Detection Engineer Salary in 2023

💰 The median Detection Engineer Salary in 2023 is USD 193,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 10 individual salaries reported during 2023

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Salary details

The average Detection Engineer salary lies between USD 160,000 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
2023
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 275,000
Top 25%
$ 240,000
Median
$ 193,500
Bottom 25%
$ 160,000
Bottom 10%
$ 90,000

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 Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Detection Engineer job listings are Incident response, Cloud and SIEM. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Incident response | 36 jobs Cloud | 33 jobs SIEM | 30 jobs Threat detection | 29 jobs Automation | 27 jobs Splunk | 26 jobs Malware | 23 jobs AWS | 23 jobs Monitoring | 23 jobs Threat intelligence | 21 jobs Python | 21 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 20 jobs Azure | 19 jobs EDR | 19 jobs SaaS | 17 jobs Linux | 17 jobs Windows | 17 jobs IDS | 16 jobs Forensics | 16 jobs GCP | 16 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 Career development, Health care and Equity. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 31 jobs Health care | 29 jobs Equity | 23 jobs Team events | 22 jobs Flex hours | 20 jobs Flex vacation | 17 jobs Parental leave | 15 jobs Competitive pay | 14 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Salary bonus | 14 jobs 401(k) matching | 13 jobs Insurance | 13 jobs Startup environment | 10 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Conferences | 6 jobs Relocation support | 6 jobs Home office stipend | 4 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 4 jobs Gear | 3 jobs

Related salaries

Detection Engineer @ $ 193,500 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Detection Engineer @ $ 235,000 (United States) Details

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