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.
The data is processed and updated on a weekly basis so the rankings may change over time during the year. Want to play around with the dataset yourself? You can download the complete salary dataset here.
| # | Role | Median Salary in 2025 | n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sales Engineer | $ 240,000 | 6 | Details |
| 2 | Site Reliability Engineer | $ 186,000 | 6 | Details |
| 3 | Security Architect | $ 181,514 | 38 | Details |
| 4 | Vulnerability Management Analyst | $ 178,400 | 6 | Details |
| 5 | Systems Engineer | $ 175,000 | 8 | Details |
| 6 | Information Security Officer | $ 174,000 | 12 | Details |
| 7 | Solutions Engineer | $ 169,587 | 6 | Details |
| 8 | Cyber Security | $ 167,000 | 8 | Details |
| 9 | Solutions Architect | $ 165,600 | 8 | Details |
| 10 | Manager | $ 165,245 | 54 | Details |
| 11 | DevSecOps | $ 164,000 | 12 | Details |
| 12 | Program Manager | $ 157,800 | 10 | Details |
| 13 | DevSecOps Engineer | $ 149,425 | 22 | Details |
| 14 | Security Researcher | $ 147,700 | 12 | Details |
| 15 | Compliance Specialist | $ 147,500 | 6 | Details |
| 16 | Security Engineer | $ 147,500 | 224 | Details |
| 17 | Consultant | $ 137,500 | 38 | Details |
| 18 | Software Engineer | $ 135,854 | 36 | Details |
| 19 | Security Operations Engineer | $ 135,482 | 26 | Details |
| 20 | Information Security Specialist | $ 131,740 | 6 | Details |
| 21 | Penetration Tester | $ 129,000 | 12 | Details |
| 22 | Detection Engineer | $ 123,900 | 10 | Details |
| 23 | Network Engineer | $ 123,050 | 8 | Details |
| 24 | Firewall Engineer | $ 120,465 | 6 | Details |
| 25 | Security Consultant | $ 120,000 | 8 | Details |
| 26 | Privacy Manager | $ 119,500 | 6 | Details |
| 27 | Compliance Analyst | $ 114,900 | 14 | Details |
| 28 | Incident Response Analyst | $ 113,900 | 8 | Details |
| 29 | Security Specialist | $ 112,606 | 28 | Details |
| 30 | Security Analyst | $ 112,000 | 102 | Details |
| 31 | Vulnerability Management Engineer | $ 110,000 | 6 | Details |
| 32 | Cyber Security Specialist | $ 105,000 | 10 | Details |
| 33 | Privacy Officer | $ 103,755 | 6 | Details |
| 34 | Systems Administrator | $ 100,000 | 12 | Details |
| 35 | Threat Intelligence Analyst | $ 99,625 | 10 | Details |
| 36 | Security Administrator | $ 97,000 | 14 | Details |
| 37 | IAM Engineer | $ 95,485 | 8 | Details |
| 38 | Security Operations Analyst | $ 82,974 | 8 | Details |
| 39 | SOC Analyst | $ 76,260 | 6 | Details |
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