IT Specialist Salary in 2025

💰 The median IT Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 87,600

✏️ This salary info is based on 10 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average IT Specialist salary lies between USD 74,476 and USD 120,000 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
IT Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 130,425
Top 25%
$ 120,000
Median
$ 87,600
Bottom 25%
$ 74,476
Bottom 10%
$ 50,050

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 IT Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with IT Specialist job listings are CISSP, Clearance and Computer Science. 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:

CISSP | 17 jobs Clearance | 12 jobs Computer Science | 12 jobs Cloud | 11 jobs DoD | 10 jobs Audits | 8 jobs CISM | 8 jobs DoDD 8570 | 8 jobs Linux | 8 jobs Windows | 8 jobs TS/SCI | 8 jobs Risk management | 8 jobs Compliance | 8 jobs Security Clearance | 7 jobs SQL | 7 jobs Azure | 6 jobs CISA | 6 jobs Risk assessment | 5 jobs AWS | 5 jobs ITIL | 5 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for IT Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with IT Specialist job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 14 jobs Health care | 8 jobs Equity / stock options | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Competitive pay | 4 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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