Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2024 is USD 97,525

✏️ This salary info is based on 465 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Security Analyst salary lies between USD 75,000 and USD 133,000 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
Security Analyst
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
465
Top 10%
$ 158,600
Top 25%
$ 133,000
Median
$ 97,525
Bottom 25%
$ 75,000
Bottom 10%
$ 60,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Analyst job listings are Compliance, Monitoring and Computer Science. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 584 jobs Monitoring | 558 jobs Computer Science | 529 jobs Cloud | 488 jobs Incident response | 479 jobs Vulnerabilities | 473 jobs SIEM | 428 jobs CISSP | 332 jobs NIST | 317 jobs Firewalls | 313 jobs SOC | 310 jobs Windows | 290 jobs Linux | 278 jobs Audits | 258 jobs Risk management | 255 jobs Clearance | 254 jobs Risk assessment | 234 jobs Scripting | 232 jobs Privacy | 218 jobs EDR | 208 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Analyst job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 712 jobs Health care | 493 jobs Team events | 482 jobs Flex hours | 314 jobs Insurance | 270 jobs Competitive pay | 261 jobs Equity / stock options | 219 jobs Startup environment | 198 jobs Salary bonus | 167 jobs Flex vacation | 166 jobs Medical leave | 160 jobs Parental leave | 146 jobs Wellness | 136 jobs 401(k) matching | 135 jobs Fitness / gym | 52 jobs Home office stipend | 39 jobs Transparency | 24 jobs Relocation support | 24 jobs Flexible spending account | 22 jobs Gear | 20 jobs

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