Cyber Security Salary in Australia during 2025

💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in Australia during 2025 is USD 132,790

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The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 98,330 and USD 140,744 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
12
Top 10%
$ 179,630
Top 25%
$ 140,744
Median
$ 132,790
Bottom 25%
$ 98,330
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 | 1262 jobs Cloud | 1122 jobs CISSP | 974 jobs Computer Science | 949 jobs Monitoring | 879 jobs Incident response | 854 jobs Vulnerabilities | 820 jobs NIST | 806 jobs Risk management | 736 jobs SIEM | 705 jobs Clearance | 681 jobs Firewalls | 640 jobs Strategy | 563 jobs Risk assessment | 538 jobs CISM | 521 jobs Audits | 500 jobs Automation | 489 jobs Linux | 483 jobs Azure | 469 jobs Network security | 467 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 | 1412 jobs Health care | 866 jobs Team events | 700 jobs Flex hours | 679 jobs Competitive pay | 567 jobs Insurance | 451 jobs Equity / stock options | 398 jobs Flex vacation | 364 jobs Startup environment | 307 jobs Medical leave | 296 jobs Parental leave | 284 jobs Salary bonus | 281 jobs 401(k) matching | 265 jobs Wellness | 219 jobs Relocation support | 87 jobs Fitness / gym | 77 jobs Conferences | 77 jobs Flexible spending account | 58 jobs Transparency | 54 jobs Gear | 46 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 68,291 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 180,000 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Cyber Security @ $ 78,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 178,000 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Cyber Security @ $ 139,000 (United States) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 158,080 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 105,550 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 50,632 (United Kingdom) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 31,891 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 56,682 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 49,553 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 121,650 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 103,532 (Canada) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 132,790 (Australia) - Senior-level / Expert Details

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