Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Operations Engineer during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Operations Engineer during 2024 is USD 168,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 21 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Operations Engineer salary lies between USD 140,000 and USD 220,000 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
Security Operations Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
21
Top 10%
$ 272,000
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 168,000
Bottom 25%
$ 140,000
Bottom 10%
$ 120,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Security Operations Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Operations Engineer job listings are Incident response, Cloud and Monitoring. 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:

Incident response | 22 jobs Cloud | 22 jobs Monitoring | 19 jobs SIEM | 17 jobs Python | 15 jobs Computer Science | 13 jobs Vulnerabilities | 12 jobs Automation | 12 jobs AWS | 11 jobs Compliance | 11 jobs EDR | 11 jobs Scripting | 11 jobs SOC | 11 jobs Azure | 10 jobs Privacy | 10 jobs Forensics | 9 jobs Vulnerability management | 8 jobs IDS | 7 jobs Firewalls | 7 jobs Splunk | 7 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Security Operations Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Operations Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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:

Career development | 21 jobs Health care | 19 jobs Flex hours | 13 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Flex vacation | 12 jobs Competitive pay | 12 jobs Startup environment | 11 jobs Equity | 8 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs 401(k) matching | 7 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Gear | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs

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