Cyber Defense Analyst Salary in 2025

💰 The median Cyber Defense Analyst Salary in 2025 is USD 100,337

✏️ This salary info is based on 14 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Cyber Defense Analyst salary lies between USD 84,600 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.

Job title
Cyber Defense Analyst
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
14
Top 10%
$ 154,000
Top 25%
$ 115,000
Median
$ 100,337
Bottom 25%
$ 84,600
Bottom 10%
$ 55,250

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

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Salary trend

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 SIEM. 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 | 23 jobs Incident response | 15 jobs SIEM | 14 jobs Monitoring | 14 jobs Vulnerabilities | 8 jobs Clearance | 8 jobs Cloud | 8 jobs Threat intelligence | 7 jobs Malware | 7 jobs Scripting | 7 jobs SOC | 7 jobs IDS | 6 jobs Automation | 6 jobs Python | 6 jobs DoD | 6 jobs Network security | 5 jobs Threat detection | 5 jobs Firewalls | 5 jobs CISSP | 5 jobs Windows | 5 jobs

Top 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 Career development, Team events 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:

Career development | 14 jobs Team events | 14 jobs Health care | 11 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 6 jobs Competitive pay | 5 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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Cyber Defense Analyst @ $ 92,437 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Defense Analyst @ $ 96,800 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Defense Analyst @ $ 100,337 (United States) Details
Cyber Defense Analyst @ $ 96,800 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Defense Analyst @ $ 92,437 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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