The Global InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index for 2025 💰📊
See below our global salary index in 2025 for roles in the InfoSec / Cybersecurity space based on internal data (survey submissions + jobs with open salaries). Salary data is in USD and recalculated at its average fx rate during the year for salaries entered in other currencies.
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| # | Role | Median Salary in 2025 | n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Director of Security | $ 208,000 | 19 | Details |
| 2 | Head of Security | $ 205,316 | 24 | Details |
| 3 | Director Information Security | $ 203,000 | 5 | Details |
| 4 | Machine Learning Engineer | $ 202,650 | 14 | Details |
| 5 | CISO | $ 200,000 | 25 | Details |
| 6 | IT Director | $ 200,000 | 13 | Details |
| 7 | Director of Information Technology | $ 191,860 | 8 | Details |
| 8 | Cyber Security Project Engineer | $ 185,000 | 6 | Details |
| 9 | Solutions Architect | $ 183,498 | 125 | Details |
| 10 | Director of IT | $ 182,500 | 6 | Details |
| 11 | Threat Researcher | $ 181,500 | 18 | Details |
| 12 | Technical Targeting Analyst | $ 181,000 | 10 | Details |
| 13 | Privacy Engineer | $ 180,000 | 26 | Details |
| 14 | Cyber Architect | $ 174,100 | 10 | Details |
| 15 | Detection & Response Engineer | $ 171,606 | 5 | Details |
| 16 | Site Reliability Engineer | $ 171,140 | 34 | Details |
| 17 | Security Controls Assessor | $ 170,000 | 12 | Details |
| 18 | Product Manager | $ 169,630 | 86 | Details |
| 19 | Sales Engineer | $ 169,500 | 114 | Details |
| 20 | Security Manager | $ 169,200 | 24 | Details |
| 21 | Security Researcher | $ 169,000 | 64 | Details |
| 22 | Systems Architect | $ 167,922 | 26 | Details |
| 23 | Security Lead | $ 167,000 | 28 | Details |
| 24 | Professional Services Consultant | $ 165,750 | 10 | Details |
| 25 | Resident Engineer | $ 165,750 | 6 | Details |
| 26 | Vulnerability Researcher | $ 165,700 | 22 | Details |
| 27 | Cyber Incident Response Attorney | $ 165,000 | 16 | Details |
| 28 | SecOps Engineer | $ 164,800 | 6 | Details |
| 29 | Principal Engineer | $ 164,400 | 76 | Details |
| 30 | Cloud Engineer | $ 163,250 | 52 | Details |
| 31 | Security Architect | $ 163,019 | 416 | Details |
| 32 | Program Manager | $ 162,600 | 307 | Details |
| 33 | Customer Success Engineer | $ 162,500 | 6 | Details |
| 34 | Splunk Engineer | $ 161,462 | 24 | Details |
| 35 | Cyber Range Engineer | $ 160,000 | 10 | Details |
| 36 | Penetration Testing Engineer | $ 159,730 | 12 | Details |
| 37 | Manager | $ 159,423 | 1122 | Details |
| 38 | IT Operations Manager | $ 159,423 | 6 | Details |
| 39 | SOC Lead | $ 159,166 | 10 | Details |
| 40 | Risk Manager | $ 157,650 | 30 | Details |
| 41 | Threat Hunter | $ 156,925 | 22 | Details |
| 42 | Information Assurance Analyst | $ 156,700 | 8 | Details |
| 43 | Software Engineer | $ 156,700 | 637 | Details |
| 44 | Security Sales Specialist | $ 155,334 | 6 | Details |
| 45 | Cloud Architect | $ 155,203 | 32 | Details |
| 46 | Solution Architect | $ 155,100 | 48 | Details |
| 47 | Information Security Officer | $ 155,000 | 131 | Details |
| 48 | Solutions Engineer | $ 152,113 | 54 | Details |
| 49 | Cyber Security Lead | $ 151,551 | 14 | Details |
| 50 | Data Scientist | $ 151,525 | 32 | Details |
| 51 | GRC Specialist | $ 151,150 | 12 | Details |
| 52 | Security Operations Lead | $ 150,700 | 10 | Details |
| 53 | Technical Account Manager | $ 150,000 | 22 | Details |
| 54 | Security Engineer | $ 150,000 | 3096 | Details |
| 55 | Detection Engineer | $ 150,000 | 81 | Details |
| 56 | IAM Architect | $ 150,000 | 7 | Details |
| 57 | Security Operations Center Manager | $ 149,700 | 10 | Details |
| 58 | DevSecOps | $ 147,863 | 96 | Details |
| 59 | Automation Engineer | $ 147,741 | 26 | Details |
| 60 | DevOps Engineer | $ 146,100 | 88 | Details |
| 61 | Security Operations Engineer | $ 145,480 | 102 | Details |
| 62 | SIEM Engineer | $ 145,000 | 6 | Details |
| 63 | Platform Engineer | $ 144,705 | 58 | Details |
| 64 | Systems Engineer | $ 144,500 | 501 | Details |
| 65 | SOC Manager | $ 144,050 | 18 | Details |
| 66 | Manager Information Security | $ 141,519 | 10 | Details |
| 67 | Information Systems Security Manager | $ 141,292 | 68 | Details |
| 68 | Enterprise Architect | $ 141,197 | 22 | Details |
| 69 | Vulnerability Analyst | $ 140,850 | 26 | Details |
| 70 | Full Stack Developer | $ 140,750 | 14 | Details |
| 71 | Information System Security Manager | $ 140,700 | 80 | Details |
| 72 | Compliance Manager | $ 140,000 | 70 | Details |
| 73 | Threat Intelligence Lead | $ 140,000 | 10 | Details |
| 74 | Security Expert | $ 140,000 | 6 | Details |
| 75 | Software Development Engineer | $ 139,650 | 14 | Details |
| 76 | Incident Response Lead | $ 139,469 | 6 | Details |
| 77 | Information Assurance Engineer | $ 139,189 | 26 | Details |
| 78 | Reverse Engineer | $ 138,850 | 76 | Details |
| 79 | Lead Analyst | $ 138,796 | 16 | Details |
| 80 | IT Manager | $ 138,715 | 66 | Details |
| 81 | Consultant | $ 138,500 | 300 | Details |
| 82 | Database Engineer | $ 138,392 | 14 | Details |
| 83 | Penetration Tester | $ 138,000 | 123 | Details |
| 84 | Incident Response Engineer | $ 137,500 | 20 | Details |
| 85 | DevSecOps Engineer | $ 137,101 | 250 | Details |
| 86 | Security Control Assessor | $ 136,750 | 42 | Details |
| 87 | IT Audit Manager | $ 136,500 | 28 | Details |
| 88 | Technical Writer | $ 136,500 | 14 | Details |
| 89 | Cyber Intelligence Analyst | $ 135,900 | 30 | Details |
| 90 | Malware Analyst | $ 135,325 | 6 | Details |
| 91 | IAM Engineer | $ 135,000 | 56 | Details |
| 92 | Red Team Operator | $ 135,000 | 11 | Details |
| 93 | Project Manager | $ 132,800 | 82 | Details |
| 94 | Test Engineer | $ 132,712 | 66 | Details |
| 95 | Threat Intelligence Specialist | $ 132,000 | 6 | Details |
| 96 | Technical Lead | $ 132,000 | 20 | Details |
| 97 | Threat Analyst | $ 131,852 | 48 | Details |
| 98 | Compliance Officer | $ 131,258 | 32 | Details |
| 99 | PKI Engineer | $ 131,000 | 8 | Details |
| 100 | Cyber Security Manager | $ 130,669 | 26 | Details |
| 101 | Cyber Engineer | $ 130,000 | 83 | Details |
| 102 | Network Engineer | $ 130,000 | 205 | Details |
| 103 | Director of Information Security | $ 130,000 | 8 | Details |
| 104 | System Engineer | $ 129,300 | 38 | Details |
| 105 | Security Developer | $ 128,000 | 16 | Details |
| 106 | Electronic Warfare Engineer | $ 127,000 | 14 | Details |
| 107 | Isso | $ 126,100 | 36 | Details |
| 108 | Account Executive | $ 125,000 | 14 | Details |
| 109 | Associate | $ 124,400 | 216 | Details |
| 110 | Cyber Security | $ 124,150 | 240 | Details |
| 111 | Insider Threat Investigator | $ 123,550 | 6 | Details |
| 112 | Insider Threat Analyst | $ 123,250 | 30 | Details |
| 113 | Software Developer | $ 123,100 | 70 | Details |
| 114 | Infrastructure Engineer | $ 122,200 | 64 | Details |
| 115 | Systems Integration Engineer | $ 121,127 | 10 | Details |
| 116 | Cyber Analyst | $ 121,100 | 40 | Details |
| 117 | Privacy Officer | $ 120,900 | 36 | Details |
| 118 | Information Security Manager | $ 120,000 | 35 | Details |
| 119 | Incident Response Analyst | $ 120,000 | 71 | Details |
| 120 | SOAR Engineer | $ 117,900 | 8 | Details |
| 121 | Vulnerability Management Analyst | $ 117,500 | 30 | Details |
| 122 | GRC Analyst | $ 117,498 | 53 | Details |
| 123 | Data Engineer | $ 117,000 | 36 | Details |
| 124 | Digital Network Exploitation Analyst | $ 116,950 | 30 | Details |
| 125 | SOC Engineer | $ 116,645 | 8 | Details |
| 126 | Splunk Administrator | $ 116,100 | 6 | Details |
| 127 | Incident Responder | $ 116,059 | 22 | Details |
| 128 | CyberArk Engineer | $ 115,750 | 8 | Details |
| 129 | Firewall Engineer | $ 115,050 | 34 | Details |
| 130 | Data Analyst | $ 115,000 | 20 | Details |
| 131 | Customer Success Manager | $ 115,000 | 10 | Details |
| 132 | Analyst | $ 114,000 | 706 | Details |
| 133 | Cyber Risk Analyst | $ 113,000 | 13 | Details |
| 134 | Systems Analyst | $ 112,550 | 16 | Details |
| 135 | Information Security Lead | $ 112,500 | 6 | Details |
| 136 | Information Security Specialist | $ 112,140 | 84 | Details |
| 137 | Systems Administrator | $ 112,000 | 351 | Details |
| 138 | Digital Forensic Analyst | $ 112,000 | 10 | Details |
| 139 | Product Support Engineer | $ 111,000 | 6 | Details |
| 140 | Cyber Mission Specialist | $ 110,800 | 8 | Details |
| 141 | Security Operations Specialist | $ 110,550 | 16 | Details |
| 142 | Security Consultant | $ 110,000 | 82 | Details |
| 143 | Security Specialist | $ 110,000 | 226 | Details |
| 144 | Security Operations Analyst | $ 110,000 | 56 | Details |
| 145 | System Administrator | $ 109,625 | 114 | Details |
| 146 | Compliance Specialist | $ 109,000 | 53 | Details |
| 147 | Cyber Threat Analyst | $ 108,260 | 20 | Details |
| 148 | Technical Support Engineer | $ 108,000 | 18 | Details |
| 149 | Vulnerability Management Engineer | $ 107,430 | 22 | Details |
| 150 | Compliance Analyst | $ 105,856 | 120 | Details |
| 151 | Risk Analyst | $ 105,820 | 36 | Details |
| 152 | Network Analyst | $ 105,807 | 12 | Details |
| 153 | Security Analyst | $ 105,409 | 1348 | Details |
| 154 | Threat Intelligence Analyst | $ 105,031 | 74 | Details |
| 155 | Information Assurance Specialist | $ 104,200 | 10 | Details |
| 156 | Incident Handler | $ 104,000 | 8 | Details |
| 157 | Privacy Manager | $ 102,500 | 20 | Details |
| 158 | Information Security Risk Specialist | $ 101,125 | 22 | Details |
| 159 | Cyber Defense Analyst | $ 100,900 | 16 | Details |
| 160 | Incident Response Manager | $ 100,043 | 12 | Details |
| 161 | QA Engineer | $ 100,000 | 5 | Details |
| 162 | Product Security Lead | $ 100,000 | 12 | Details |
| 163 | IT Auditor | $ 100,000 | 50 | Details |
| 164 | Information Security Systems Manager | $ 99,346 | 18 | Details |
| 165 | Security Operations Manager | $ 98,300 | 18 | Details |
| 166 | IAM Analyst | $ 98,200 | 6 | Details |
| 167 | IT Support Specialist | $ 97,750 | 6 | Details |
| 168 | Cyber Operations Analyst | $ 95,300 | 6 | Details |
| 169 | Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst | $ 95,000 | 19 | Details |
| 170 | OSINT Analyst | $ 92,500 | 8 | Details |
| 171 | Network Administrator | $ 92,000 | 37 | Details |
| 172 | Business Analyst | $ 91,875 | 16 | Details |
| 173 | Intelligence Analyst | $ 91,750 | 66 | Details |
| 174 | Security Administrator | $ 90,100 | 84 | Details |
| 175 | IT Internal Auditor | $ 89,950 | 12 | Details |
| 176 | Cyber Security Specialist | $ 88,000 | 56 | Details |
| 177 | IT Specialist | $ 87,600 | 10 | Details |
| 178 | Internal Auditor | $ 87,450 | 12 | Details |
| 179 | Cyber Network Defense Analyst | $ 83,575 | 10 | Details |
| 180 | Incident Response Specialist | $ 82,278 | 22 | Details |
| 181 | Pentester | $ 76,700 | 9 | Details |
| 182 | SOC Analyst | $ 73,020 | 136 | Details |
| 183 | Dev Security Operations | $ 72,000 | 12 | Details |
| 184 | Sales Development Representative | $ 57,500 | 12 | Details |
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