IT Security Engineer Salary in 2022

💰 The median IT Security Engineer Salary in 2022 is USD 130,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 5 individual salaries reported during 2022

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Salary details

The average IT Security Engineer salary lies between USD 101,000 and USD 145,000 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
IT Security Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2022
Sample size
5
Top 10%
$ 150,000
Top 25%
$ 145,000
Median
$ 130,000
Bottom 25%
$ 101,000
Bottom 10%
$ 28,368

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 IT Security Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with IT Security Engineer job listings are Cloud, Windows and Vulnerabilities. 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 | 25 jobs Windows | 19 jobs Vulnerabilities | 17 jobs Compliance | 16 jobs Monitoring | 14 jobs AWS | 13 jobs Linux | 13 jobs Automation | 11 jobs Network security | 10 jobs Incident response | 10 jobs Firewalls | 10 jobs Azure | 10 jobs ISO 27001 | 10 jobs Python | 10 jobs SIEM | 9 jobs SaaS | 9 jobs Computer Science | 9 jobs IT infrastructure | 9 jobs NIST | 8 jobs Privacy | 8 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for IT Security Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with IT Security Engineer job listings are Career development, Competitive pay 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 | 21 jobs Competitive pay | 10 jobs Health care | 7 jobs Team events | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Fertility benefits | 5 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Equity | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Yoga | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Paid sabbatical | 1 jobs

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