Salary for Entry-level / Junior SOC Analyst during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior SOC Analyst during 2024 is USD 75,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 35 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior SOC Analyst salary lies between USD 66,000 and USD 90,000 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
SOC Analyst
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
35
Top 10%
$ 138,000
Top 25%
$ 90,000
Median
$ 75,000
Bottom 25%
$ 66,000
Bottom 10%
$ 48,817

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 Entry-level / Junior SOC Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior SOC Analyst job listings are SOC, Monitoring and SIEM. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

SOC | 95 jobs Monitoring | 70 jobs SIEM | 65 jobs Incident response | 55 jobs Firewalls | 48 jobs Cloud | 48 jobs IDS | 36 jobs Malware | 34 jobs Windows | 34 jobs EDR | 31 jobs IPS | 29 jobs Linux | 28 jobs Threat intelligence | 27 jobs Vulnerabilities | 27 jobs Splunk | 24 jobs Intrusion detection | 22 jobs Network security | 20 jobs Clearance | 20 jobs CISSP | 19 jobs Python | 19 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior SOC Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior SOC Analyst job listings are Team events, Career development and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Team events | 61 jobs Career development | 43 jobs Health care | 33 jobs Competitive pay | 25 jobs Flex hours | 16 jobs Startup environment | 14 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Equity | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Home office stipend | 8 jobs Fertility benefits | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Flat hierarchy | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs

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