Incident Responder Salary in 2025
💰 The median Incident Responder Salary in 2025 is USD 118,600
✏️ This salary info is based on 38 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Incident Responder salary lies between USD 69,214 and USD 147,390 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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- Incident Responder
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 38
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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 Incident Responder roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Incident Responder job listings are Incident response, Cloud and SOC. 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:
Incident response | 93 jobs Cloud | 54 jobs SOC | 47 jobs Forensics | 46 jobs Malware | 44 jobs SIEM | 43 jobs Monitoring | 43 jobs GCIH | 41 jobs EDR | 39 jobs Cyber defense | 37 jobs Computer Science | 35 jobs AWS | 33 jobs CISSP | 33 jobs Threat intelligence | 32 jobs Azure | 32 jobs Linux | 32 jobs Clearance | 32 jobs Windows | 31 jobs Python | 29 jobs Splunk | 27 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Incident Responder roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Incident Responder 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 | 55 jobs Health care | 41 jobs Flex hours | 34 jobs Team events | 31 jobs Competitive pay | 27 jobs Insurance | 25 jobs Startup environment | 20 jobs Flex vacation | 19 jobs Medical leave | 17 jobs Equity / stock options | 16 jobs Wellness | 15 jobs Parental leave | 12 jobs Salary bonus | 9 jobs 401(k) matching | 8 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs Gear | 3 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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