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 127,101 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
10
Top 10%
$ 179,630
Top 25%
$ 150,148
Median
$ 136,767
Bottom 25%
$ 127,101
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 | 847 jobs Cloud | 757 jobs CISSP | 676 jobs Computer Science | 650 jobs Monitoring | 599 jobs Incident response | 571 jobs Vulnerabilities | 568 jobs NIST | 535 jobs Risk management | 519 jobs Clearance | 506 jobs SIEM | 477 jobs Firewalls | 425 jobs Strategy | 392 jobs Risk assessment | 370 jobs CISM | 362 jobs Audits | 343 jobs Automation | 340 jobs Linux | 326 jobs Network security | 320 jobs Azure | 318 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 | 986 jobs Health care | 594 jobs Team events | 493 jobs Flex hours | 477 jobs Competitive pay | 398 jobs Insurance | 305 jobs Equity / stock options | 290 jobs Flex vacation | 255 jobs Medical leave | 217 jobs Startup environment | 207 jobs Parental leave | 198 jobs 401(k) matching | 191 jobs Salary bonus | 189 jobs Wellness | 151 jobs Relocation support | 62 jobs Fitness / gym | 57 jobs Conferences | 54 jobs Flexible spending account | 38 jobs Transparency | 35 jobs Home office stipend | 33 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 49,366 (United Kingdom) Details
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Cyber Security @ $ 89,676 (Canada) Details
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