Cyber Security Specialist Salary in 2025

💰 The median Cyber Security Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 91,110

✏️ This salary info is based on 74 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Cyber Security Specialist salary lies between USD 75,949 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.

Job title
Cyber Security Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
74
Top 10%
$ 189,175
Top 25%
$ 135,000
Median
$ 91,110
Bottom 25%
$ 75,949
Bottom 10%
$ 63,157

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 Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, CISSP and Cloud. 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 | 80 jobs CISSP | 70 jobs Cloud | 65 jobs Monitoring | 63 jobs Computer Science | 60 jobs NIST | 53 jobs Vulnerabilities | 52 jobs Risk management | 50 jobs Clearance | 48 jobs SIEM | 47 jobs Firewalls | 47 jobs Audits | 39 jobs Network security | 38 jobs Incident response | 38 jobs Azure | 34 jobs DoD | 33 jobs Governance | 32 jobs Linux | 31 jobs IDS | 30 jobs Risk assessment | 30 jobs

Top 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 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 | 71 jobs Health care | 52 jobs Flex hours | 46 jobs Equity / stock options | 39 jobs Competitive pay | 39 jobs Team events | 34 jobs Insurance | 23 jobs Flex vacation | 21 jobs Startup environment | 18 jobs Parental leave | 16 jobs Salary bonus | 16 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Wellness | 14 jobs Medical leave | 10 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs

Related salaries

Cyber Security Specialist @ $ 142,500 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security Specialist @ $ 91,110 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security Specialist @ $ 73,474 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security Specialist @ $ 151,962 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security Specialist @ $ 111,700 (United States) Details
Cyber Security Specialist @ $ 100,900 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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