Security Specialist Salary in 2024

💰 The median Security Specialist Salary in 2024 is USD 106,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 32 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Security Specialist salary lies between USD 86,000 and USD 138,000 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
2024
Sample size
32
Top 10%
$ 155,000
Top 25%
$ 138,000
Median
$ 106,000
Bottom 25%
$ 86,000
Bottom 10%
$ 66,000

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

Last updated: April 14, 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 Vulnerabilities. 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 | 153 jobs Cloud | 118 jobs Vulnerabilities | 107 jobs Monitoring | 96 jobs CISSP | 88 jobs Risk assessment | 75 jobs Audits | 74 jobs Risk management | 73 jobs Computer Science | 65 jobs Incident response | 64 jobs NIST | 64 jobs SIEM | 63 jobs Governance | 61 jobs Network security | 59 jobs Firewalls | 59 jobs Azure | 52 jobs AWS | 51 jobs SOC | 51 jobs Clearance | 47 jobs Vulnerability management | 46 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, 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 | 151 jobs Health care | 87 jobs Flex hours | 86 jobs Team events | 76 jobs Competitive pay | 60 jobs Startup environment | 53 jobs Equity | 48 jobs Flex vacation | 38 jobs Salary bonus | 32 jobs Insurance | 31 jobs Parental leave | 27 jobs 401(k) matching | 23 jobs Medical leave | 22 jobs Wellness | 21 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs Flexible spending account | 11 jobs Conferences | 9 jobs Home office stipend | 9 jobs Gear | 8 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs

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