Cyber Security Salary in Australia during 2025

💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in Australia during 2025 is USD 136,767

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The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 107,559 and USD 150,148 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
2025
Sample size
16
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 150,148
Median
$ 136,767
Bottom 25%
$ 107,559
Bottom 10%
$ 91,658

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

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 CISSP. 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:

Compliance | 1887 jobs Cloud | 1738 jobs CISSP | 1439 jobs Computer Science | 1406 jobs Monitoring | 1321 jobs Incident response | 1297 jobs NIST | 1218 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1196 jobs Risk management | 1095 jobs SIEM | 1061 jobs Clearance | 996 jobs Firewalls | 933 jobs Strategy | 858 jobs Risk assessment | 815 jobs CISM | 773 jobs Automation | 758 jobs Linux | 743 jobs Azure | 729 jobs Audits | 727 jobs Governance | 698 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 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 | 2130 jobs Health care | 1340 jobs Team events | 1060 jobs Flex hours | 1008 jobs Competitive pay | 882 jobs Insurance | 697 jobs Equity / stock options | 545 jobs Flex vacation | 528 jobs Startup environment | 485 jobs Parental leave | 459 jobs Medical leave | 445 jobs Salary bonus | 442 jobs 401(k) matching | 402 jobs Wellness | 329 jobs Relocation support | 147 jobs Fitness / gym | 125 jobs Conferences | 115 jobs Transparency | 82 jobs Flexible spending account | 80 jobs Gear | 62 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 78,400 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 125,187 (United Kingdom) - Executive-level / Director Details
Cyber Security @ $ 57,965 (United Kingdom) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 105,622 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 33,027 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 50,632 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 80,434 (Germany) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 49,553 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
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Cyber Security @ $ 121,650 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 132,790 (Australia) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 156,843 (Australia) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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