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 | 21 | Details |
| 2 | Head of Security | $ 205,316 | 32 | Details |
| 3 | Head of Information Security | $ 205,000 | 6 | Details |
| 4 | Director Information Security | $ 203,000 | 5 | Details |
| 5 | Machine Learning Engineer | $ 202,650 | 14 | Details |
| 6 | IT Director | $ 200,000 | 13 | Details |
| 7 | CISO | $ 200,000 | 25 | Details |
| 8 | IT Security Team Lead | $ 195,000 | 6 | Details |
| 9 | Cyber Security Project Engineer | $ 185,000 | 6 | Details |
| 10 | Solutions Architect | $ 183,498 | 169 | Details |
| 11 | Privacy Engineer | $ 180,000 | 38 | Details |
| 12 | Data Architect | $ 177,949 | 8 | Details |
| 13 | Sales Engineer | $ 177,293 | 148 | Details |
| 14 | Product Manager | $ 176,800 | 126 | Details |
| 15 | Security Researcher | $ 176,000 | 92 | Details |
| 16 | Cyber Architect | $ 175,700 | 18 | Details |
| 17 | Threat Researcher | $ 175,500 | 20 | Details |
| 18 | Solution Architect | $ 175,124 | 56 | Details |
| 19 | Security Research Engineer | $ 175,000 | 8 | Details |
| 20 | Customer Success Engineer | $ 174,000 | 12 | Details |
| 21 | Detection & Response Engineer | $ 171,606 | 5 | Details |
| 22 | Director of IT | $ 171,563 | 12 | Details |
| 23 | Systems Architect | $ 170,672 | 34 | Details |
| 24 | Director of Information Technology | $ 170,000 | 14 | Details |
| 25 | Security Controls Assessor | $ 170,000 | 12 | Details |
| 26 | Resident Engineer | $ 165,750 | 6 | Details |
| 27 | Vulnerability Researcher | $ 165,700 | 24 | Details |
| 28 | Professional Services Consultant | $ 165,375 | 14 | Details |
| 29 | Cyber Incident Response Attorney | $ 165,000 | 22 | Details |
| 30 | Program Manager | $ 165,000 | 405 | Details |
| 31 | Principal Engineer | $ 164,400 | 92 | Details |
| 32 | Identity Engineer | $ 162,950 | 6 | Details |
| 33 | Technical Targeting Analyst | $ 162,500 | 16 | Details |
| 34 | Security Architect | $ 160,900 | 534 | Details |
| 35 | Site Reliability Engineer | $ 160,500 | 46 | Details |
| 36 | Cloud Engineer | $ 160,500 | 84 | Details |
| 37 | Cyber Range Engineer | $ 160,000 | 16 | Details |
| 38 | Security Manager | $ 159,850 | 38 | Details |
| 39 | SOC Lead | $ 159,166 | 10 | Details |
| 40 | Risk Manager | $ 157,650 | 30 | Details |
| 41 | IT Operations Manager | $ 157,048 | 8 | Details |
| 42 | Enterprise Architect | $ 156,855 | 40 | Details |
| 43 | Manager Information Security | $ 156,060 | 20 | Details |
| 44 | Manager | $ 155,940 | 1568 | Details |
| 45 | Cloud Architect | $ 155,203 | 38 | Details |
| 46 | Security Sales Specialist | $ 155,162 | 20 | Details |
| 47 | Software Engineer | $ 155,000 | 882 | Details |
| 48 | Security Lead | $ 154,819 | 36 | Details |
| 49 | Solutions Engineer | $ 154,000 | 88 | Details |
| 50 | Cloud Security | $ 153,408 | 6 | Details |
| 51 | Threat Hunter | $ 151,925 | 28 | Details |
| 52 | Cyber Security Lead | $ 151,551 | 16 | Details |
| 53 | Detection Engineer | $ 151,200 | 109 | Details |
| 54 | GRC Specialist | $ 151,150 | 12 | Details |
| 55 | Security Operations Lead | $ 150,700 | 14 | Details |
| 56 | Software Development Engineer | $ 150,650 | 18 | Details |
| 57 | Security Engineer | $ 150,000 | 4317 | Details |
| 58 | Technical Account Manager | $ 150,000 | 34 | Details |
| 59 | Security Operations Center Manager | $ 149,700 | 18 | Details |
| 60 | Penetration Testing Engineer | $ 149,150 | 18 | Details |
| 61 | DevSecOps | $ 149,013 | 154 | Details |
| 62 | SOC Manager | $ 149,000 | 28 | Details |
| 63 | Platform Engineer | $ 148,587 | 90 | Details |
| 64 | Automation Engineer | $ 147,741 | 38 | Details |
| 65 | Compliance Officer | $ 147,200 | 50 | Details |
| 66 | Full Stack Developer | $ 146,992 | 22 | Details |
| 67 | Information Security Officer | $ 146,600 | 191 | Details |
| 68 | DevOps Engineer | $ 145,950 | 134 | Details |
| 69 | Information System Security Manager | $ 145,552 | 96 | Details |
| 70 | SIEM Engineer | $ 145,000 | 16 | Details |
| 71 | Data Scientist | $ 144,500 | 50 | Details |
| 72 | Cryptologic Computer Scientist | $ 144,462 | 6 | Details |
| 73 | Lead Analyst | $ 144,421 | 22 | Details |
| 74 | Systems Engineer | $ 144,410 | 685 | Details |
| 75 | Application Security Lead | $ 142,300 | 6 | Details |
| 76 | Red Team Operator | $ 141,000 | 23 | Details |
| 77 | SecOps Engineer | $ 140,800 | 8 | Details |
| 78 | Security Operations Engineer | $ 140,480 | 130 | Details |
| 79 | Threat Intelligence Lead | $ 140,000 | 12 | Details |
| 80 | DevSecOps Engineer | $ 140,000 | 344 | Details |
| 81 | IAM Architect | $ 140,000 | 11 | Details |
| 82 | Information Systems Security Manager | $ 139,984 | 96 | Details |
| 83 | Database Engineer | $ 139,984 | 18 | Details |
| 84 | Incident Response Lead | $ 139,469 | 8 | Details |
| 85 | Splunk Engineer | $ 139,350 | 32 | Details |
| 86 | Malware Analyst | $ 139,000 | 8 | Details |
| 87 | Reverse Engineer | $ 139,000 | 104 | Details |
| 88 | IT Manager | $ 138,715 | 90 | Details |
| 89 | Cyber Security Manager | $ 138,669 | 34 | Details |
| 90 | Information Assurance Engineer | $ 138,594 | 44 | Details |
| 91 | Incident Response Engineer | $ 137,500 | 20 | Details |
| 92 | Security Control Assessor | $ 136,750 | 58 | Details |
| 93 | GRC Engineer | $ 136,500 | 14 | Details |
| 94 | IT Audit Manager | $ 136,500 | 28 | Details |
| 95 | Consultant | $ 136,000 | 436 | Details |
| 96 | Cyber Intelligence Analyst | $ 135,900 | 44 | Details |
| 97 | Penetration Tester | $ 135,000 | 167 | Details |
| 98 | Account Executive | $ 134,700 | 32 | Details |
| 99 | Technical Writer | $ 132,500 | 18 | Details |
| 100 | Security Developer | $ 132,500 | 24 | Details |
| 101 | Vulnerability Analyst | $ 132,500 | 40 | Details |
| 102 | Project Manager | $ 132,000 | 104 | Details |
| 103 | Security Expert | $ 131,970 | 16 | Details |
| 104 | PKI Engineer | $ 131,000 | 8 | Details |
| 105 | Technical Lead | $ 130,000 | 24 | Details |
| 106 | Network Engineer | $ 130,000 | 299 | Details |
| 107 | Director of Information Security | $ 130,000 | 10 | Details |
| 108 | IAM Engineer | $ 130,000 | 82 | Details |
| 109 | System Engineer | $ 129,300 | 66 | Details |
| 110 | Cyber Engineer | $ 129,030 | 111 | Details |
| 111 | Information Assurance Analyst | $ 128,550 | 18 | Details |
| 112 | Insider Threat Analyst | $ 128,250 | 38 | Details |
| 113 | Test Engineer | $ 127,000 | 88 | Details |
| 114 | Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst | $ 126,600 | 31 | Details |
| 115 | Software Developer | $ 126,500 | 122 | Details |
| 116 | Systems Integration Engineer | $ 126,191 | 20 | Details |
| 117 | Electronic Warfare Engineer | $ 126,125 | 18 | Details |
| 118 | Isso | $ 126,100 | 54 | Details |
| 119 | Compliance Manager | $ 126,000 | 84 | Details |
| 120 | Cyber Security | $ 125,405 | 356 | Details |
| 121 | IT Specialist | $ 125,212 | 22 | Details |
| 122 | GRC Analyst | $ 125,000 | 71 | Details |
| 123 | Customer Success Manager | $ 125,000 | 16 | Details |
| 124 | Digital Forensic Analyst | $ 125,000 | 12 | Details |
| 125 | Associate | $ 124,400 | 306 | Details |
| 126 | Threat Analyst | $ 124,100 | 60 | Details |
| 127 | Digital Network Exploitation Analyst | $ 124,100 | 56 | Details |
| 128 | Product Owner | $ 124,051 | 10 | Details |
| 129 | Privacy Officer | $ 123,875 | 48 | Details |
| 130 | Insider Threat Investigator | $ 123,550 | 6 | Details |
| 131 | Threat Intelligence Specialist | $ 123,400 | 10 | Details |
| 132 | Infrastructure Engineer | $ 123,100 | 94 | Details |
| 133 | CyberArk Engineer | $ 120,500 | 10 | Details |
| 134 | Cyber Operations Specialist | $ 120,424 | 6 | Details |
| 135 | Incident Response Analyst | $ 120,000 | 91 | Details |
| 136 | Data Analyst | $ 120,000 | 38 | Details |
| 137 | Security Operations Manager | $ 119,000 | 38 | Details |
| 138 | Risk Analyst | $ 119,000 | 52 | Details |
| 139 | Ethical Hacker | $ 118,700 | 6 | Details |
| 140 | Incident Responder | $ 118,600 | 38 | Details |
| 141 | Cyber Analyst | $ 118,462 | 52 | Details |
| 142 | SOAR Engineer | $ 117,900 | 8 | Details |
| 143 | Vulnerability Management Analyst | $ 117,500 | 38 | Details |
| 144 | Security Consultant | $ 117,500 | 108 | Details |
| 145 | Privacy Manager | $ 117,000 | 34 | Details |
| 146 | Splunk Administrator | $ 116,100 | 8 | Details |
| 147 | Security Operations Specialist | $ 114,071 | 22 | Details |
| 148 | Cyber Threat Analyst | $ 114,000 | 38 | Details |
| 149 | Data Engineer | $ 113,000 | 46 | Details |
| 150 | Systems Analyst | $ 112,550 | 16 | Details |
| 151 | Information Security Lead | $ 112,500 | 6 | Details |
| 152 | Vulnerability Engineer | $ 112,500 | 6 | Details |
| 153 | Firewall Engineer | $ 112,037 | 40 | Details |
| 154 | Analyst | $ 112,000 | 1084 | Details |
| 155 | Information Security Manager | $ 111,978 | 51 | Details |
| 156 | Cyber Defense Analyst | $ 111,800 | 30 | Details |
| 157 | Information Security Specialist | $ 111,800 | 108 | Details |
| 158 | Threat Intelligence Analyst | $ 111,317 | 84 | Details |
| 159 | Product Support Engineer | $ 111,000 | 10 | Details |
| 160 | Systems Administrator | $ 110,900 | 439 | Details |
| 161 | Cyber Mission Specialist | $ 110,800 | 8 | Details |
| 162 | System Administrator | $ 110,000 | 170 | Details |
| 163 | Vulnerability Management Engineer | $ 110,000 | 24 | Details |
| 164 | Security Specialist | $ 110,000 | 334 | Details |
| 165 | Information Assurance Specialist | $ 108,700 | 14 | Details |
| 166 | Technical Support Engineer | $ 108,000 | 28 | Details |
| 167 | Information Security Risk Specialist | $ 107,375 | 28 | Details |
| 168 | Compliance Specialist | $ 106,400 | 73 | Details |
| 169 | Security Operations Analyst | $ 106,300 | 80 | Details |
| 170 | Network Analyst | $ 105,807 | 24 | Details |
| 171 | Security Analyst | $ 105,800 | 1775 | Details |
| 172 | IT Auditor | $ 104,300 | 72 | Details |
| 173 | Incident Handler | $ 104,000 | 8 | Details |
| 174 | Intelligence Analyst | $ 103,750 | 98 | Details |
| 175 | Incident Response Manager | $ 100,043 | 12 | Details |
| 176 | Compliance Analyst | $ 100,000 | 194 | Details |
| 177 | QA Engineer | $ 100,000 | 5 | Details |
| 178 | Product Security Lead | $ 100,000 | 12 | Details |
| 179 | Information Security Systems Manager | $ 99,346 | 18 | Details |
| 180 | Business Analyst | $ 98,000 | 31 | Details |
| 181 | IT Support Specialist | $ 97,750 | 6 | Details |
| 182 | Network Administrator | $ 97,750 | 49 | Details |
| 183 | SOC Engineer | $ 96,779 | 10 | Details |
| 184 | Cyber Operations Analyst | $ 95,300 | 6 | Details |
| 185 | IAM Analyst | $ 94,200 | 8 | Details |
| 186 | OSINT Analyst | $ 92,500 | 10 | Details |
| 187 | Cyber Security Specialist | $ 91,110 | 74 | Details |
| 188 | Security Administrator | $ 90,600 | 136 | Details |
| 189 | Cyber Risk Analyst | $ 90,000 | 15 | Details |
| 190 | IT Internal Auditor | $ 89,950 | 16 | Details |
| 191 | Internal Auditor | $ 89,300 | 16 | Details |
| 192 | Cyber Network Defense Analyst | $ 83,575 | 14 | Details |
| 193 | Incident Response Specialist | $ 82,278 | 28 | Details |
| 194 | Pentester | $ 76,700 | 11 | Details |
| 195 | SOC Analyst | $ 76,275 | 178 | Details |
| 196 | Dev Security Operations | $ 72,000 | 12 | Details |
| 197 | Sales Development Representative | $ 55,000 | 16 | Details |
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