Information Security Specialist Salary in 2025

💰 The median Information Security Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 110,900

✏️ This salary info is based on 138 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Information Security Specialist salary lies between USD 91,200 and USD 138,899 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
Information Security Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
138
Top 10%
$ 163,200
Top 25%
$ 138,899
Median
$ 110,900
Bottom 25%
$ 91,200
Bottom 10%
$ 76,300

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 Information Security Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Information Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Cloud and CISSP. 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 | 162 jobs Cloud | 119 jobs CISSP | 112 jobs Risk management | 99 jobs Computer Science | 86 jobs Risk assessment | 81 jobs Audits | 80 jobs Monitoring | 80 jobs ISO 27001 | 78 jobs Incident response | 76 jobs NIST | 76 jobs Governance | 73 jobs Strategy | 67 jobs CISA | 62 jobs CISM | 55 jobs Vulnerabilities | 49 jobs Privacy | 49 jobs SIEM | 48 jobs Banking | 46 jobs Vulnerability management | 45 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Information Security Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Information 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 | 151 jobs Health care | 108 jobs Flex hours | 81 jobs Competitive pay | 80 jobs Team events | 62 jobs Equity / stock options | 50 jobs Insurance | 50 jobs Startup environment | 27 jobs Flex vacation | 26 jobs Medical leave | 25 jobs Parental leave | 24 jobs Wellness | 24 jobs Salary bonus | 17 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs 401(k) matching | 13 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Gear | 7 jobs Home office stipend | 6 jobs Flexible spending account | 6 jobs

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Information Security Specialist @ $ 110,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 113,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 105,900 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 97,000 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 112,986 (United States) Details
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Information Security Specialist @ $ 116,486 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 105,900 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 97,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 106,500 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 108,800 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 108,800 (Canada) Details

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