Cyber Engineer Salary in 2025
💰 The median Cyber Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 129,030
✏️ This salary info is based on 93 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
- 93
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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, Cloud and DoD. 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 | 60 jobs Cloud | 53 jobs DoD | 46 jobs Compliance | 45 jobs Computer Science | 45 jobs TS/SCI | 43 jobs Vulnerabilities | 40 jobs Linux | 37 jobs Risk management | 35 jobs Security Clearance | 34 jobs NIST | 33 jobs Windows | 33 jobs Monitoring | 32 jobs DoDD 8570 | 30 jobs CISSP | 28 jobs Scripting | 28 jobs AWS | 27 jobs Azure | 26 jobs Agile | 25 jobs RMF | 24 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 hours and 401(k) matching. 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 | 72 jobs Flex hours | 43 jobs 401(k) matching | 39 jobs Flex vacation | 38 jobs Health care | 34 jobs Insurance | 26 jobs Team events | 24 jobs Competitive pay | 23 jobs Medical leave | 19 jobs Parental leave | 17 jobs Salary bonus | 15 jobs Startup environment | 13 jobs Relocation support | 10 jobs Equity / stock options | 9 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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