Salary for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security in Canada during 2025 is USD 49,553

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The average entry-level / junior Cyber Security salary lies between USD 46,000 and USD 57,450 in Canada. 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
Cyber Security
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 90,535
Top 25%
$ 57,450
Median
$ 49,553
Bottom 25%
$ 46,000
Bottom 10%
$ 44,000

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Cyber Security job listings are Compliance, Computer Science and Monitoring. 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 | 251 jobs Computer Science | 225 jobs Monitoring | 208 jobs Incident response | 196 jobs Cloud | 189 jobs Vulnerabilities | 183 jobs SIEM | 176 jobs Firewalls | 131 jobs NIST | 122 jobs Clearance | 119 jobs CISSP | 112 jobs Threat intelligence | 111 jobs Linux | 111 jobs Risk management | 111 jobs SOC | 107 jobs Windows | 106 jobs Vulnerability management | 96 jobs Python | 95 jobs Audits | 93 jobs Malware | 88 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Cyber Security job listings are Career development, Team events and Health care. 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 | 312 jobs Team events | 183 jobs Health care | 174 jobs Flex hours | 140 jobs Competitive pay | 127 jobs Equity / stock options | 86 jobs Flex vacation | 80 jobs Startup environment | 80 jobs Insurance | 79 jobs Parental leave | 52 jobs Wellness | 48 jobs 401(k) matching | 47 jobs Medical leave | 47 jobs Salary bonus | 47 jobs Fitness / gym | 23 jobs Flexible spending account | 19 jobs Relocation support | 18 jobs Conferences | 16 jobs Home office stipend | 14 jobs Gear | 11 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 32,272 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
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