Cyber Security Specialist Salary in 2025
💰 The median Cyber Security Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 101,339
✏️ This salary info is based on 110 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Cyber Security Specialist salary lies between USD 77,722 and USD 135,000 globally. 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.
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- Cyber Security Specialist
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 110
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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 Specialist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Security Specialist 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 | 122 jobs Cloud | 103 jobs CISSP | 97 jobs Monitoring | 95 jobs Vulnerabilities | 88 jobs Computer Science | 86 jobs NIST | 85 jobs Clearance | 75 jobs Risk management | 72 jobs Incident response | 71 jobs SIEM | 70 jobs Firewalls | 65 jobs Audits | 62 jobs Linux | 55 jobs Network security | 52 jobs Risk assessment | 51 jobs Azure | 49 jobs Vulnerability management | 48 jobs ISO 27001 | 48 jobs DoD | 48 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cyber Security Specialist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cyber Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 124 jobs Health care | 86 jobs Competitive pay | 70 jobs Flex hours | 67 jobs Equity / stock options | 57 jobs Team events | 56 jobs Insurance | 47 jobs Parental leave | 38 jobs Startup environment | 36 jobs Flex vacation | 29 jobs Salary bonus | 23 jobs 401(k) matching | 22 jobs Wellness | 22 jobs Medical leave | 19 jobs Fitness / gym | 10 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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