Security Lead Salary in 2024

💰 The median Security Lead Salary in 2024 is USD 123,350

✏️ This salary info is based on 42 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Security Lead salary lies between USD 70,106 and USD 179,000 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 Lead
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
42
Top 10%
$ 227,000
Top 25%
$ 179,000
Median
$ 123,350
Bottom 25%
$ 70,106
Bottom 10%
$ 50,527

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 Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Lead job listings are Compliance, CISSP 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:

Compliance | 60 jobs CISSP | 42 jobs Monitoring | 36 jobs CISM | 35 jobs Incident response | 34 jobs Cloud | 34 jobs Strategy | 33 jobs Risk assessment | 29 jobs NIST | 28 jobs Risk management | 28 jobs Computer Science | 28 jobs Audits | 24 jobs Vulnerabilities | 24 jobs ISO 27001 | 20 jobs CISA | 20 jobs Governance | 20 jobs Pentesting | 19 jobs Vulnerability management | 18 jobs SIEM | 17 jobs Application security | 17 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Lead roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Lead 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 | 53 jobs Health care | 45 jobs Flex hours | 30 jobs Insurance | 26 jobs Flex vacation | 25 jobs Competitive pay | 23 jobs Team events | 20 jobs Medical leave | 19 jobs Parental leave | 18 jobs Salary bonus | 17 jobs Startup environment | 16 jobs Equity | 14 jobs 401(k) matching | 13 jobs Wellness | 11 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Home office stipend | 6 jobs Gear | 5 jobs Flat hierarchy | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs

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