Salary for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security Specialist during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security Specialist during 2025 is USD 73,474
✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Cyber Security Specialist salary lies between USD 63,157 and USD 77,722 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
- Cyber Security Specialist
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 12
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security Specialist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Cyber Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, IDS and IPS. 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 | 8 jobs IDS | 6 jobs IPS | 6 jobs Firewalls | 6 jobs NIST | 5 jobs CISSP | 5 jobs Clearance | 5 jobs DoD | 5 jobs Monitoring | 5 jobs SIEM | 4 jobs Forensics | 4 jobs ISO 27001 | 4 jobs Risk management | 4 jobs Intrusion detection | 4 jobs Intrusion prevention | 4 jobs Cloud | 4 jobs Computer Science | 4 jobs Audits | 3 jobs Vulnerabilities | 3 jobs DevOps | 3 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security Specialist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Cyber Security Specialist job listings are Equity / stock options, Flex hours 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:
Equity / stock options | 5 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Health care | 4 jobs Career development | 4 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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