Cyber Engineer Salary in 2025
💰 The median Cyber Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 147,934
✏️ This salary info is based on 26 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Cyber Engineer salary lies between USD 104,650 and USD 187,531 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 Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 26
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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 Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Engineer job listings are Clearance, Computer Science and Cloud. 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:
Clearance | 21 jobs Computer Science | 18 jobs Cloud | 17 jobs TS/SCI | 16 jobs DoD | 15 jobs Compliance | 14 jobs Monitoring | 11 jobs NIST | 10 jobs CISSP | 10 jobs Linux | 10 jobs Security Clearance | 10 jobs Risk management | 10 jobs Agile | 10 jobs Vulnerabilities | 9 jobs DoDD 8570 | 9 jobs AWS | 8 jobs Azure | 8 jobs Scripting | 8 jobs Top Secret | 7 jobs RMF | 7 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cyber Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cyber Engineer job listings are Career development, Flex vacation and Team events. 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 | 23 jobs Flex vacation | 13 jobs Team events | 13 jobs 401(k) matching | 12 jobs Flex hours | 12 jobs Health care | 9 jobs Competitive pay | 9 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 5 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Yoga | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobsWant to contribute?
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