Cyber Security Salary in Germany during 2025

💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in Germany during 2025 is USD 80,434

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Salary details

The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 21,360 and USD 105,622 in Germany. 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
Germany
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 126,500
Top 25%
$ 105,622
Median
$ 80,434
Bottom 25%
$ 21,360
Bottom 10%
$ 16,117

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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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 | 1874 jobs Cloud | 1721 jobs CISSP | 1432 jobs Computer Science | 1395 jobs Monitoring | 1307 jobs Incident response | 1288 jobs NIST | 1209 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1183 jobs Risk management | 1087 jobs SIEM | 1044 jobs Clearance | 990 jobs Firewalls | 928 jobs Strategy | 853 jobs Risk assessment | 808 jobs CISM | 768 jobs Automation | 749 jobs Linux | 736 jobs Azure | 723 jobs Audits | 720 jobs Governance | 690 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 | 2112 jobs Health care | 1327 jobs Team events | 1044 jobs Flex hours | 1001 jobs Competitive pay | 874 jobs Insurance | 691 jobs Equity / stock options | 540 jobs Flex vacation | 525 jobs Startup environment | 481 jobs Parental leave | 454 jobs Medical leave | 439 jobs Salary bonus | 439 jobs 401(k) matching | 397 jobs Wellness | 326 jobs Relocation support | 146 jobs Fitness / gym | 123 jobs Conferences | 114 jobs Transparency | 81 jobs Flexible spending account | 80 jobs Gear | 62 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 107,250 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 125,187 (United Kingdom) - Executive-level / Director 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
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Cyber Security @ $ 121,650 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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