details

The average Detection Engineer salary lies between USD 160,080 and USD 240,000 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
Detection Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2022
Sample size
21
Top 10%
$ 284,000
Top 25%
$ 240,000
Median
$ 200,000
Bottom 25%
$ 160,080
Bottom 10%
$ 135,000

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

Last updated: May 5, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Detection Engineer job listings are Incident response, Cloud and Threat detection. 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:

Incident response | 45 jobs Cloud | 45 jobs Threat detection | 36 jobs Python | 33 jobs Splunk | 32 jobs Linux | 32 jobs SIEM | 29 jobs Automation | 29 jobs Monitoring | 26 jobs Scripting | 26 jobs Windows | 24 jobs Computer Science | 23 jobs EDR | 22 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 19 jobs Malware | 18 jobs AWS | 18 jobs Analytics | 13 jobs PowerShell | 13 jobs TTPs | 12 jobs GCIH | 12 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Detection Engineer job listings are Health care, Career development and Equity. 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 | 27 jobs Career development | 24 jobs Equity | 22 jobs Team events | 21 jobs 401(k) matching | 20 jobs Competitive pay | 15 jobs Startup environment | 14 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs

Related salaries

Detection Engineer @ $ 200,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Detection Engineer @ $ 160,080 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Detection Engineer @ $ 200,000 (United States) Details
Detection Engineer @ $ 200,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details

Want to contribute?

📝 Submit your salary info

Enter your own salary data for the current or past work year. It's quite simple and doesn't take more than a minute to fill out.

Go to salary survey

📢 Share our salary survey

Share our "in-less-than-a-minute survey" with others working in the field of InfoSec / Cybersecurity. The more data we have the better for everyone.

💾 Download the data

All collected information will be updated into a public dataset regularly and provided as a download free for anyone to use.

Go to download page

🚀 Search for jobs & talent

If you're thinking about a career change or want to hire fresh talent quickly check out the jobs page.

Go to frontpage

About this project

We collect salary information anonymously from professionals and employers all over the world and make it publicly available for anyone to use, share and play around with.

Our goal is to have open salary data for everyone. So newbies, experienced pros, hiring managers, recruiters and also startup founders or people wanting to switch careers can make better decisions.