SOC Engineer Salary in 2023

💰 The median SOC Engineer Salary in 2023 is USD 131,300

✏️ This salary info is based on 5 individual salaries reported during 2023

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Salary details

The average SOC Engineer salary lies between USD 83,900 and USD 170,200 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
SOC Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2023
Sample size
5
Top 10%
$ 269,100
Top 25%
$ 170,200
Median
$ 131,300
Bottom 25%
$ 83,900
Bottom 10%
$ 75,577

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

Last updated: May 19, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for SOC Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with SOC Engineer job listings are SOC, SIEM and Cloud. 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:

SOC | 26 jobs SIEM | 20 jobs Cloud | 16 jobs Incident response | 15 jobs Monitoring | 13 jobs AWS | 12 jobs Linux | 11 jobs Automation | 10 jobs GCP | 10 jobs Forensics | 9 jobs EDR | 9 jobs Threat intelligence | 8 jobs Firewalls | 8 jobs Malware | 8 jobs Network security | 7 jobs Python | 7 jobs Threat detection | 6 jobs Analytics | 6 jobs TCP/IP | 6 jobs Windows | 6 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for SOC Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with SOC Engineer job listings are Team events, Career development and Startup environment. 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:

Team events | 18 jobs Career development | 13 jobs Startup environment | 9 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Flex vacation | 6 jobs Health care | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Equity | 3 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs

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