Cyber Defense Analyst Salary in 2025
💰 The median Cyber Defense Analyst Salary in 2025 is USD 100,337
✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Cyber Defense Analyst salary lies between USD 85,000 and USD 115,000 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.
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- Cyber Defense Analyst
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- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 6
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Cyber Defense Analyst roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Defense Analyst job listings are Cyber defense, Incident response and Monitoring. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Cyber defense | 9 jobs Incident response | 6 jobs Monitoring | 6 jobs Vulnerabilities | 5 jobs SIEM | 4 jobs Malware | 4 jobs Clearance | 4 jobs Scripting | 4 jobs Cloud | 4 jobs IDS | 3 jobs Threat intelligence | 3 jobs Python | 3 jobs Linux | 3 jobs Windows | 3 jobs UNIX | 3 jobs SOC | 3 jobs Network security | 2 jobs Firewalls | 2 jobs AWS | 2 jobs Azure | 2 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cyber Defense Analyst roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cyber Defense Analyst job listings are Team events, Career development and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Team events | 6 jobs Career development | 5 jobs Health care | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Flex hours | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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