Security Specialist Salary in 2023

💰 The median Security Specialist Salary in 2023 is USD 85,425

✏️ This salary info is based on 42 individual salaries reported during 2023

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Salary details

The average Security Specialist salary lies between USD 60,000 and USD 120,000 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 Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2023
Sample size
42
Top 10%
$ 155,000
Top 25%
$ 120,000
Median
$ 85,425
Bottom 25%
$ 60,000
Bottom 10%
$ 55,368

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 Specialist roles

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

Compliance | 217 jobs Cloud | 135 jobs Monitoring | 126 jobs Vulnerabilities | 115 jobs Risk management | 115 jobs CISSP | 112 jobs Computer Science | 103 jobs NIST | 91 jobs Incident response | 90 jobs Audits | 86 jobs Risk assessment | 81 jobs Automation | 81 jobs Privacy | 75 jobs Firewalls | 73 jobs Governance | 73 jobs SOC | 73 jobs Linux | 70 jobs CISM | 69 jobs Clearance | 69 jobs Azure | 68 jobs

Top 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, Team events and Flex hours. 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 | 216 jobs Team events | 167 jobs Flex hours | 130 jobs Health care | 109 jobs Startup environment | 95 jobs Competitive pay | 94 jobs Equity | 69 jobs Flex vacation | 56 jobs Insurance | 47 jobs Parental leave | 45 jobs Medical leave | 42 jobs Salary bonus | 35 jobs 401(k) matching | 32 jobs Conferences | 31 jobs Wellness | 26 jobs Home office stipend | 24 jobs Fitness / gym | 16 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs Gear | 13 jobs Transparency | 11 jobs

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Security Specialist @ $ 57,850 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Specialist @ $ 105,481 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Specialist @ $ 71,912 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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Security Specialist @ $ 77,925 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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