Cyber Security Salary in Australia during 2025

💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in Australia during 2025 is USD 140,744

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Salary details

The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 132,790 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
8
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 150,148
Median
$ 140,744
Bottom 25%
$ 132,790
Bottom 10%
$ 70,000

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 | 421 jobs Cloud | 396 jobs CISSP | 328 jobs Computer Science | 317 jobs Incident response | 283 jobs Monitoring | 282 jobs Clearance | 274 jobs Vulnerabilities | 272 jobs Risk management | 271 jobs NIST | 268 jobs SIEM | 252 jobs Firewalls | 226 jobs Strategy | 202 jobs Automation | 184 jobs Linux | 180 jobs Risk assessment | 175 jobs Azure | 175 jobs Network security | 171 jobs CISM | 170 jobs Windows | 166 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 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 526 jobs Health care | 313 jobs Flex hours | 248 jobs Team events | 243 jobs Competitive pay | 207 jobs Equity / stock options | 166 jobs Insurance | 166 jobs Flex vacation | 146 jobs 401(k) matching | 116 jobs Medical leave | 111 jobs Salary bonus | 108 jobs Startup environment | 99 jobs Parental leave | 96 jobs Wellness | 75 jobs Conferences | 28 jobs Relocation support | 28 jobs Fitness / gym | 26 jobs Home office stipend | 22 jobs Transparency | 21 jobs Flexible spending account | 19 jobs

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