Cyber Security Salary in Australia during 2024

💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in Australia during 2024 is USD 119,853

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The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 109,416 and USD 132,790 in Australia. 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 Security
Experience
all levels
Region
Australia
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 140,744
Top 25%
$ 132,790
Median
$ 119,853
Bottom 25%
$ 109,416
Bottom 10%
$ 88,290

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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

Cyber Security Salary TrendYearly salary in USD - Region: Australia - Experience: All levels$144,000$144,000$138,000$138,000$132,000$132,000$126,000$126,000$120,000$120,000$114,000$114,0002024202420252025
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Top 20 Job Tags for Cyber Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Security job listings are Compliance, Cloud and Computer Science. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 2215 jobs Cloud | 1950 jobs Computer Science | 1729 jobs CISSP | 1596 jobs Monitoring | 1479 jobs NIST | 1352 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1312 jobs Incident response | 1291 jobs Risk management | 1182 jobs Clearance | 1089 jobs SIEM | 1085 jobs Strategy | 1074 jobs Firewalls | 1010 jobs Governance | 894 jobs Risk assessment | 876 jobs CISM | 845 jobs Linux | 845 jobs Audits | 803 jobs Windows | 802 jobs Azure | 795 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cyber Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cyber Security job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 2580 jobs Health care | 1451 jobs Flex hours | 1238 jobs Team events | 1197 jobs Competitive pay | 993 jobs Startup environment | 686 jobs Insurance | 640 jobs Equity / stock options | 575 jobs Flex vacation | 535 jobs Salary bonus | 492 jobs Medical leave | 469 jobs Parental leave | 457 jobs 401(k) matching | 405 jobs Wellness | 342 jobs Relocation support | 142 jobs Fitness / gym | 134 jobs Conferences | 107 jobs Transparency | 94 jobs Home office stipend | 71 jobs Flexible spending account | 66 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 72,587 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 123,829 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 87,944 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 43,618 (United Kingdom) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 30,800 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 71,215 (Canada) Details

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