Detection & Response Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Detection & Response Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 171,606

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The average Detection & Response Engineer salary lies between USD 143,005 and USD 211,000 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
Detection & Response Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
5
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 211,000
Median
$ 171,606
Bottom 25%
$ 143,005
Bottom 10%
$ 141,000

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 Detection & Response Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Detection & Response Engineer job listings are Threat detection, Incident response and Forensics. 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:

Threat detection | 4 jobs Incident response | 4 jobs Forensics | 3 jobs EDR | 3 jobs Cloud | 3 jobs ICS | 2 jobs TTPs | 2 jobs Threat intelligence | 2 jobs Malware | 2 jobs Analytics | 2 jobs Automation | 2 jobs SANS | 2 jobs ISACA | 2 jobs CompTIA | 2 jobs Privacy | 2 jobs Reverse engineering | 2 jobs CERT | 2 jobs SIEM | 1 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1 jobs Strategy | 1 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Detection & Response Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Detection & Response Engineer job listings are Health care, Equity / stock options 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:

Health care | 4 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Career development | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Competitive pay | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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