Information Security Specialist Salary in 2022

💰 The median Information Security Specialist Salary in 2022 is USD 91,407

✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2022

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Salary details

The average Information Security Specialist salary lies between USD 63,040 and USD 112,000 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
Information Security Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2022
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 150,000
Top 25%
$ 112,000
Median
$ 91,407
Bottom 25%
$ 63,040
Bottom 10%
$ 53,770

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 Information Security Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Information Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Risk assessment and Monitoring. 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:

Compliance | 37 jobs Risk assessment | 20 jobs Monitoring | 19 jobs Incident response | 18 jobs Audits | 17 jobs Privacy | 17 jobs NIST | 16 jobs Governance | 16 jobs ISO 27001 | 15 jobs Vulnerability management | 14 jobs Risk management | 14 jobs Cloud | 14 jobs Agile | 13 jobs CISSP | 12 jobs Strategy | 11 jobs TTPs | 10 jobs CISM | 9 jobs GDPR | 7 jobs SOC 2 | 7 jobs CISA | 7 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Information Security Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Information Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Team events and Health care. 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:

Career development | 20 jobs Team events | 20 jobs Health care | 15 jobs Flex vacation | 13 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Competitive pay | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Equity | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 5 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs

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