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Security Specialist Salary in 2022
💰 The median Security Specialist Salary in 2022 is USD 146,800
✏️ This salary info is based on 21 individual salaries reported during 2022
Salary details
The average Security Specialist salary lies between USD 92,400 and USD 177,600 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.
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- Security Specialist
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2022
- Sample size
- 21
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated: May 19, 2024Salary trend
Top 20 Job Tags for Security Specialist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Cloud and Vulnerabilities. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2022 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Compliance | 132 jobs Cloud | 101 jobs Vulnerabilities | 70 jobs Audits | 69 jobs Monitoring | 66 jobs Privacy | 62 jobs NIST | 57 jobs Incident response | 53 jobs AWS | 51 jobs Risk assessment | 46 jobs CISSP | 46 jobs Computer Science | 46 jobs Application security | 44 jobs Strategy | 43 jobs Automation | 42 jobs ISO 27001 | 42 jobs Risk management | 42 jobs Network security | 39 jobs Vulnerability management | 39 jobs Security assessment | 39 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Specialist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2022 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 139 jobs Health care | 84 jobs Team events | 84 jobs Flex hours | 61 jobs Startup environment | 53 jobs Flex vacation | 49 jobs Competitive pay | 42 jobs Salary bonus | 36 jobs Equity | 32 jobs 401(k) matching | 27 jobs Conferences | 24 jobs Insurance | 24 jobs Parental leave | 23 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 17 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Fitness / gym | 10 jobs Home office stipend | 10 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Yoga | 9 jobs Signing bonus | 8 jobsWant to contribute?
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