Salary for Entry-level / Junior Incident Response Analyst during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Incident Response Analyst during 2025 is USD 97,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Incident Response Analyst salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 116,000 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
Incident Response Analyst
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 128,000
Top 25%
$ 116,000
Median
$ 97,500
Bottom 25%
$ 80,000
Bottom 10%
$ 54,000

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 Entry-level / Junior Incident Response Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Incident Response Analyst job listings are Incident response, Monitoring and SIEM. 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 | 18 jobs Monitoring | 12 jobs SIEM | 9 jobs Forensics | 7 jobs SOC | 7 jobs Malware | 6 jobs GIAC | 6 jobs Python | 6 jobs Linux | 6 jobs Windows | 6 jobs Computer Science | 6 jobs Threat intelligence | 5 jobs Vulnerabilities | 5 jobs Compliance | 5 jobs EDR | 5 jobs Scripting | 5 jobs IDS | 4 jobs Threat detection | 4 jobs Analytics | 4 jobs Splunk | 4 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Incident Response Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Incident Response Analyst 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 | 12 jobs Team events | 9 jobs Health care | 8 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Equity / stock options | 4 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs Competitive pay | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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