Security Analyst Salary in 2023

💰 The median Security Analyst Salary in 2023 is USD 117,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 243 individual salaries reported during 2023

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Salary details

The average Security Analyst salary lies between USD 90,000 and USD 140,250 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 Analyst
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2023
Sample size
243
Top 10%
$ 178,250
Top 25%
$ 140,250
Median
$ 117,000
Bottom 25%
$ 90,000
Bottom 10%
$ 74,400

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 Security Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Analyst job listings are Monitoring, Cloud and Compliance. 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:

Monitoring | 503 jobs Cloud | 478 jobs Compliance | 451 jobs Incident response | 416 jobs SIEM | 393 jobs Vulnerabilities | 386 jobs Computer Science | 366 jobs SOC | 313 jobs CISSP | 306 jobs Windows | 288 jobs Firewalls | 275 jobs NIST | 260 jobs Linux | 254 jobs Audits | 216 jobs Risk management | 214 jobs IDS | 206 jobs Malware | 205 jobs AWS | 199 jobs Python | 198 jobs Scripting | 198 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Analyst 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 2023 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 483 jobs Team events | 401 jobs Health care | 363 jobs Flex hours | 262 jobs Startup environment | 205 jobs Equity | 204 jobs Competitive pay | 193 jobs Insurance | 175 jobs Flex vacation | 173 jobs Salary bonus | 168 jobs Parental leave | 115 jobs 401(k) matching | 100 jobs Wellness | 96 jobs Medical leave | 90 jobs Home office stipend | 54 jobs Gear | 41 jobs Fitness / gym | 38 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 27 jobs Relocation support | 24 jobs Conferences | 20 jobs

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