Security Consultant Salary in 2024

💰 The median Security Consultant Salary in 2024 is USD 130,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 95 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Security Consultant salary lies between USD 99,000 and USD 155,000 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 Consultant
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
95
Top 10%
$ 161,000
Top 25%
$ 155,000
Median
$ 130,000
Bottom 25%
$ 99,000
Bottom 10%
$ 65,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: July 21, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Security Consultant roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Consultant job listings are Cloud, Compliance and Computer Science. 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:

Cloud | 282 jobs Compliance | 203 jobs Computer Science | 183 jobs NIST | 172 jobs CISSP | 169 jobs Risk management | 147 jobs Incident response | 134 jobs Azure | 128 jobs Strategy | 125 jobs ISO 27001 | 120 jobs Risk assessment | 119 jobs CISM | 112 jobs Pentesting | 110 jobs Vulnerabilities | 109 jobs Governance | 108 jobs Monitoring | 108 jobs GCP | 104 jobs Privacy | 100 jobs AWS | 98 jobs Audits | 97 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Consultant roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Consultant job listings are Career development, Flex hours 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:

Career development | 277 jobs Flex hours | 148 jobs Health care | 123 jobs Team events | 123 jobs Competitive pay | 110 jobs Equity / stock options | 88 jobs Salary bonus | 60 jobs Startup environment | 53 jobs Flex vacation | 37 jobs Insurance | 29 jobs Conferences | 25 jobs Medical leave | 25 jobs Parental leave | 24 jobs Home office stipend | 24 jobs 401(k) matching | 15 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Travel | 9 jobs Relocation support | 9 jobs Flat hierarchy | 6 jobs Fitness / gym | 6 jobs

Related salaries

Security Consultant @ $ 140,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Security Consultant @ $ 148,614 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Security Consultant @ $ 66,875 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Consultant @ $ 147,594 (Australia) Details

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