Head of Security Salary in 2025

💰 The median Head of Security Salary in 2025 is USD 228,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 22 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Head of Security salary lies between USD 163,000 and USD 310,000 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
Head of Security
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
22
Top 10%
$ 360,000
Top 25%
$ 310,000
Median
$ 228,500
Bottom 25%
$ 163,000
Bottom 10%
$ 157,788

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 Head of Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Head of Security job listings are Compliance, Strategy and Audits. 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 | 29 jobs Strategy | 25 jobs Audits | 22 jobs Incident response | 22 jobs Risk management | 22 jobs Monitoring | 21 jobs Risk assessment | 16 jobs Cloud | 15 jobs Vulnerabilities | 13 jobs NIST | 12 jobs Security strategy | 12 jobs Governance | 10 jobs KPIs | 10 jobs ISO 27001 | 9 jobs SOC | 9 jobs SIEM | 8 jobs Threat intelligence | 8 jobs Application security | 8 jobs Privacy | 8 jobs Vulnerability management | 7 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Head of Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Head of Security job listings are Career development, Team events 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 | 35 jobs Team events | 20 jobs Flex hours | 18 jobs Startup environment | 18 jobs Health care | 13 jobs Competitive pay | 13 jobs Equity / stock options | 9 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs Parental leave | 7 jobs Flex vacation | 7 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Travel | 3 jobs Gear | 3 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 3 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs

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