Detection Engineer Salary in 2024

💰 The median Detection Engineer Salary in 2024 is USD 143,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 32 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Detection Engineer salary lies between USD 85,000 and USD 194,180 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
Detection Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
32
Top 10%
$ 260,000
Top 25%
$ 194,180
Median
$ 143,000
Bottom 25%
$ 85,000
Bottom 10%
$ 75,600

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 Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Detection Engineer job listings are Cloud, Python and SIEM. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 191 jobs Python | 170 jobs SIEM | 159 jobs Threat detection | 151 jobs Automation | 146 jobs Incident response | 139 jobs Scripting | 123 jobs Threat intelligence | 108 jobs Monitoring | 107 jobs SOC | 107 jobs Splunk | 102 jobs Windows | 101 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 97 jobs EDR | 96 jobs Malware | 95 jobs Azure | 90 jobs AWS | 85 jobs Linux | 83 jobs Computer Science | 83 jobs XDR | 72 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Detection Engineer job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 194 jobs Equity / stock options | 137 jobs Health care | 131 jobs Team events | 129 jobs Flex hours | 124 jobs Salary bonus | 101 jobs Flex vacation | 100 jobs Parental leave | 88 jobs Medical leave | 86 jobs Insurance | 71 jobs Competitive pay | 59 jobs Transparency | 59 jobs Wellness | 57 jobs Startup environment | 43 jobs Home office stipend | 34 jobs Gear | 30 jobs Fitness / gym | 28 jobs 401(k) matching | 27 jobs Conferences | 20 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 18 jobs

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